Identify the characteristics and basic requirements of reflective level…
2020
Identify the characteristics and basic requirements of reflective level teaching in the following list of statements:
(a) Teacher presents the information and ideas systematically to help recall them when needed.
(b) Teacher conducts drills and exercises to fix up the ideas in the minds of students.
(c) Issues are raised and discussed with a view to sift the potential rational solution of problems.
(d) Teacher asks students to give examples and parallel ideas.
(e) Academic sessions are conducted in a dialogic mode to explore and explain the basis of arguments.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
- A.
(a) and (b) only
- B.
(c) and (d) only
- C.
(c) and (e) only
- D.
(d) and (e) only
Attempted by 3 students.
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Correct answer: C
Concept
Teaching operates at three hierarchical levels. The MEMORY level aims at rote retention: the teacher transmits facts in an organised way and uses repetition or drill so that learners can recall them later. The UNDERSTANDING level goes beyond recall to comprehension and application: learners grasp relationships and supply their own examples or parallels. The REFLECTIVE level is the highest level, centred on critical thinking, problem-solving and reasoned argument: issues are raised, debated and resolved through dialogue rather than memorised.
Applying it to each statement
Statement | Level |
|---|---|
(a) presents information systematically to aid recall | Memory |
(b) drills and exercises to fix ideas in the mind | Memory |
(c) issues raised and discussed to sift a rational solution | Reflective |
(d) students asked to give examples and parallel ideas | Understanding |
(e) dialogic sessions exploring the basis of arguments | Reflective |
Result
Reflective-level teaching is defined by problem-centred enquiry and argument-based dialogue. Statements (c) and (e) carry exactly these traits, so the pair (c) and (e) describes the reflective level. Statements (a) and (b) are rote/recall activities (memory level) and (d) is comprehension-and-application (understanding level), so none of them belongs here.