As per NCF-2005, good science education should be A. True to the learner B.…
2019
As per NCF-2005, good science education should be
A. True to the learner
B. True to the environment of the learner
C. True to the teacher
D. True to science
- A.
A, B and D
- B.
B and C only
- C.
A, B and C
- D.
D only
Show answer & explanation
Correct answer: A
Concept
The National Curriculum Framework 2005 (NCF-2005) lays down three criteria that good science teaching must jointly satisfy: it must be true to the child (developmentally matched to the learner's cognitive stage and existing ideas), true to life (connected to the learner's own environment and lived experience), and true to science (methodologically and conceptually sound, reflecting how science actually works).
Application
Mapping the criteria given in the stem against NCF-2005's three principles:
Criterion | Part of NCF-2005's three principles? |
|---|---|
A. True to the learner | Yes - this is the "true to the child" criterion |
B. True to the environment of the learner | Yes - this is the "true to life" criterion |
C. True to the teacher | No - NCF-2005 explicitly moves away from a teacher-centred approach |
D. True to science | Yes - this is the "true to science" criterion |
So the three genuine NCF-2005 criteria correspond exactly to A, B and D; "true to the teacher" is not one of the three principles.
Cross-check
"B and C only" leaves out both the learner criterion and the science criterion, and wrongly includes the teacher criterion.
"A, B and C" wrongly includes the teacher criterion in place of the science criterion.
"D only" captures just one of the three required criteria and omits the learner and life criteria.
Re-reading NCF-2005's own wording - "good science education should be true to the child, true to life, and true to science" - confirms the set A, B and D as the complete match.