Which of the following statements are CORRECT pertaining to Teaching? A.…
2024
Which of the following statements are CORRECT pertaining to Teaching?
A. Teaching and learning are integrally related.
B. There is no difference between teaching and training.
C. All good teaching is formal in nature.
D. Teacher is a senior person.
E. Teaching is a social act whereas learning is an individual act.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer: D. A and E only — Concept Teaching is a deliberate, interactive process undertaken in order to bring about learning. It is broader than training, which conditions one specified…
- A.
A, B, C and D only
- B.
B, C, D and E only
- C.
B, C and D only
- D.
A and E only
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Correct answer: D
Concept
Teaching is a deliberate, interactive process undertaken in order to bring about learning. It is broader than training, which conditions one specified skill to a predetermined standard; it may be carried on formally, informally or non-formally; and it rests on the teacher's competence in the matter at hand rather than on age or rank. Learning is the change that takes place inside the learner as a result.
Application
Each statement is now tested against that definition.
Statement | Assessment |
|---|---|
A. Teaching and learning are integrally related. | Holds. Teaching is defined by the learning it intends to produce and is judged by the learning that results, so neither idea is complete without the other. |
B. There is no difference between teaching and training. | Does not hold. Training conditions a specified skill to a predetermined standard, while teaching develops understanding and judgement across a whole domain, so the two are related but distinct. |
C. All good teaching is formal in nature. | Does not hold. The universal word "all" is what fails: mentoring, peer discussion and incidental teaching are informal or non-formal, and are often highly effective. |
D. Teacher is a senior person. | Does not hold. Seniority of age or rank is not a defining requirement; peer teaching and reverse mentoring show that competence in the matter, not seniority, is what teaching needs. |
E. Teaching is a social act whereas learning is an individual act. | Holds. Teaching requires interaction between at least two parties, whereas the internalisation of what is taught takes place within each learner separately. |
Cross-check
Only statements A and E survive this definition, so every set that contains B, C or D carries at least one conflated or over-generalised claim. The set that keeps exactly A and E is therefore the correct answer: A and E only.