Concepts of Teaching and Learning

What is teaching?

• Teaching is the process of building enough stamina in order to perform well during sports day.

• Teaching is the process of doing good to others by giving them moral support, help them in terms of their finance and ensure that they have sufficient food and clothes to survive.

• Teaching is the process of attending to people’s needs, experiences, feelings and making specific interventions to help them learn particular things.

What is learning?

• Learning is about helping others to do well in terms of their studies.

• Learning brings about a change in an individual as a result of the individual’s experiences.

• Learning refers to the process of listening to other's problems and try to understand their situation.

Which of the following is a principle of learning?

• Piaget's Theory

• Gardner's Theory

• Ewell's Model

Ewell put forward a learning model consisting of...

• 8 principles

• 7 principles

• 6 principles

Which of the following is NOT included in the 8 principles that were proposed in Ewell's Model?

• Frequent Feedback

• Blended Learning

• Enjoyable Setting

In active involvement, students do not receive information passively but rather...

• they should be actively playing around in the classroom.

• they should be teaching in front of the class.

• they should be actively involved in knowledge construction.

Patterns and connections refer to changes in cognitive structure as a result of connections, adaptations, organisation and use of prior knowledge to understand new information.

• True

• False

Learning can take place anywhere, anytime, with or without teacher and individually or with friends. What is the name of this principle under Ewell's Model?

• Blended Learning

• Informal Learning

• Student-Centered Learning

How many stages are there in Gagné’s Process of Learning?

• 6

• 7

• 8

What is Stage I in Gagné’s Process of Learning?

• Motivation

• Attention

• Acquisition and Retention