Question

Pooja is a teacher writing her daily observations of a student and writes, without interpretation, that the student is not completing the class work and is constantly speaking out of turn. Which of the following objectives does she appear to be using? 
1. Exploration
2. Prediction
3. Description
4. Explanation

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 3 : Description

Objectives of teaching:

• Teaching can be defined as engagement with learners to enable their understanding and application of knowledge, concepts and processes. It includes design, content selection, delivery, assessment and reflection.
• To teach is to engage students in learning; thus teaching consists of getting students involved in the active construction of knowledge. A teacher requires not only knowledge of subject matter, but knowledge of how students learn and how to transform them into active learners.
• Good teaching, then, requires a commitment to systematic understanding of learning. 
• The aim of teaching is not only to transmit information, but also to transform students from passive recipients of other people's knowledge into active constructors of their own and others' knowledge. The teacher cannot transform without the student's active participation, of course.
• Teaching is fundamentally about creating the pedagogical, social, and ethical conditions under which students agree to take charge of their own learning, individually and collectively. 
• A teacher is responsible for preparing lesson plans and educating students at all levels. Their duties include assigning homework, grading tests, and documenting progress. Teachers must be able to instruct in a variety of subjects and reach students with engaging lesson plans.
• In the above example, Pooja seems to writing down daily observations, without interpretation that the student is not completing the work. This in included in the description part of the teaching objectives. 

Hence, the correct answer is Option 3.