Question

A teacher engages her students with many group activities like group discussions, group projects, role plays, etc. On which dimension of learning does it lay special emphasis?
1. Learning as a Social Activity
2. learning through entertainment
3. language-guided learning
4. competition-based learning

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 1 : Learning as a Social Activity

A  teacher uses several methods and techniques in teaching various contents of social sciences. The choice of these methods and techniques depends on the nature of the contents to be taught to students. These methods and techniques may be teacher-centred, learner-centred, or group-centred. In teacher-centred methods, the teacher plays a pivotal role in comparison to learners in a transaction of learning experiences. In learner-centred methods, learners play a significant role in comparison to teachers in a transaction of learning experiences. Some of these are:

• Lecture
• Demonstration
• Questioning
• Project Work
• Field Work
• Discussion
• Debate
• Symposium
• Role-plays etc.

These methods conceive learning as a social activity by providing children with lots of opportunities to learn in real-world settings. This pedagogical method refers to involve students in authentic practices through activity and social interactions. In this learning process where the teacher assists the learners through scaffolding to make them perform just beyond their current level.

Thus from the above-mentioned points, it is clear that given activities lay emphasize learning as a social activity.