Correct Answer - Option 1 : Clear, organized and well structured content
Reflective level of teaching (ULT): Most thoughtful level
- It is a problem-centric approach to teaching.
- The reflective model of teaching is developed by Hunt.
- Teaching at the reflective level represents the highest level of the teaching activities that can be carried out in the most thoughtful modes of operation providing the desirable quality of teaching situation and experience to the learner for utilizing and enhancing their cognitive abilities to the maximum.
- A reflective method of teaching emphasizes changing the way usually perceive teaching and our role in the process of teaching.
- Teachers who explore their own teaching process through critical reflection develop changes in attitudes and information which they believe can benefit their professional growth, as well as improve the kind of support they provide their children. It implies an active concern with aims and consequences as well as means and technical competence.
- At this level, the student is made to face a real problematic situation.
- The student by understanding the situation and using his critical abilities succeeds in solving the problem.
- At this level, the emphasis is laid on identifying the problem, defining it, and finding a solution to it. The student’s original thinking and creative-abilities develop at this level.
- The aim is to develop the reflective power of learners so that they can solve problems of their lives by reasoning, logic, and imagination and lead successful and happy lives.
Some important aspects of reflective teaching are-
- clear goals for pupil learning, ways of communicating the goals of the teacher clearly to students
- find ways of making students understand their own needs and the teachers' goals
- identify ways of integrating social issues with classroom activities, flexibility, and analysis
- collect data to be able to identify pupil circumstances and ways to restructure, modify or pace learning.
Hence, one can conclude that clear, organized, and well-structured content is the hallmark of reflective teaching.
Memory level of teaching (MLT): Least thoughtful teaching
- It is the initial stage of teaching.
- It involves the habit of rote memorization. In such type of act, memory plays a key role.
- The teacher presents factual information before the learner. The learner tries to memorize these facts with the least involvement of his/her thinking and reasoning power. It represents the involvement of the least thoughtful behavior.
- The evaluation includes oral, written, and essay-type examinations.
Understanding the level of teaching (ULT): thoughtful teaching
- Understanding something is to perceive the meaning, grasp the idea, and comprehend the meaning.
- It focuses on the mastery of the subject.
- The teaching at the understanding level is of a higher quality than the one at the memory level.
- At this level of teaching, the teacher explains the student the relationship between principles and facts and teaches them how these principles can be applied.
- The learner and the teacher are actively involved in this level of teaching.
- The evaluation includes both essay and objective type questions.
This is an official UGC NET question asked in UGC NET 17 Oct 2020 Shift 2. The correct option of the question is marked on the basis of the official answer key released by the UGC NET.
