SIMULATION AND TEACHING SKILL

ABSTRACT

The analytical approach to teaching is being criticized by some on the ground that teaching cannot be broken down into sub-components as they lose meaning in isolation and teaching is not a combination of those isolated bits. Teaching tasks is not to produce skills as an end in themselves but as a means to an end. Teaching is not just summation of teaching skills. One may consider that a specific skill is of value in teaching but whether or not it is appropriate to use that skill in the context of a particular lesson has to be decided subjectively by the teacher. Teaching is an art, involving certain personality and attitudinal factors. It involves certain teaching skills plus certain decision making. The latter constitutions skills such as when to use a particular skill, how much to use, where to use, etc.

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