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Phi-los-o-phy [fi-los-uh-fee] – rational investigation of truth

I tell you everything that is really nothing, and nothing of what is everything, do not be fooled by what I am saying.  Please listen carefully and try to hear what I am not saying.  ~Charles C. Finn If the … Continue reading

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STRUCTURING EFFECTIVE LECTURING

A common experience among new teachers is learning how to lecture. Lecturing is a skill, a strategy, and a practice. As a skill, lecturing is learned over time.. Lecturing is a strategy teachers use when they want to efficiently cover … Continue reading

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INSTRUCTIONAL SKILL OF STIMULUS VARIATION

  Stimulus variation, in the Stanford sense, focuses mainly on the latter. Some of the things the student teacher is trained in are the use of movement in a systematic way and the avoidance of teaching from one spot, the … Continue reading

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Instructional Skill of Explaining

Dr. V.K.Maheshwari, M.A(Socio, Phil) B.Se. M. Ed, Ph.D Former Principal, K.L.D.A.V.(P.G) College, Roorkee, India   Education is not the piling on of learning, information, data, facts, skills, or abilities – that’s training or instruction – but is rather making visible what is … Continue reading

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QUESTIONING-AN ESSENTIAL INSTUCTIONAL SKILL

The test of a good teacher is not how many questions he can ask his pupils that they will answer readily, but how many questions he inspires them to ask him which he finds it hard to answer – Alice … Continue reading

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EVALUATING THE EVALUATOR- AN APPROACH TO TEACHER EVALUATION

Dr. V.K.Maheshwari, M.A(Socio, Phil) B.Se. M. Ed, Ph.D Former Principal, K.L.D.A.V.(P.G) College, Roorkee, India Evaluation is a systematic planned inquiry undertaken in order to enable decision-makers to make judgments concerning the worth of an educational policy,or  project and to achieve certain aims and purposes. … Continue reading

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The Marxist Approach in Education

Dr. V.K.Maheshwari, M.A(Socio, Phil) B.Se. M. Ed, Ph.D Former Principal, K.L.D.A.V.(P.G) College, Roorkee, India “Men make their own history, but they do not make it just as they please; they do not make it under circumstances chosen by themselves, but under circumstances … Continue reading

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The Case Study ­- Research Method in Education

Dr. V.K.Maheshwari, M.A(Socio, Phil) B.Se. M. Ed, Ph.D Former Principal, K.L.D.A.V.(P.G) College, Roorkee, India     Case study is a valuable method of research, with distinctive characteristics that make it ideal for many types of investigations. It can also be used in … Continue reading

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Achievement Test~ Characteristics and Construction Procedure

Dr. V.K.Maheshwari, M.A(Socio, Phil) B.Se. M. Ed, Ph.D Former Principal, K.L.D.A.V.(P.G) College, Roorkee, India Believing we can improve schooling with more tests is like believing you can make yourself grow taller by measuring your height.” Robert Schaeffer Achievement is the accomplishment or … Continue reading

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Micro-Teaching: A Scaled-down, Simulated Practice Teaching Technique

        “Microteaching is defined as a system of controlled practice that makes it possible to concentrate on specified teaching behavior and to practice teaching under controlled conditions.” – D.W. Allen & A.W. Eve (1968) The modern age is leading towards … Continue reading

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