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Maxims of Teaching

Maxims of Teaching are the universal facts found out by


the teacher on the basis of experience.
They are of universal significance and are trustworthy. The
knowledge of different maxims helps the teacher to
proceed systematically. It also helps to find out his way of
teaching, especially in the early stages of teaching.

1) Known to Unknown:
This maxim is based on the assumption that the student
knows something. We have to increase his knowledge and
widen his outlook.
Known is trustworthy and unknown cannot be trusted. So
while teaching we should proceed from known and go
towards unknown.
For example: If a teacher wants to teach global warming
first he has to link with pollution students experiencing
Students.

2. Simple to Complex:
Class-room teaching is formal where the teacher tries to
teach and the students try to learn things. In this process
o teaching-learning, the teacher should see those simple
Things are presented first to the students. That way they
will start taking an interest.
Once they become interested, thou gradually complex
type of things can also be learnt by them.
For example: While teaching sentences of English simple
sentences should be taught first and complex type of
sentences may be taken afterwards.

3. Concrete to Abstract:
Concrete things are solid things and they can be touched
with five senses. But abstract things can only be
imagined. So it is rather difficult to teach children about
abstract things.
Before students write numbers they should know how to
count.

4. Analysis of synthesis:
Analysis means breaking a problem into its convenient
parts while synthesis means the grouping of these
separated parts into one complete whole.

5. Particular to General:
While teaching, the teacher should, first of all, take
particular statements and then on the basis of those
particular cases, generalization should be made.
For example: Rahul is mortal, Rahim is mortal so man is
mortal.

6. Actual to Representative:
For teaching excellently, actual objects should be, shown
to the children as far as possible. It gives them concrete
learning which is more desirable (primary level)
Representative things in the form of pictures, models; etc.
Should be used for the grown-ups or the seniors who are
already familiar with the actual objects.

7. Whole to Part:
In teaching, the teacher should try to acquaint the child
with the whole lesson first and then the different portions
of it may be analyzed and studied intensively.
For example: First a teacher should give brief
understanding about chapter to students then topic and
sub topics discussion

Practice Questions

1. Arrengement of content or topic elements in a sequence


follows the maxim of which one of the following?
A. From known to Unknown
B. From Simple to Comlex
C. From concrete to Abstract
D.All of the above

Ans: D) All of the above

2. How can a student overcome his backwardness in


learning and achieve to his maximum potential?
A)Give Peer Coaching
B)Provide Remedial Classes
C)Avoid the student
D) Both B) and C)
Ans: B) Provide Remedial Classes
3. Students use their fingers to calculate Numbers. Which
method is used here?
A)From concrete to Abstract
B)From Simple to Comlex
C)Both A) and (B)
D) None of the above

Ans: A) From Concrete to Abstract

4. Which is the correct example of Simple to Comlex?


A)Simple or easy things should be presented to the
students for the first time and gradually he should
move on to complex or difficult things.
B)The teacher should first try to familiarize the child
with the whole lesson
C)If we combine new knowledge with old knowledge.
D) All of the above

Ans: A) Simple or easy things should be presented to the


students for the first time and gradually he should move
on to complex or difficult things.
5. While teaching about agricultural tools and shows them
to students. What kind of teaching maxim is this?
A. Simple to Comlex
B. Actual to Reprsentative
C. Known to unknown
D.None of the above

Ans: B) Actual to Representative

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