Principles of Teaching

I. ALTERNATIVE RESPONSE: Write TRUE if the statement of principles of teaching is

correct. Otherwise, write FALSE. (20 points)

1. The learners become the most important factor in the learning situation.
2. The recitation becomes a living laboratory for acquiring and developing autocratic
ideals and practices.
3. Recitation has been restricted to be used in all levels as an effective device for
teaching and learning.
4. The new type of recitation is student-centered.
5. If there were no recitations, teaching and learning would be more of the contractual
form where at the beginning of the term, the pupil is told the subject matter to be
covered.
6. The new type of recitation also emphasizes on problem solving and inclusion of
lifelike situations in the classroom procedure.
7. The recitation serves to develop wholesome attitudes essential to ineffective social
living.
8. The recitation serves to encourage sovereignty of expression and respect for the
opinions of others.
9. The recitation should be well - planned, motivated and purposive.
10. Lifelike situations should be employed in the classroom.
11. A good environment means a classroom free from distractions.
12. No one should monopolize the recitation except the teacher.
13. The teacher should encourage spontaneity of expression.
14. Assignments were never regarded as synonymous with home works.
15. Assignment should not be given as a present.
16. Questions should be asked in a natural and well-modulated voice.
17. Student questions should be discouraged by the teacher.
18. A teacher should ask the question first and then wait for the class to think about it
before calling a student to answer.
19. Teacher should entail students to frame grammatically questions.
20. Answering in concert should be discouraged.
21. Activities provided should be varied and balance that would meet individual
learning styles of learners.
22. While our back faces them when we write on the board, our “eyes on the back of
our heads” won’t make our students feel that we know what they are doing.
23. We need to respond to appropriate behavior promptly.
24. If our praise is genuine, it reinforces positive behavior.
25. Classroom management is teaching; it is an essential condition to teaching.
26. The teacher should be responsible for other class discipline.
27. No teachers should remain calm and poised even in emergency.
28. It is alright to let a class know that you cannot control them.
29. Firmness and forcefulness in speaking can’t make pupils attentive.
30. Teachers should remember to follow the rules themselves.

II. ENUMERATION: Write what is being asked. (20 points)

1-5 Causes of Disciplinary Problems

6-15 Types of Disciplinary Problems
16-20 Suggestions and Tips for classroom discipline