INTRODUCTION Teaching is an important part of the process of education. Its special function is to impart knowledge, develop understanding and skill >DEFINITIONS OF TEACHING The supreme art of teaching is to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge ALBERT EINSTEIN Teaching is the stimulation, guidance, direction and encouragement of learning — BURTONPsychologists and educators are explained it from different angles some explanations are as follows: Teaching is communication between two or more persons, who influence each other by ideas and learn something in the process of interaction. ¢Teaching is to fill in the mind of the learner by information and knowledge of facts for future use. * Teaching is a process in which learner, teacher, curriculum and other variables are organized in a systematic way to attain some pre- determined goal. ¢Teaching is to cause motivation to learn.NATURE AND CHARACTERISTICS OF TEACHING It includes the provision of desirable information The human knowledge is going on increasing since the rise of civilization. He has learnt all this by trial and error, insight and imitation. We should provide desired information to the students in a well organized manner. Causes to learn A good teaching is not merely to impart informations to the students, but it is also to arouse the will of self learning in them. Needs efficient planning The pupils cannot be taught everything all the time. Various stages are meant forachieving the different of knowledge. So there eful planning of teachingProvides opportunity for activity Sympathetic The successful teaching essentially requires emotional stability and security. Cooperative Teaching does not mean forceful imposition of knowledge in the pupil’s brain. Good teaching is based on the cooperation of both the teacher and the pupil. —Organization of learning unification of all the components of teaching Democratic : - education which prepares the the real education- pupil for life by lifeFUNCTIONS OF TEACHING Creating learning situations +Motivating the child to learn +Arranging for conditions which assist in the growth of the childs mind *and body Utilize the initiative and play urges of the children to facilitate learning ¢Turning the children with the nobility of thoughts, feelings and actions *Giving information and explaining it +Diagnosing learning problems. *Making curricular material -Evaluating recording and reportingPRINCIPLES OF TEACHING *Principle of using previous knowledge *Principle of providing for individual difference *Principle of readiness Principle of meaningfulness Principle defining specific objectives of the lesson *Principle of proceeding from simple to complex *Principle of proceeding from concrete to abstract Principle of proceeding from general to specific inle of proceeding from known to unknownLEARNING: concept Learning is the lifelong process of transforming information and experience into knowledge, skills, behaviors, and attitudes._ LEARNING -DEFINITION Learning is the process by which behavior is originated or changes through practice and training” Woodworth, R.S Learning is the modification in behavior to meet environmental requirements” — GatesMAIN CHARACTERISTICS OF LEARNING Learning is growth Learning is adjustment Learning is organizing experience Learning is active Learning is both individual and social Learning is the product of the environment —Learning according to the psychologists and educators: Tt Modification of behavior tPractice for behavior tNew ways of doing things TtAttainment of a goal {Changes in the individual through changes in the environmen: —The Learning and Teaching System "Teaching" as an activity does not exist: or at least it is meaningless to think about it in isolation. There is always an interaction between the Teacher, the Learner and the Subject being taught. —