As a teacher, which of the following techniques you can adopt in the classroom/school to use imitation for enabling young students to acquire positive and socially desirable behaviour? I. When any student imitates positive behaviour, try to recognize it and provide verbal praise encouraging him/her to repeat it. II. While teaching history and social science to students, always highlight the positive aspects of the important characters for imitation by the students.
As a teacher, which of the following techniques you can adopt in the classroom/school to use imitation for enabling young students to acquire positive and socially desirable behaviour? I. When any student imitates positive behaviour, try to recognize it and provide verbal praise encouraging him/her to repeat it. II. While teaching history and social science to students, always highlight the positive aspects of the important characters for imitation by the students. Correct Answer Both I and II
Much of human learning is a function of imitating and observing the behaviour and action of others and these are also the main processes through which children acquire new experiences and behaviour. Imitation is copying or reproducing others’ actions or behaviours. One does not imitate everybody one comes across. One chooses consciously or otherwise a person for imitating some of his/her behaviours or actions that attract him/her. As a teacher, you do in the classroom/school to use imitation for enabling young students to acquire positive and socially desirable behaviour.
- Try to be a model for imitation by your students. Demonstrate positive aspects of your behaviour to your students. A teacher’s positive practices like cleanliness, punctuality, truthfulness, and fairness to all have an immense impact on the students to imitate. Nevertheless, do not expose your weaknesses to your students.
- While teaching history, social science, literature and telling stories to children, always highlight the positive aspects of the important characters for imitation by the students.
- When any student imitates positive behaviour, try to recognize it and provide verbal praise encouraging him/her to repeat it.
Hence, we conclude that both the above statements are correct.