CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -The National Curriculum Framework 2005 of India expects a teacher to be a facilitator of children’s learning in a manner that helps children to construct knowledge. A teacher also functions as a learner, counselor, manager, assessor, and innovator.

Detailed explanation-2: -NCF 2005 in the teaching-learning process have mainly proposed a pedagogical shift from behaviourism to constructivism which highlights: The conceptualization of the active learner in the teaching-learning context.

Detailed explanation-3: -The NCF 2005 has recommended five guiding principles for curricular development-a) Connecting knowledge to life outside school, b) Ensuring that learning shifts from rote methods, c) Enriching curriculum so that it goes beyond text books, d) Making examinations more flexible and integrating them with class room life.

Detailed explanation-4: -NCF-2005 encourages inclusive education system because it is about making school a place where all children can participate and learn. ‘Inclusive education’ refers to the inclusion of all children in the education system, regardless of their differences and disabilities.

Detailed explanation-5: -Hence, we conclude that learning should facilitate the rote method, is not the guiding principle of the National Curriculum Framework – 2005.