EDUCATION (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Real spirit of Heuristic method is placing the student in the position of original investigator. Herbert spencer-”Children should be told as little as possible and induced to discover as much as possible”.

Detailed explanation-2: -Heuristic Method: Discovered by H. E. Armstrong, this method of teaching involves placing students as far as possible in the altitude of the discoverer. This method can also be named as the ‘discovery method’. It involves finding out instead of being merely told about things.

Detailed explanation-3: -In teaching methods, Spencer advocated the automatic learning based on students and emphasized the role of interest in the process of teaching, In the aspect of moral education, Spencer put forward that individual self preservation is the most important moral principle and coined the moral evolution formula.

Detailed explanation-4: -Heuristics are the strategies derived from previous experiences with similar problems. These strategies depend on using readily accessible, though loosely applicable, information to control problem solving in human beings, machines and abstract issues.

Detailed explanation-5: -When you see a person with their hood up in a dark alley and you decide to subtly walk past a bit faster, your brain has probably used a heuristic to evaluate the situation instead of a full thought-out deliberation process.