EDUCATION (CBSE/UGC NET)

EDUCATION UGC NET

PSYCHOLOGY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The educator who advanced the idea of the five formal steps in leaving was
A
Herbart
B
Rousseau
C
Comenius
D
Pestalozzi
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Herbart’s pedagogical method was divided into discrete steps: preparation, presentation, association, generalization, and application.

Detailed explanation-2: -This is also known as Herbartian five steps, these steps are used for the students for receiving new knowledge in educational fields. J. Friedrich Herbert strongly believed that when a topic properly presented to the students they associate that topic with their existing ideas and learn in a coherent way.

Detailed explanation-3: -Herbart’s scientific educational theory pointed to the fact that the application of pedagogical ideas in educational practices would brought a guaranteed outcome with a regular, mathematical precision.

Detailed explanation-4: -While Herbart emphasized only four steps, i.e. clarity, association, system and method, his followers modified the four steps. Thus, the five steps are termed as Herbartian five steps of teaching.

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