Teaching is unique, professional, rational and human activity in which one creatively and imaginatively uses himself and his knowledge to promote the learning. Both teaching and learning are two fundamental aspects of educational process. Both are closely related to each other. One cannot be separated from the other. The most important objective of teaching is to
facilitate learning. Where ever there is teaching, there will be learning. Thus, the concept of teaching is incomplete without learning. Traditionally, teaching is defined as the act of imparting instructions to the learners in the class-room situation. Now teaching is not merely imparting knowledge or information to students. Teaching is to cause the pupil to learn and acquire the desired knowledge, skills and also desirable ways of living in the society. It is a process in which learner, teacher, curriculum and other intervening variables are organized in a systematic and psychological way to attain some pre-determined goals.
There are three levels of teaching-learning – Memory Level, Understanding Level and Reflective Level. Reflective level teaching represents the creative teaching. This is the highest level of teaching learning act that can be carried out at the most thoughtful modes of operation providing the desirable quality of teaching-learning situation and experiences to the learner for utilizing
and enhancing their creative abilities to the maximum. It gives emphasis on the purposeful, goal directed, insightful approach to learning and tries to make the learner learn the art and skill of the problem solving behavior by identifying his goal and problem and learning to solve the problem in a scientific way. In creative teaching, the subject matter is presented almost open ended in the form of problem raising and problem solving. Thus in such presentation, the genuine problem, helpful to the students for the acquisition , understanding and application of the generalized facts, principles and to enhance their ability of problem solving , are raised, developed and tried for their solution. The beginning of the study in creative teaching starts like this type of situation – The bat can be described as a bird and an animal too. How is it so ? In such situation, it can be easily inferred that the teaching begins with the feeling in the learner “Let me find the solution of this problem.” “ Let us try to know the reason for such inadequacy, inconsistency or happening etc.” Moreover, such problem raising situations must make the learner to feel the necessities and genuine interest for the discovery and innovation of the solution of the felt problems. It creates a sort of psychological tension in him and that sparks his psychological aspects of creativity and innovativeness. The role of the teacher is to help students in raising problems, initiating mutual discussion and interactions, welcoming critical reactions and engaging them in the discovery of the truth of the matter and solution of the problem as independently as possible.
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