The Role of Teachers in Learners’ Attempts to Generate Solutions to Problems

Abstract

The whole effort in science learning and all that is done in the name of science is centered around the processes generating solutions to identified problems. This effort is not just a mechanical process but is a deliberate attempt. Sometimes this attempt is consciously designed and sometime in the trials of the proceeding in science it is imbibed to the extent that the science practitioner feels a part of the problem. Thinking about the solutions to the problems becomes a part of the scientific endeavor.  Teaching learning processes in the science classrooms try to develop the culture of science sometimes not part of the design features of the real classrooms. But it is inevitable to escape the problem-solving aspect of science in any scientific endeavor. In a feature rich classroom, the learners can be seen attempting to generate solutions to problems. However, primitive these might seem, these are important part of culture of science. In the present study the teachers have planned their classroom proceedings in a specific framework. This frameworkpermits strengths of informal environments to be used in the formal classroom settings. The study focuses on preservice teacher’s natural dispositions towards “Encouraged Learners Attempt to Generate Solutions to Problems”in terms of Teacher's Gender, Nature of School Management and School Type.In the study relevant graphs related to this focus have been drawn and interpreted. ‘Statistical Descriptives’ of the same have also been interpreted as part of the study. The study did not find any significant difference in pre-service teachers’ response to “Encouraged Learners Attempt to Generate Solutions to Problems”in terms of Teacher's Gender, Nature of School Management and School Type. For a teacher it becomes utmost important to encourage these attempts by the learners to generate solutions to problems, whether identified by the teacher or by them or by the collective efforts of all or some of the participants.The study contributes towards understanding the role of teachers in learners’ attempts to generate solutions to problems.