Which principle of teaching-learning has been given importance in the National Curriculum Framework (2005)?

NCF was published in the years 1975, 1988, 2000,2005 by NCERT. As the name suggests National Curriculum Framework is a framework for providing syllabus, textbooks and teaching practices in school.

Key Points

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.
• Acquisition of knowledge by the learners is replaced with the approach of construction of knowledge by the learners themselves.
• NCF remarks the knowledge construction is an evolving process and learners constantly develop knowledge by actively participating and utilizing his/her previous experiences.
• Construction of knowledge to be the major focus of teaching. Learners should be viewed as agents of their own learning.
• The teacher should act as an autonomous facilitator.
• Evaluation should be used as a tool for enhancing continuous and comprehensive learning.

Thus from the above-mentioned points, it is clear that the National Curriculum Framework has been given importance to the principle of constructivism.

Additional Information

This table will help you to consolidate the major difference between behaviourism, cognitivism, connectionism, and constructivism.