NTA NET PAPER 1 GENERAL TEACHING APTITUDE Principles of Montessori method • • • • • • • Education as development Perfect freedom Individuality Sense training Self education or auto education Social development Motor education The Montessori methods • • • • • Exercises of practical life Exercises in sensory training Didactic exercises Teaching of reading Teaching of numbers Characteristics of micro teaching • • • • • Micro element Teaching skills and teaching strategies Feedback Safe practice ground The teaching models Steps in Micro Teaching • • • • • • • • • Defining the skills Demonstrating the skills Planning the lesson Teaching the micro lesson Discussion on the lesson delivered Re planning the lesson Re teaching the lesson Re discussion of Re feedback Repeating the cycle Activities in simulation • Role playing • Socio drama • Gaming Procedure of Simulation • • • • • Selecting the role players Selecting and discussing skills Planning Deciding the procedure of evaluation Providing practical lesson Pattern of team teaching • • • • Thematic approach Concurrent themes The cumulative sequence The concentric pattern