Teaching English in the Priy Classroom | Page 107

Teaching can be seen as the pouring of knowledge from the teacher to the learner Strongly Agree Uncertain Disagree Strongly agree disagree 3 17 4 11 2 Table 30. Teaching can be seen as the pouring of knowledge from the teacher to the learner Children are not passive recipients of ready-made knowledge, therefore they need to be given them the chance to discover things by themselves Strongly Agree Uncertain Disagree Strongly agree disagree 23 14 Table 31. Children need to be given the chance to discover things by themselves Children cannot easily understand abstract concepts (such as grammatical rules) as adults do Strongly Agree Uncertain Disagree Strongly agree disagree 11 19 3 3 Table 32. Children cannot easily understand abstract concepts Children cannot easily appreciate what is happening in a wider context and therefore should be engaged in immediate (here-and-now) events Strongly Agree Uncertain Disagree Strongly agree disagree 6 22 6 2 Table 33. Children cannot easily appreciate what is happening in a wider context 107