TALES BUILDING CONCEPTS: A CONSTRUCTIVIST APPROACH TO TEACHING-LEARNING SCIENCE

Abstract

The present study is intended to use indigenous pedagogy of story telling as strategy of teaching and learning of science concepts beyond classroom and beyond textbook. The concepts related to properties of light and working of lenses have been selected under this research study. Target population was all learners of Classes VII and IX. The study was completed in three phases. In the first phase the methodological framework to pursue was identified, in the second phase interventions were provided as a story. In the third phase post intervention assessment was carried out. The research findings depict that story telling is an effective way in learning of science concepts and may be used by the teachers for effective teaching-learning process for augmentation of learning.