Correct Answer - Option 4 : Role-playing method
Methods of teaching: It is the pedagogy and general principles use for instruction The strategy has to be set up based on the educational philosophy, students learning capacity, subject matter, and the classroom demography. Sometimes infrastructure plays an important role in the teaching method.
For teaching democracy and democracy procedures, the most conducive method is a role-playing method. Through role-play the teacher can create situations by assigning roles of leaders who represented their parties in elections.
Role-playing method: The word ‘role’ implies accepting a part in a sequence and play means acting it out. Roleplay is more flexible compared to drama.
- The drama will have a fixed theme, the conversations being prefixed, the sequence of events being rigidly followed, etc.
- The role play does not have any one of these. In a role-play, there may be a theme, but the conversations will have to be evolved by a group of students or actors.
- Sometimes role play is organized without having necessary rehearsals.
- Example: Play the role of a Panchayat President who is addressing the members of Gram Sabha.
- Roleplay is very helpful in sensitizing the students to certain issues and making them understand the difficulties involved by placing them in the given roles. It develops in their confidence, communication skills, etc. which are also a part of life skills.
Hence, we can conclude that the teaching method in the secondary school that is the most conducive to the teaching of democracy and the democratic procedure is role-playing method.
