PEN MODEL OF TEACHING LEARNING: NEEDS AND SIGNIFICANCE IN PHYSICAL SCIENCE

Abstract

The present study was an attempt to develope learning in physical science of secondary schools under CBSE board. The goal of education is not to increase the amount of knowledge, but to create the possibilities of a child to invent and discover and to prepare the pupil to face challenges and keep pace with the advancements of science. Indeed, the task of teaching science at the school level is now more complex than ever before since its excitement and diverse possibilities must now be infused into the young minds in an appropriate, dynamically evolving way. The PEN model consists of 3 phases (project base learning, experimental learning and experiential learning). Each phase is consisting of 3 steps and the 9 steps are educe, entice, examine, engage, explore, explain, elaborate, evaluate and extend. It is a pure or fundamental research. The population of this study was the whole NEP 2020 report and all the textbooks of secondary schools under CBSE board. The sample consists of the science textbook of class IX and its first chapter named as matters in our surrounding, the page no 4,5,8,12 of NEP 2020 report. The research uses the format of smart lesson plan and NCERT science textbook as tool to conduct the study. The qualitative data collection was done for this study. This demands that the entire game of teaching science has to change from its conventionality. Moreover, in the world of today where knowledge is being multiplied exponentially, Science education will not be able to justify itself by remaining merely contented with the objective of imparting a certain quantum of scientific knowledge, however large be the quantum. Since the rate at which knowledge gets obsolete is very high and therefore it is essential that the emphasis of science education should be on the development of abilities and disposition of mind rather than merely the transfer of dead subject matter.