UGC NET Questions (Paper – 1)

Team teaching involves a group of teachers sharing responsibility for planning,delivering and assessing instruction for a common set of learners. They coordinate their efforts,divide content and sometimes co-teach sessions. This arrangement allows students to benefit from the combined expertise of multiple teachers. Therefore,the method described in the stem is team teaching.

Option A:
Peer tutoring occurs when one student helps another learn,usually with guidance from the teacher but not with multiple teachers sharing teaching roles. It is learner–learner rather than teacher–teacher collaboration.

Option B:
Team teaching enables flexibility in grouping,integrated learning across subjects and professional support among teachers. Because the stem refers to teachers jointly planning,teaching and evaluating,the term team teaching accurately captures the method.

Option C:
Micro-teaching is a scaled-down practice of specific teaching skills with a small group of students and short lessons; it does not necessarily involve multiple teachers teaching the same class.

Option D:
A seminar is a teaching method where participants present and discuss papers on a theme,usually under a single teacher’s guidance. It is not defined by multiple teachers sharing the same class.

Team teaching is an organizational approach in which two or more teachers share responsibility for planning, teaching and evaluating a group of students. They may divide content, alternate leading the class or co-teach parts of a lesson. This collaboration allows them to use their individual strengths and provide richer learning experiences. Therefore, the arrangement described in the stem is known as team teaching.

Option A:
Micro-teaching is a teacher training technique involving short lessons taught to a small group of students to practice specific skills. It is not typically used as a regular classroom arrangement with multiple teachers for the same course. Hence, it does not correspond to the collaborative scenario described.

Option B:
Individualized instruction focuses on tailoring learning experiences to each learner’s pace and needs, often with self-instructional materials. While it may reduce whole-class teaching, it does not inherently require multiple teachers working together. Thus, it is different from the approach mentioned in the stem.

Option C:
Remedial teaching aims at helping learners overcome specific difficulties after diagnosing their problems. It may be done by one teacher or a specialist and is not defined by joint planning across teachers. Consequently, it does not accurately name the collaborative arrangement in the question.

Option D:
Team teaching brings two or more teachers together to co-plan, co-instruct and co-evaluate a shared group of students. This structure can enhance expertise and provide varied instructional styles within the same course. Because the stem emphasizes multiple teachers jointly planning and teaching, “team teaching” is the correct term.

Statements A, B, D and E correctly express key principles of inclusive classroom teaching. A and B emphasise viewing diversity as a resource and providing reasonable accommodations, which are central to inclusion. D and E highlight collaboration with stakeholders and creating a respectful, belonging-oriented classroom climate. C is incorrect because inclusive education advocates placement in regular schools with support, not segregation as the first option, and F is wrong because inclusion covers all forms of diversity, not just physical disabilities. Therefore, the set of correct statements is A, B, D and E only, making option B the right answer.

Option A:
Option A includes A, B and D, all of which are correct statements, but it leaves out E, which also accurately describes inclusive classrooms promoting respect and belonging. By omitting one true statement, this combination is incomplete and does not capture the full set of correct statements. Hence A, B and D only cannot be the correct answer.

Option B:
Option B contains exactly A, B, D and E, each of which correctly reflects inclusive values such as recognising diversity, providing accommodations, collaborating with support systems and fostering a sense of belonging. It excludes C and F, which wrongly limit inclusive education to segregated settings or only to physical disabilities. Because it includes all and only the true statements, A, B, D and E only is the correct combination.

Option C:
Option C adds F to A, B and E but omits D, and F wrongly claims that inclusive education applies only to physical disabilities. The presence of F, a false statement, and the absence of D, a true statement about collaboration, make this option logically inconsistent. As a result, A, B, E and F only cannot be the correct answer.

Option D:
Option D includes B, D, E and F, but F is false since inclusion addresses multiple forms of diversity such as cognitive, socio-economic and linguistic differences. Leaving out A, which is true, further weakens the accuracy of this set. Therefore B, D, E and F only is not a valid answer.

Option E brings in C alongside A, D and E, but C misrepresents inclusive education by advocating segregation as the first step. It also excludes B, which is a true statement about reasonable accommodations. Because it mixes a false statement with true ones and omits another true statement, A, C, D and E only cannot be accepted.

Option F groups C, E and F, but both C and F are false statements that contradict the principles of inclusive education. Only E is accurate, so this combination is dominated by incorrect ideas about segregation and narrow forms of diversity. Hence C, E and F only cannot represent the correct set of statements.