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HOW TEACHERS LEARN, Answer the following question, Q1. Who was Nora? How did she become a friend of the teacher?, Ans: Nora was a five year old girl child. The teacher visited her family over a weekend. This is because of this visit they became friends., Q2. How did the teacher observe Nora while learning?, Ans: Most of the time the teacher sat still and silent but when she seemed badly stuck sometime he either suggested her to figure out or told her to skip the word, but sometime he told her the if she asked to tell her the word., 03. What odd thing happened with Nora? Why was the teacher puzzled?, Ans. While Nora was reading an odd thing happened to her. She misread a word that previously she had read correctly. This made the teacher felt annoyed and puzzled because she had read the same word correctly earlier., Q4. Was Nora a careless child? How do you know?, Ans. No, Nora was not a careless child because she was very good at learning. She was putting all her concentration in reading the book., Q5. How should a teacher understand the problems of the children?, Ans. To understand the learning problem of the children, a teacher must try to see things through their eyes. Fora child who has just only seen the word for the first time, it is not easy but difficult for him to remember the word., Q6. What experience popped into the mind of teacher's mind after Nora's learning problem?, Ans. The experience that pooped out into the mind of teacher was sheet of different language unknown for him. The page looked like a jumble of words for him. Whatever the teacher did to overcome that problem he resembled the same with the Nora's learning., Q7. Why are children of unlettered homes at a disadvantage?, Ans. Children of unlettered homes does not have the familiarity with the shapes of words and letters from the beginning of their learning. Since there is no one to watch and observe them there so they are at a disadvantage., Q8. How did teacher learn from Nora?, Ans. The teacher learned about the problems faced by the children by observing Nora while her reading and learning, and from that experience he learned how to tackle these problems while teaching., The Unthankful Man, Q1. What was Raman's Wife fed up with?, Ans. Raman's wife was fed up with the poverty of her husband as they had to remain hungry for most of the days., Q2. What did Raman see when he peeped into the well?, Ans. When Raman peeped into the well he saw a tiger, a snake, a monkey and a man, fallen in the well., Q3. Why was Raman scared of the snake?, Ans. Raman was scared of the snake because he thought, if he would pull the snake out, it would bit him and he will die., Q4. What did the monkey do when Raman was hungry?, Ans. The monkey brought sweet juicy mangoes for Raman to satisfy his hunger., Q5. What did the tiger give him?, Ans. The tiger gave Raman the necklace. He had got this necklace after saving the life of a Prince., Q6. What did the goldsmith do when Raman showed him the necklace?, Ans. When goldsmith saw the necklace, he quietly went to the king to show him the necklace of the missing prince. He told the king that the Raman had killed the prince and snatched the necklace from him. The king ordered to put Raman in the cell., Q7. How did Raman cure the queen?, Ans. Raman was already trained by the snake. So he did what he was told by the snake. He kept his hand on the forehead of the queen and she soon got well., Q8. Why did the king send the goldsmith to jail?, Ans. The goldsmith was an ungrateful man. He deceived Raman even after he saved his life. When the King listened, the story of Raman and thanklessness of the goldsmith, he ordered to send the goldsmith to jail.