Discussion
The underlying principle of 'understanding-based teaching' is the belief that :
Answer: C
The principle is that learners can construct knowledge when provided with a facilitative environment to do so.
Teaching for understanding rests on the constructivist view that learners build understanding actively by connecting new ideas with what they already know. The teacher's role is to create conditions for that: meaningful tasks, questions, discussion and support.
The other options describe the transmission model: standard instructions for everyone, the learner as a passive recipient of the teacher's 'right' knowledge, and teaching as passing facts to students who know little. Those beliefs underlie rote teaching, not understanding-based teaching.
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