Teaching history today
Often when I
visit a classroom the most common reaction I get from students is : boring/ why
to learn something that happened centuries ago.
I realised
that my attempt to teach history should be such that this feeling in their mind
is washed away and I looked up for many platforms to make it useful in my
classroom. I realized to do away with the feeling of "past" students
are needed to be provided with "live" experiences. The link attached
below just provides only few of many ideas to make a history class fun and
educational at the same time.
Apart from
the techniques/resources mentioned in the article, a teacher can also take
technology assistance in the form of gamification / virtual trips / live class
rooms etc.
The attempt
should be to provide epic experience to all!
Emotional Intelligence
Since
childhood I have come across the word IQ often and always known that people
with high IQ have higher chances of academic success. But there is a great
change in our thinking which first began from the book of Daniel Goleman's
" emotional intelligence" which said that there is something more
important than IQ to succeed in career. EQ is one of the most essential skill
in education for teachers as well as students to promote the ability to survive
and sustain in the workplace of 2050.
Here are
some links that can help you to understand why and how EQ can be developed in
education and it's stakeholders.
https://exploringyourmind.com/importance-emotional-intelligence-teachers/
https://gradepowerlearning.com/emotional-intelligence-for-kids/
School Discipline's Effect on
academic performance of Students
Quality education is the prime goal of any educational
institution. This goal can never be achieved without discipline. William
Blackstone used a phrase in 1770 " in loco parentis" which gives
educators place as of parents. Teachers play an important role in school
discipline and it does not mean giving corporal punishment but making an order
in learning and life style. Various researches had been done in this and all
studies showed the effectiveness of school discipline. Studies showed a
disciplined school encourage students' academic performance by controlling
students' behaviour.
Environment Education through Eco
club Activities
As we are
aware of the pollution that happens around the world, schools have come forward
to implement certain strategies in schools to be aware and to make aware others
about respecting our mother earth. What is interesting is that the schools all
over in Delhi implemented this idea as they face more issues with pollution.
Environmental awareness is a chain process that begin from the work of a child
and continuous. A child gets sensitized about their environment and passes it to
the family and it goes from society, city, state and thus becomes the part of a
collaborative work of the country. So Eco club education is an important factor
which imparts knowledge, makes the children to observe, reasoning out and
generate values.
Yoga
Yoga has
been found to be one of the most successful factor helping students to excel in
their academics. It provides for a healthy life and contributes to a holistic
development of the child. With more researches of increased stress among
students in the present day due to academics, yoga can be something that
refreshes their minds and helps them to bring the best out of all actions and
take everything as a new learning. One of the most important takeaway from yoga
is that it creates a positive vibe among students.
URL
Effective role play plays a role in
learning
Role play is
one of the important aspect for children because it helps them to learn and
understand the topic very quickly. It helps to build in social skills and communication skills. This act is so good
that it gives students a real life experiences and everyday scenarios what
happens around them. Role play act gives them awareness about what is good and
what is bad. This research article is quiet fascinating and it also has
different ways of integrating role play in learning. It is so fun that children
will love doing role plays and learn many things. Role play in education is
important.
Locus of Control and Student academic
achievement
Locus of
control is one of the important aspects of personality. The idea of Locus of
control was developed by Julian Rotter in the 1950s. Locus of control refers to
the individual’s perception about the underlying main causes of events in his/
her life. Locus of control is very much related to the student achievement.
Read more to understand locus of control link below.
Working Models in Teaching and Learning
Mathematics
Model used :
GEOBOARD
Chapter -
QUADRILATERALS
As a
student, Geometry did not motivate me though Math is my favorite subject.. In
B.Ed I learnt about use of working models in teaching Mathematics, which made
difference in my attitude towards Geometry. In my 2nd Phase Internship, I used
Geoboard to teach Quadrilaterals - 16 students of grade 8, I made groups of 4.
Each group chose 1 type of quadrilaterals, used the geoboard (hands on
experience) and come up with the properties of quadrilaterals. I found the
students were interested and motivated.
This
fascinated me in teaching something which I found difficult during my school
days. I believe in reflecting on the things effected or hampered my learning
and as a teacher how and what are the measures I take to make my teaching
effective.
Looking
forward to teach theorems in the future days.
Topic: How Virtual Learning is transforming k12
Education
Technology
has speeded into each and everyone in the society and education being no
exception.
Virtual
learning is method of using computer software and internet or both to deliver
instructions to students. It is more accessible to students in many ways, but
it might be challenging for teachers who must adapt to new methods. Some of the
examples are - blended learning, use of mobile devices in classroom, social
networking for learning electronic and interactive textbooks etc. For educators
they can develop new and engaging lessons
in virtual learning and also develop digital assessments.
Virtual
learning is alive and well in many of the countries. In U.S.A the Kentucky
Department of education policy has given guidelines for digital learning which
can make educators adapt to new methods and deliver it to students effectively.
Link:
https://online.campbellsville.edu/education/virtual-learning-transforms-education/
Multicultural education in classroom
My topic
talks abt how can a teacher act as a mediator in between students who have a
cultural clash in class.
How they can
solve their clashing problem and also make them to understand about how to
respect each other cultures
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