Sir/ madam please send me 10th english action plan On Aug 27, 2017 9:39 AM, "Gurumurthy K" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Dear teachers, > > the world of animation/multi-media is a powerful one for students/learners > ... but it is only a medium of learning ... and can be as harmful as useful > .... read article below from Hindu, today. > > Can we make simple animation films which bring life and life's lessons to > our learners? and make these with our students .... I think this can be an > important method of learning in the age of ICT. And something that is > perhaps doable, see http://troer.telangana.gov.in/OER/index.php/Category: > Communication_with_graphics for some ideas/lessons > > regards, > Guru > > source thehindu.com > <http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/open-page/world-of-chhota-bheem/article19566644.ece/amp/> > > > Chhota Bheem’ narrates the story of the valorous nine-year-old Bheem, a > persona loosely based on the eponymous character in Hindu mythology known > for strength. Little Bheem lives in the fictional city-state of Dholakpur, > and in each television episode, when faced with various perils, he proceeds > to tackle them with the help of his friends Chutki, Raju and Jaggu Bandar, > the monkey. > > Despite the lifeless animation and dim plotlines, the show currently has > at least 40 million viewers, and Chhota Bheem merchandise from toothpaste > to toys flood Indian stores. Though the producers of the show have had > extraordinary success, hardly anyone has ventured beyond the ‘fun’ and > ‘excitement’ it offers children to analyse the sexist, racial, linguistic > and other discrimination deeply embedded in the show. > > Gender bias > > The gender bias is explicit: Chutki has the fairest skin of all the > characters and has two pink spots on her cheeks. She “loves playing with > the boys but also is very feminine and keeps herself busy with all sorts of > arts and household chores”, describes the official website of the show. She > never participates when physically strenuous fighting or other kinds of > movements are involved. The sheer violence displayed by Bheem, masquerading > as “teaching the villains a lesson”, is unnerving and he is an epitome of > the macho male (or as much of a macho male that a nine-year-old can be). > > Bheem has a rival in his village, Kalia. It may not come as a surprise > that not only him but most other villains in the show are dark-skinned. In > an episode emulating *Jack and the Beanstalk*, the giant is dark-skinned > and wears tiger skin. > > Racial prejudice > > There is reason to believe this racial prejudice historically comes from > the antagonism between the expansionist invaders of the ancient times who > lived in agricultural city-states and the dark-skinned tribes, who were > forest-dwellers. Due to this, the *rakshasa*, or the demon, in the > literature of the “civilised” and settled agricultural communities, is > identified with the tribal forest-dweller; and the giant in the story, a > *rakshasa*. > > Curiously, even as Bheem saves an elephant from a cruel hunter and is > proclaimed a hero, in other episodes he beats up hyenas, fights tigers and > attaches fireworks to a lion’s tail, simply because the last three were > ‘threats’ to his friends. This imposition of values of who is ‘good’ and > who is ‘bad’ on to the animal world no doubt makes the little viewers > internalise certain erroneous notions. > > On linguistic lines > > An episode of particular interest to me was one where Bheem and his > friends visited Kerala on an adventure. It was interesting to note how > linguistic ‘othering’ was an important way of constructing the identity of > Malayalis. In the Hindi version of the episode, the Malayalis spoke Hindi > (the language Bheem and his friends speak) with an accent that sounded odd, > and many of them were caricatures that exclaimed *aiyo* from time to > time, meant to evoke mirth. Kalia wants to learn Kathakali, a performance > art form native to Kerala, and he is ridiculed. > > In another episode, *Dancing with the Tribes*, the image of the ‘tribal’ > cannot be more stereotypical, and their language is gibberish. Bheem and > his friends make fun of them by attempting to imitate them. Bheem also goes > to meet the Incas, aliens and many other groups in various episodes. But > every visit is necessarily based on some sort of conflict or antagonism, > the message being, ‘what is different is to be fought’. > > Way to enmity > > From all this it seems to me that while superficially trying to make other > ‘cultures’ familiar to viewers, all it does is essentialise them and > inculcate an intuitive aggression or enmity towards them. Behind the guise > of educational tales about multiple cultures lurks a blatantly sexist, > racist and essentialist show. It claims to teach children values and > morals, but in truth cultivates biases and perpetrates stereotypes. Is this > what we want our children watching, especially in times such as those we > are in today? > > [email protected] > > > IT for Change, Bengaluru > www.ITforChange.net > > -- > ----------- > 1.ವಿಷಯ ಶಿಕ್ಷಕರ ವೇದಿಕೆಗೆ ಶಿಕ್ಷಕರನ್ನು ಸೇರಿಸಲು ಈ ಅರ್ಜಿಯನ್ನು ತುಂಬಿರಿ. > - https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSevqRdFngjbDtOF8YxgeXeL > 8xF62rdXuLpGJIhK6qzMaJ_Dcw/viewform > 2. ಇಮೇಲ್ ಕಳುಹಿಸುವಾಗ ಗಮನಿಸಬೇಕಾದ ಕೆಲವು ಮಾರ್ಗಸೂಚಿಗಳನ್ನು ಇಲ್ಲಿ ನೋಡಿ. > -http://karnatakaeducation.org.in/KOER/index.php/ವಿಷಯಶಿಕ್ > ಷಕರವೇದಿಕೆ_ಸದಸ್ಯರ_ಇಮೇಲ್_ಮಾರ್ಗಸೂಚಿ > 3. ಐ.ಸಿ.ಟಿ ಸಾಕ್ಷರತೆ ಬಗೆಗೆ ಯಾವುದೇ ರೀತಿಯ ಪ್ರಶ್ನೆಗಳಿದ್ದಲ್ಲಿ ಈ ಪುಟಕ್ಕೆ ಭೇಟಿ > ನೀಡಿ - > http://karnatakaeducation.org.in/KOER/en/index.php/Portal:ICT_Literacy > 4.ನೀವು ಸಾರ್ವಜನಿಕ ತಂತ್ರಾಂಶ ಬಳಸುತ್ತಿದ್ದೀರಾ ? ಸಾರ್ವಜನಿಕ ತಂತ್ರಾಂಶದ ಬಗ್ಗೆ > ತಿಳಿಯಲು -http://karnatakaeducation.org.in/KOER/en/index.php/ > Public_Software > ----------- > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "EnglishSTF" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- ----------- 1.ವಿಷಯ ಶಿಕ್ಷಕರ ವೇದಿಕೆಗೆ ಶಿಕ್ಷಕರನ್ನು ಸೇರಿಸಲು ಈ ಅರ್ಜಿಯನ್ನು ತುಂಬಿರಿ. - https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSevqRdFngjbDtOF8YxgeXeL8xF62rdXuLpGJIhK6qzMaJ_Dcw/viewform 2. ಇಮೇಲ್ ಕಳುಹಿಸುವಾಗ ಗಮನಿಸಬೇಕಾದ ಕೆಲವು ಮಾರ್ಗಸೂಚಿಗಳನ್ನು ಇಲ್ಲಿ ನೋಡಿ. -http://karnatakaeducation.org.in/KOER/index.php/ವಿಷಯಶಿಕ್ಷಕರವೇದಿಕೆ_ಸದಸ್ಯರ_ಇಮೇಲ್_ಮಾರ್ಗಸೂಚಿ 3. ಐ.ಸಿ.ಟಿ ಸಾಕ್ಷರತೆ ಬಗೆಗೆ ಯಾವುದೇ ರೀತಿಯ ಪ್ರಶ್ನೆಗಳಿದ್ದಲ್ಲಿ ಈ ಪುಟಕ್ಕೆ ಭೇಟಿ ನೀಡಿ - http://karnatakaeducation.org.in/KOER/en/index.php/Portal:ICT_Literacy 4.ನೀವು ಸಾರ್ವಜನಿಕ ತಂತ್ರಾಂಶ ಬಳಸುತ್ತಿದ್ದೀರಾ ? ಸಾರ್ವಜನಿಕ ತಂತ್ರಾಂಶದ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ತಿಳಿಯಲು -http://karnatakaeducation.org.in/KOER/en/index.php/Public_Software ----------- --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "EnglishSTF" group. 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