Please donot send to me e.mail.l am not a feacher. On 8/28/17, Padmini Ns <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >
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