On 28/06/2016, aravind navalli <[email protected]> wrote: > That was a great move y the teachers in Delhi. we wish could this happen in > > our state also, it is we who are at root of education system and the > curriculum should be framed involving all teaching community. Procedures > were followed but were just for the sake of procedure. > > On Monday, 27 June 2016 14:59:17 UTC+5:30, itfc.stfkoer wrote: >> >> Dear teachers >> >> How delhi teachers are trying to address the huge gap between the student >> >> contexts and the text books.... comments welcome >> >> regards >> Guru >> source - >> http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/delhi-government-schools-teachers-smart-study-pronunciation-education-fun-2872300/ >> >> 20,000 govt school teachers in Delhi involved in finding ways to make >> students learn the right lessons, and have fun >> >> Grappling with students who barely know their alphabets in order, teachers >> >> find it an uphill task to go beyond the narrative and explain the didactic >> >> tone. >> >> Written by Sweta Dutta | New Delhi | Published:June 24, 2016 2:35 am >> >> “Once upon a time, there lived in Japan a young boy with his parents. >> Although he worked hard, day and night cutting wood, he could not earn >> much >> to satisfy need of his parents. It was cold season and his old father was >> >> unable to bear the cold so he wished he could have sake… but a poor man >> like Taro could not afford to buy the drink.” >> >> As Kadambari Lohia, a Class VI English teacher of a Delhi government >> school, reads out ‘Taro’s Reward’ — a chapter from the NCERT textbook — >> students in her class stare blankly at her. Even as the textbook suggests >> >> Kadambari pronounce sake as ‘saake’, she silently debates how the >> students, >> who were taught to pronounce ‘S’ as sa just a few days ago, would tackle a >> >> sudden deviation. >> >> The story of Taro has often come up as a challenge to teachers. Grappling >> >> with students who barely know their alphabets in order, teachers find it >> an >> uphill task to go beyond the narrative and explain the didactic tone. >> >> “There is an yawning gap between the learning level of students and the >> difficulty level of the prescribed NCERT textbooks and this makes teaching >> >> a big challenge in government schools,” explains Kadambari, flanked by >> seven other English teachers from different government schools, >> brainstorming over creating new supplementary material for students and >> manuals for teachers to bridge this gap. >> >> The exercise, initiated by Delhi government’s Directorate of Education and >> >> involving 20,000 trained graduate teachers from Class VI to VIII, draws >> from their own classroom experiences. >> >> Over the past month, 500 batches of teachers have been brainstorming not >> just to simplify textbooks for students, but also to draw up a manual for >> >> teachers to ‘make sense’ of them while teaching. The material will be >> printed and used in classrooms across government schools from July. The >> initiative comes with the AAP government prioritising education and >> allocating a lion’s share of the state budget in revamping infrastructure >> >> and introducing more extra-curricular activities. >> >> “Over the years, we have seen students floundering because their level of >> >> understanding is far below the textbooks imposed on them. Teachers have >> repeatedly complained of this and hence we thought we needed to involve >> them in the process,” says Shailendra Sharma, principal advisor to >> director >> (education). >> >> Though the workshops have meant more work during the summer break, >> teachers are not complaining. “We have to teach in the classroom and we >> know what works for students. We should teach them what they understand >> and >> not what the textbook wants us to teach. This is the first time teachers >> are involved in the process of drafting study material,” says Deepti >> Chawla, another English teacher. >> >> Tarun Bhasin, a Social Studies teacher, and his colleagues draw up riddles >> >> and other play-way methods to explain topics like the solar system and >> environment. “Instead of making students learn by rote what environment >> means, if we take them out to green areas and ask them to observe and >> write >> down whatever they saw, the impact is much more,” explains Bhasin. >> >> IT for Change, Bengaluru >> www.ITforChange.net >> > > -- > 1. If a teacher wants to join STF, visit > http://karnatakaeducation.org.in/KOER/en/index.php/Become_a_STF_groups_member > 2. For STF training, visit KOER - > http://karnatakaeducation.org.in/KOER/en/index.php > 4. For Ubuntu 14.04 installation, visit > http://karnatakaeducation.org.in/KOER/en/index.php/Kalpavriksha > 4. 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