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Collaborative Learning by Nazia Tarannum
Collaborative Learning is a popular teaching and learning strategy widely used by teachers across the world to enhance learning of students.It has its origin in Social Constructivism theory of Lev Vygotsky.
It focusses on student learning by interacting with peers and doing tasks in group in anon time,however it is not in isolation from the teacher ,but teacher acts as a facilitator and ensures that the discussion is on the right track thus avoiding any distarctions which might hamper the learning of the students .
Collaborative learning is expedient to both the teachers and learners as it engages the students and ensures that all silent spectators become active participants in the class. Collaborative learning helps in development of social skills ,commuication skills and self managment skills .It also probes critical thinking and creative thinking in students which enables them to be a good team player by contributing to their group .
Constructivism by Anthony Kenneth
Jean Piaget is widely recognized as the founding father of Constructivism. He was a Swizz psychologist, and was known for his work on child development. Constructivism is ‘an approach to learning that holds that people actively construct or make their own knowledge and that reality is determined by the experiences of the learner’
In the constructivism process of learning the approach is active, learners are expected to learn via, active engagement like experiential, problem
solving. Learners are given the freedom to explore, learn and construct knowledge by
themselves, they tend to retain this knowledge for longer.
Stress management by Jyothi Kanithe
No one on earth can say that he or she is not stressed in life. All of us go through this process of experiencing stress in our lives, may be at different levels and at different situations. If we are aware of what we are going through and accept it then I must say, we can overcome stress very well by taking various initiatives. Let’s discuss some of the exercises that would help us to maintain a calm and serene atmosphere. One thing that strikes me to be is to stay calm, composed, and positive in life, this would certainly help me to progress and focus in life. One thing we need to be aware of is to accept and be aware that we are not Gods and we can expect all things to happen as we wish, things will happen as God wishes.
We often fail to recognize the genuine feelings that we go through within. We need to learn to adopt new techniques and methods to do some of the exercise to keep ourselves fit and healthy. We can be free of stress when we have a systematic way of life. We always focus on success and accomplishments and often forget to remember that we also need to enjoy life along with success. We also need to set a time for our loved ones and beloved home people. Timely support, open sharing with a friend, creatively engaging oneself with an activities, learn to say yes to positive things and say no to non-life giving things, and above all love and enjoy in whatever you do. If we do all these mentioned requirements then we all can live a life of free stress.
Topic: 21st century skills: (4C’s) by Pavan Kumar S
The influence of new technologies has changed the way we live. The 21st century skills are necessary to teach and learn, the four C’s are often considered to be most important. These skills are also called learning skills. These skills are needed to build a career. Critical thinking: how often do you think? Critical thinking is the ability to think clearly, understanding the logical connections between ideas, engages in reflective and independent thinking. It includes reasoning, questioning, arguments and finding the way to solve and analyze the problems. It’s always good to think out of the box. Creativity: how creative you are? Do you follow the same what others do or you do in our own way? Creativity empowers to see concepts in a different light which leads to innovation. You have to understand that “the way things have always been done has to change someday”. Collaboration: I always feel solving a mathematical problem on my own is a difficult task. Whenever I go to my teacher, she used to call one of my friends and tell him to help me. Collaborate. Collaboration means getting students to work together, and to get the best way to solve the problem, and to know the perspectives and ideas from others. Communication: everyday to speak to other either face to face or through digital device. In the learning process, effective communication is the tool to bring the all educational qualities together. It’s crucial for students to learn how to effectively convey ideas among different personality’s types of peer groups.
Storytelling by SANDAR AUNG
Storytelling is a tried and tested method to effectively communicate messages. Stories capture the attention of the listeners’ effort Lesly. A teacher can communicate important lessons just by narrating a story. Students will become so engrossed with the fate of the characters in the story that the session will be interactive and lively. Lessons learn through stories are not forgetter long after one student date one’s student days are passed. That is why stories such as Ramayana, Mahabharata, Aladdin, and the magic lamp, Fairy, tales, and these are eternal classics.
Stories engage the attention of the old and the young alike. That is why, Hariatha and Upanyasas are still popular among the elderly, for children. When stories are illustrated graphically learning is quick and is imprinted in memory forever. A dramatization in class can also involve students’ active participation. Storytelling can take several forms whichever be the form involving the students in active participation and discussion will yield rich reward. Through the five senses all the information is collected and recorded. The mind takes it as and when needed and thus confidence is built.
Differentiated instruction by Shramana Bhattacharjee
Differentiated instruction means teaching the same material using a variety of teaching strategies to all the students, alternatively it may also require the teachers to deliver lessons based on each student's ability at varying levels of difficulty.
The beginnings of divided education go all the way back to the days of the one-room schoolhouse, where in one classroom; one teacher had students of all ages. As the schooling system changed to
grading schools, children of the same age were presumed to perform equally. However, performance assessment was adopted in 1912, and the ratings exposed the differences in the skills
of children within grade levels. Thus bringing out the importance of understanding why the learning
abilities of every child were different and each of them had their own special way and pace of
learning and understanding things. Hence differentiated instruction arose.
Differenced Instruction has to be incorporated in the classroom considering the 4 important aspects-
1. Content
2. Process
3. Product
4. Learning environment
Differentiated Instruction by Bessy B Joseph
It is also known as differentiated assessment or differentiated learning. Every classroom has students from all diverse group, ability, talents etc. Every student have their own uniqueness. Differentiated instruction helps to cater to the needs of all students on one topic. It allows the students to show what they know in different ways. It can be done in 4 different ways: differentiated content, differentiated environment, differentiated process, differentiated product.
Differentiated Instruction by Vivian Richards S
Differentiated Instruction is nothing but designing the instruction to cater to the learning needs of the individuals. We know that not all students in the class will be of the same calibre. Therefore, a teacher should teach them differently with regard to the content, the process, the products, the assessments, grouping or the learning environment. In short, the teacher needs to organize the level of the content and provide a variety of learning environments and conduct assessments in different ways, wherein students can showcase what they have learned.
The following can be some of the ways whereby differentiated instruction can be implemented in the schools. The teacher can play the lessons and ask the students to listen/watch and so the use of audio and visual aids is one of the fundamental ways of differentiated instruction. Also, the teacher can group the students according to their learning levels or styles and using reading buddies. The students should be provided interest centres, that enables them to explore their lessons. One more effective way is to help the students to make the task list for the completion and varying length of time according to the learners’ abilities should be permitted. Moreover, allowing the students to express their learnings in their own ways like puppet show, letter writing, mural with labels; so on and so forth. Subsequently, this will enable the students to create their own product assignments so far as the assignments contain the expected elements. Above all, providing materials, which reflect varied culture and home setting is very important and setting out clear guidelines for independent work that matches individual needs and appreciating/encouraging them to learn as they would like to learn the lessons.
Differentiated Instruction by Anjana Sabu
As class sizes grow exponentially, teachers face the daunting task of teaching all levels of students in a single class. Teachers must be able to stimulate and engage intellectually gifted students, while simultaneously scaffolding curriculum to support lower level learners. Just as everyone has a unique fingerprint, every student has an individual learning style too. Not all of the students grasp a subject in the same way or share the same level of ability. Differentiated instruction helps the teacher to excite the brilliant student to uncover deeper layers of learning, while simultaneously structuring curriculum to support lower level students or students with learning disabilities- both identified and unidentified.
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