[Article posted for
the Kerala University English Teacher Educator’s Forum - KUETEF]
Hello all,
A few members of KUETEF
had arrived quite early at Mar
Theophilus Training College on 23 December. While waiting for the commencement
of the Workshop, we shared our concerns about the new Curriculum now being
implemented. We soon realized a few tips
for transacting the new Curriculum, need to be communicated to the members. And so as agreed during the Farewell, I am
now posting the tips.
Time to commence Micro
Teaching
* It is high time we
commenced the Micro Teaching sessions. The components of the different Micro Teaching
skills have already been uploaded in earlier
posts of this Blog.
Addressing expenses of
Videography
A. Perhaps you would
have realized by now that on an average, each trainees’ video recording
would comprise 20 minutes for Micro Teaching (ie; 10 minutes Teach Phase + 10 minutes for Re-teach Phase) That means, for each Optional
Subject comprising 15 students, [15 x
20m= 300m] five hours videography would
be essential.
B. Video recording of a duration of 30 minutes
on an average of three groups per
class is essential for
1.Computer/ICT-based Lesson
2. Shooting the Video
Script
That is, roughly
three hours videography for each
Optional Subject is essential.
So time for videography per Optional Subject,
(A+B)= 5 hrs+ 3 hrs= 8 hours.
Imagine the exorbitant rate it would incur if we employ
the services of a professional videographer! Now, in every college, there would be
trainees adept at shooting with a
Handicam. They would also be familiar with editing using Windows Movie Maker.
During Micro Teaching, we
should make the trainees do the recording and the editing themselves. This in fact would
be an excellent preparation for shooting
and editing, of the Computer/ICT-based lesson and the Video Script.
Time to prepare for Shared Practice during School Visit
*If three trainees choose
three different skills {Eg; Skill of
Introduction, Skill of Explaining
and Skill of Questioning} respectively,
and if a tiny reading passage is chosen as common content, the three Skills would be appropriate for the Shared Practice sessions
during School visit.
*Alternatively, trainees can:
1.Choose three other
Micro Teaching Skills
2.Focus on providing
practice in Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing
3.Teach a Proverb with
suitable illustration
4.Teach a grammar item
Teacher Educators should
remember that the objective of the
Shared Practice is not to assess the
ability of the trainee to teach, but to familiarize
themselves with classroom climate, issues related to
classroom management, learner behaviour
and aspects of classroom communication.
Though the trainees need not prepare a Lesson Plan
with the rigidity of regular Lesson Plans,
they should have a Plan for effectively utilizing the three classes (40 x 3=120 minutes)
* Prior to the Shared Practice, do familiarize the trainees
with classroom conditions by
making them view video recordings of teaching sessions of trainees of previous batches. The Video
Observation Schedule already uploaded in this Blog may be used to help the
trainees grasp the different stages of
each teaching encounter.
Lesson Plan or Lesson Template?
By ‘Template’, we
mean a pattern generally used as a
guide.
A couple of years ago,
when Lesson Plans began to be prepared
following the Constructivist paradigm, Behaviourist model, 4-Column Lesson Plans were
dropped. The rationale was that, in a Constructivist classroom, the
teacher cannot exactly predict the nature
of learning or learner behaviour. So, as per instructions
given during Cluster Meetings of School
teachers, the favoured term was
‘Teaching Manual’. The implication was, that the teacher after engaging the class makes notes of the
effectiveness of the strategies employed and
gets ready for a fresh teaching encounter with a new batch of students.
So, for all
practical purposes, let us continue to call the written material (plan) which the trainees
prepare as LESSON PLAN
Note: It is proposed to
uploaded the following in this Blog shortly
:
* Specimen two column
Lesson Plans for teaching a content in
Std XI
* Specimen two column
Lesson Plans for teaching a content in Std VI/VII
* Specimen Lesson Plan on Direct Instruction Model
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Sl.No.
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Names of participants who attended the meeting on 23 December 2013
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Institution
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1
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Mr.Laji
Varghese
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Mar
Theophilus Training College, Nalanchira
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2
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Mr.
Anoop R.S
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KPM
BEd.Training College, Ayur
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3
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Mr.
Lijin V.L.
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SN GK
BEd College, Pothencode
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4
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Dr.Reetha
Ravi H.
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SN
Training College, Nedunganda
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5
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Ms.Aswathy
T.V.
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Jamia
Training College, Kollam
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6
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Ms.Anila
Chacko
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St.Thomas
Training College, Mukollakal
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7
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Ms.
Rany G.J.
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CSI
College of Education, Parassala
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8
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Ms.Vijusha
V
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P.T.M.
College of Education, Marutoorkonam
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9
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Ms.Manjusha
S
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KUCTE,
Kallambalam
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10
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Mr.
Prasanth R
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KUCTE,
Kumarapuram
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11
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Ms.Rajna
Rajendran
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BNV
CTE, Thiruvallom
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12
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Ms.Raji
V R.
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KUCTE,
Nedumancaud
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13
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Mr.E.K.Jijan
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Mount
Tabor Training College, Pathanapuram
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14
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Dr.C.Praveen
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GBCTE,
Thalassery
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Dr.C. Praveen
Former Secretary, KUETEF
