121. Decisions and Consensus

[Posted for  the Kerala University English Teacher Educator’s Forum - KUETEF]

Following the inaugural  session of the two-day Workshop on ‘Aggrandizement of the UG and PG Curriculum’ organized by Govt. College of Teacher Education, Thiruvananthapuram on 10 and 11 February 2016,  the English teacher educators met separately. Those who attended the session include the following:

Sl.No.	Name	Designation	Name of  Institution
1	Dr. C.Praveen	Asst. Prof. in  MEd department	Govt.CTE, Tvpm.
2	Dr.Reetha Ravi	Asst. Prof	SN. Training College, Nedunganda
3	Ms. Veena SR.	Asst. Prof	Kaviattu College of  Teacher Education, Tvpm.
4	Ms. Divya PV	Asst. Prof	CSI College of Education, Parassala
5	Ms.Nitha S.	Asst. Prof	MAET. Training College, Nettayam
6	Ms.Anna Rolls G.	Asst. Prof	KUCTE,Anchal
7	Ms.Devi  LR.	Guest Lecturer in English	Govt.CTE, Tvpm.
8	Ms.Anna Jose RS.	Lecturer in English	Christ Nagar, Thiruvllom
9	Ms. Jincy Joseph	Asst. Prof	Sabari College of Education, Anchal
10	Ms.Vijisha LV.	Lecturer in English	PTM College of  Education, Marutoorkonam

Discussions commenced  with  a review of the work done during  the  workshop held  at  SN Training College, Nedunganda. Dr.Reetha Ravi  who had  led the discussion during that  workshop agreed   to   make available the Rubrics  for assessment prepared during the workshop.

*The ambiguous  nature  of   the  Multiple Choice Type questions  in  the   Question Paper for  the  First  Semester  BEd  degree  examination held  in December 2015  was  pointed out  by almost  all the teachers  present.

* The  need  for  a  specimen  Two Column Lesson  Plan and one based on  Role Play model  was expressed by many teachers. Ms.Nitha  agreed to prepare  a specimen two column Lesson Plan for uploading on this Blog.

* During the second day (11 Feb)  work commenced on preparation of   Model Question Papers  for the papers prescribed  for the   Second Semester of the BEd course.

*Several  dark areas   were identified  by  teachers who had recently joined  the  profession.  So it was also decided to  conduct  a  meeting of  English teacher educators  in March  at  Govt. College of Teacher Education.

                                                                                          

Posted by                                                              

Dr. C. Praveen

Former Secretary, KUETEF and

Convenor, Curriculum Revision Two-year BEd (English)

University of Kerala