Thank you all for the participation On Sunday, January 6, 2013 2:40:39 PM UTC+5:30, AJITH THOMAS wrote: > > > Formal Education is imparted to the students through educational > institutions, which acquire life in its classroom through the process of > actual transaction between the teacher and the students. ’ According to > Mahatma Gandhi,True Education ‘has to be directed towards the formation of > the human person in view of his final end and the good of the society to > which he belongs, and in the duties of which he will as an adult have a > share.’ When keeping this view,classroom transaction has a paramount > importance in the process of moulding the future generations for a > purposeful life based on values. > What are the things that should be > transacted? The blind rule is to follow the curriculum. The word > ‘curriculum ‘ comes from the Latin word ‘currere’ which was the name for > definite marked roads arranged to run chariot races in Rome.In schools, > children are given the readymade curriculum, of course framed by eminent > educators. Education is the chariot, curriculum is the road, and the > teacher is the charioteer. But why these definite roads?Each student has to > go through a different road inevitably,atleast that is what life teaches > us.Each of them may be coming from a different background and equipped with > a different psychology.So how can a common coursework fit the frame?While > neglecting the ‘thought of the flaw of the system’ the answer to the > question lies in the hands of the teacher.It should be the flexibility and > serviceability of the teacher to find those distinct paths,perhaps for all > the students he or she handles.And for that to happen effectively,the > teacher should have a dominant role in selecting his or her students. > Regarding the technical handling of the > classroom,the teacher, playing the role of an effective communicator ,is > urged to devise newer strategies for stimulus variation,focusing,prompting > questions,redirecting and for overcoming various barriers he confronts.He > should be with constant preparation to avoid a banal class.He has to be > decisive every movement and should use psychological principles for proper > management of the class, rather than resorting to oppressive methods. There > can be negative comments and naïve judgements on the students part.He has > to manage the individual temperaments of the 35 or 40 students , as well as > maintain a ‘collective thinking ‘of the class. > A symptomatic world , demands all > people to be teachers .It is the duty of the society to its social > environment. .The field demands audacity and a lot of patience but the real > adventure in the classroom transactions, is in the unforeseen result it > can bring about in the future.
On Sunday, January 6, 2013 2:40:39 PM UTC+5:30, AJITH THOMAS wrote: > > > Formal Education is imparted to the students through educational > institutions, which acquire life in its classroom through the process of > actual transaction between the teacher and the students. ’ According to > Mahatma Gandhi,True Education ‘has to be directed towards the formation of > the human person in view of his final end and the good of the society to > which he belongs, and in the duties of which he will as an adult have a > share.’ When keeping this view,classroom transaction has a paramount > importance in the process of moulding the future generations for a > purposeful life based on values. > What are the things that should be > transacted? The blind rule is to follow the curriculum. The word > ‘curriculum ‘ comes from the Latin word ‘currere’ which was the name for > definite marked roads arranged to run chariot races in Rome.In schools, > children are given the readymade curriculum, of course framed by eminent > educators. Education is the chariot, curriculum is the road, and the > teacher is the charioteer. But why these definite roads?Each student has to > go through a different road inevitably,atleast that is what life teaches > us.Each of them may be coming from a different background and equipped with > a different psychology.So how can a common coursework fit the frame?While > neglecting the ‘thought of the flaw of the system’ the answer to the > question lies in the hands of the teacher.It should be the flexibility and > serviceability of the teacher to find those distinct paths,perhaps for all > the students he or she handles.And for that to happen effectively,the > teacher should have a dominant role in selecting his or her students. > Regarding the technical handling of the > classroom,the teacher, playing the role of an effective communicator ,is > urged to devise newer strategies for stimulus variation,focusing,prompting > questions,redirecting and for overcoming various barriers he confronts.He > should be with constant preparation to avoid a banal class.He has to be > decisive every movement and should use psychological principles for proper > management of the class, rather than resorting to oppressive methods. There > can be negative comments and naïve judgements on the students part.He has > to manage the individual temperaments of the 35 or 40 students , as well as > maintain a ‘collective thinking ‘of the class. > A symptomatic world , demands all > people to be teachers .It is the duty of the society to its social > environment. .The field demands audacity and a lot of patience but the real > adventure in the classroom transactions, is in the unforeseen result it > can bring about in the future. -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "WikiEducator" group. To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org To visit the discussion forum: http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "WikiEducator" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
