WEEK 4

TEACHING PRACTICE - FOURTH WEEK

Weekly report - 4

(03/12/2018 - 07/12/2018)

       This was the last week of our teaching practice. Because of Christmas exam, we will back to our college. In this week I almost completed five lesson plans.

Monday was holiday due to 'Perunal'. On Tuesday, I completed the topic on the diseases affected to eyes in physics and also the topic on soft drinks in Chemistry . On tuesday, I started new topic current electricity Students were very excited to study the new topic. On Wednesday I continued the topic current electricity.On Thursday, I conducted a diagnostic test. On Friday, I introduced the new topic Water.

This week was a very good experience for me. Waiting for wonderful Christmas.

WEEK 3

TEACHING PRACTICE - THIRD WEEK

Weekly Report - 3
(26/11/2018 - 01/12/2018)

This was the third week of our teaching practice. In this week I almost completed three lesson
plans. Besides the regular classes, I have got duty for the programme, Malayalathilakkam. I
really enjoy.
On Monday, I started a new topic Eye and Vision.Students are very excited to study new topic. Tuesday was holiday due to memorial of Mar Thoma Dionysius. Sri. Shashi Tharoor,
MP was the chief guest of the programme. He delivered the 2018 Mar Thoma Dionysius
Memorial Lecture at St Stephens High School Pathanapuram. Also presented the key to a new
home to a family from Pathanapuram on the leadership of Malankara Orthodox Church. The
programme was really enjoyable and memorable. On Wednesday, had no classes. On Thursday, I started the topic Power of lens. Friday was holiday due to strike. Saturday was also working day.
On the whole this week was a nice experience for me. I really enjoy this week.

WEEK 2

TEACHING PRACTICE - SECOND WEEK

Weekly report 2

( 19/11/2018 - 24/11/2018 )

                        This was the second week of our teaching practice. In this week I almost completed eight lesson plans. I got substitution classes in 9 D because some teachers went to the tour. So I can finish the topic Lens.

                        On Monday, I completed topics - Formation of image using lens, Ray diagrams of formation of images at different positions, Saturated and Supersaturated solutions. I use sufficient teaching aids for teaching this topics. On Tuesday, was holiday because of 'Nabidinam'. On Wednesday,  I had no classes but I had duty at Malayala thilakkom programme.Thursday, I completed the topic New Cartesian sign convention and Magnification. I introduced this topic using a chart showing the comparison of Cartesian coordinates.On Friday I completed the topic Growing crystal, Homogeneous and Heterogeneous mixtures. I showed the experiments and activities related to the topic.Besides the regular classes, I have got duty for the programme, 'Malayalamthilakkam', a Kerala government sponsored program, to develop Malayalam language skill among pupils.

                     This week was a good experience for me. I really enjoyed this week.

RAY DIAGRAM OF FORMATION OF IMAGES

I USED MY INNOVATIVE WORK TO TEACH STUDENTS  IN 9 D, THE FORMATION OF IMAGES USING LENS

We can place the object (light source) in different positions where the focal length can be measured directly using the scale fixed in the model. 

WEEK 1

TEACHING PRACTICE - WEEKLY REPORT

The first week of our teaching practice, phase two (12 th November - 16th November 2018).Twenty student teachers stepped to St. Stephens Higher Secondary School,  Pathanapuram on 12th November. There was a  warm  welcome by the Headmaster of the teacher and non teaching staff .

 Instructions regarding the discipline of the school as well as the portion that are to be completed before Christmas exam were highlighted by the headmaster on the second day of our teaching practice. We met our respective teachers every morning and had a talk related to our classes and took their signatures in our lesson plan. The  first  day began with prayer, School auditorium was arranged for us as the staffroom. On 14th and  15th November we were shifted to a class as there was a training programmes for teachers in school auditorium.

CLASS TIME

Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end. In this phase I have got  9 D and 8 J for teaching. My concerned teachers are Elizabeth mam and Jessy Varghese mam. First day I went to the class and asked them for  self introduction then I began my class by introducing the basic concept on lenses and Solutions. Students participated actively in the classroom activities. I visited  IX H class to observe  Mathematics class of  Mr.  Sreenath O R  as part of peer evaluation. It was a nice experience. The week ended on the positive note and had a great experience throughout the week.

TIME TABLE

Monday  - 4rd period & 7th period

Thursday – 1st period

Friday – 7th period

WEEK 1

Total working days  :  5

Covered lesson plan : 5

Topics;

1.      Refraction of light

2.      Introduction to solution

3.      Principal focus, Principal axis

4.      Saturated and Unsaturated solution

5.      Concentrated and Diluted solution

Teaching aid:

Black board, Chart, Activity Card, salt water, Lens ,Plastic glass, Salt, Ammonium chloride, Beaker, Potassium permanganate, Methyl Orange solution, Copper sulphate.

DAY 1

1 2 NOV 2018

"Education gives us a knowledge of the world around us and changes it into something better"

MY CLASSES

• IX D,PHYSICS,LENS
• VIII J , CHEMISTRY , SOLUTIONS

LEARNING ACTIVITIES

Since my topic was on lens, I showed them two lenses used in our daily life. Convex and Concave lens.

TEACHING AIDS USED

Convex lens and Concave lens

PREPARATORY ACTIVITIES FOR TEACHING PRACTICE PHASE 2 2018

I opted St. Stephens high school, Pathanapuram for my second phase teaching practice on 7th Nov 2018,Myself along with other teacher trainees visited the school for collecting the portions. We met the head of the institution. He gave us necessary guidelines and directed us to meet our concerned  subject teachers in the school. I was allotted to Ms Jessy Varghese and Ms.Elizabeth subjected both Chemistry and Physics respectively where I was allotted to take Physics in 9D and Chemistry in 8J.Teachers gave me the timetable and guidelines to take the class.

GENERAL GUIDELINES BY TEACHER EDUCATORS

Our teacher educator assigned certain works that has to be completed within the time bound of 30 days of the phase 2 teaching practice.

The works includes:

• LESSON PLAN - 30
• PEER REVIEW - 10
• REFLECTIVE JOURNAL - 30 DAYS
• INNOVATIVE WORK - 2
• BLOG UPDATION
• READING AND REFLECTION ON A TEXT
• ACHIEVEMENT TEST
• DIAGNOSTIC TEST AND REMEDIAL TEACHING
• CONSCIENTISATION PROGRAMME

WORLD TEACHER'S DAY

World Teachers' Day, also known as International Teachers Day, is held annually on October 5. Established in 1994, it commemorates the signing of the 1966 UNESCO/ILO Recommendation concerning the Status of Teachers, which is a standard-setting instrument that addresses the status and situations of teachers around the world. This recommendation outlines standards relating to education personnel policy, recruitment, and initial training as well as the continuing education of teachers, their employment, and working conditions. World Teachers' Day aims to focus on "appreciating, assessing and improving the educators of the world" and to provide an opportunity to consider issues related to teachers and teaching.

LITERACY DAY

At record speed, digital technologies are fundamentally changing the way people live, work, learn and socialize everywhere. They are giving new possibilities to people to improve all areas of their lives including access to information; knowledge management; networking; social services; industrial production, and mode of work. However, those who lack access to digital technologies and the knowledge, skills and competencies required to navigate them, can end up marginalized in increasingly digitally driven societies. Literacy is one such essential skill.

Just as knowledge, skills and competencies evolve in the digital world, so does what it means to be literate. In order to close the literacy skills gap and reduce inequalities, Literacy Day will highlight the challenges and opportunities in promoting literacy in the digital world, a world where, despite progress.

CONSCIENTIZATION

CONSCIENTIZATION

As a part of Restructured curriculum a programm named Conscientizaion Programme has been carried out at the time of school internship training programme on the topic The Ethical use of Social Media.

Conscientization or critical consciousness is a popular education and social concept developed by Brazilian Pedagogue and educational theorist Paulo Freire.

He elaborated an educational theory within the framework of a theory of radical social change and expressed in a literacy training program. A central concept is "conscientization," and development of critical consciousness through a process of reflection and action.

Critical Consciousness Theory focuses on the role of oppression and privilege in creating and sustaining social and individual dysfunction. ... For instance, believing that one is genetically superior or inferior when compared others is a form of internal privilege or oppression.

It is the action or process of making others aware of political and social conditions, especially as a precursor to challenging inequalities of treatment or opportunity; the fact of being aware of these conditions.

WORLD YOUTH SKILL DAY

Young people are almost three times more likely to be unemployed than adults and continuously exposed to lower quality of jobs, greater labour market inequalities, and longer and more insecure school-to-work transitions. In addition, women are more likely to be underemployed and under-paid, and to undertake part-time jobs or work under temporary contracts.

That is why education and training are key determinants of success in the labour market. But unfortunately, existing systems are failing to address the learning needs of many young people, and surveys of learning outcomes and skills show that a large number of youth have low levels of achievement in basic literacy and numeracy. To raise awareness on the importance of investing in youth skills development, the United Nations General Assembly decided to designate 15 July as World Youth Skills Day.

WORLD POETRY DAY

Poetry reaffirms our common humanity by revealing to us that individuals, everywhere in the world, share the same questions and feelings. Poetry is the mainstay of oral tradition and, over centuries, can communicate the innermost values of diverse cultures.

One of the main objectives of the Day is to support linguistic diversity through poetic expression and to offer endangered languages the opportunity to be heard within their communities.

The observance of World Poetry Day is also meant to encourage a return to the oral tradition of poetry recitals, to promote the teaching of poetry, to restore a dialogue between poetry and the other arts such as theatre, dance, music and painting, and to support small publishers and create an attractive image of poetry in the media, so that the art of poetry will no longer be considered an outdated form of art, but one which enables society as a whole to regain and assert its identity.