Now that you have reached this post, you are radiating your Panache :)
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3 ) Let us be a person, not a machine – Strengthen Connections!
Class time is precious time because it is time to develop a community. This makes it
imperative for an educator to relate lessons to students’ life. Hence the
credibility of our teaching shines once the ‘Why’ is answered. Engaging
students with creative and new ways of presentations will increase fluid
intelligence or the ability to grasp new information.
Are you one of those
teachers who love to hear their own voice? Or, are you among those who spew
their subject knowledge accumulated over the years and maintain the quietest
classroom? You may argue that your class is the most effective. However, your
students could develop only one skill. Listening! The reading writing and
speaking went for a toss. It is time to take a pause.
Let’s understand that
teaching with no connection or no interaction is cognitively crippling.
Professor Andrew Wilkinson believes that oral skills in a classroom have been
neglected by educationists. So, how do we build this positive psychology of
connection and interaction in the classroom? The solution would be to design a
FRAMEWORK for collaborative learning, as mentioned by the Common European Reference Framework.
Train
to Think
A simple course-framework
can be focused on the following:
1 1)Compose a problem statement related to
the topic of your lesson. Students make a list of suggestions to help solve the
problem. They discuss the advantages and disadvantages of each suggestion with
other teams.
Example:
Several
students in the rural area, during the lockdown, were unable to attend online
classes due to connectivity issues. What suggestive measures can you give to
mitigate this problem arising in the future?
2 2) Give students options to present their
answers in creative ways: a PPT, Drawing, Poster or a
Video Presentation.
Giving choices motivate students.
3 3) Once they speak on the topic:
The teacher can guide them and give feedback on the four
maxims:
· Quality
of their talk: Their ideas should be genuine and
believable.
·
Quantity
of their talk: They must know how much they are
expected to speak in the
given context.
·
Relevance
to the topic: Their ideas must be related to the
topic.
·
Manner
of speech: They must have clarity and avoid ambiguity.
Giving Time To Speak is Giving Time
To Learn! Active learning opens opportunities for
oral communication.
Ms. Shashi Prabha
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Assistant Professor
BNM Institute of Technology
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