educarnival 2016 at iit delhi - presentation by dr. deepthi uthaman

DEEPTHI UTHAMAN SNK SCHOOL

HANDS ON LEARNING: Effective implementation for engaging students.

DR. DEEPTHI UTHAMAN, M.SC. PH.DHEAD, DEPT. OF BIOLOGYS.N. KANSAGRA SCHOOL, RAJKOT, GUJARAT.


Learning- then and now…Village school 1940

Classroom today

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Vedic times

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Passive listening…??Sitting in rows and listening…...

What’s in my snack box

today?

Why is my friend absent today?

When will I get my laptop?

What if I listen to songs?

Why Change the classroom scenario…..

Something that facilitates involvement of every student.

About engaging students in the learning by different learning methodologies.

Differentiated learning….


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Engaging every student by differentiated instruction…..is it

simple?Is it possible to be implemented by all, at all levels?Is it possible to be implemented for all subjects and topics?What about the board classes?Do teachers actually have time to find out the ability of each child and work accordingly?Even if we manage to change the classroom senario, what happens to the assessments?

Then how can we bring a change in our classroom?


Making classroom interesting..Students preparing

poster for classification of

bacteria

Models of biomolecules

Cell division poster Observing floral parts

Education is not the learning of facts, but the training of minds to think. -Albert Einstein


Engaging and creating interest.. ILA

Generate interest for the topic, by investigative learning approach.

When they actually perform and see for themselves they remember better.

Investigative approach by dissection

Guiding during dissection

Performing enzyme

experiments

The best teachers are those who show you where to look, but don’t tell you what to see. –Alexandra Trenfor


Project based learningCreate a working model of the digestive system-with a twist.

Integrated project including all sciences.

Teaching is more than imparting knowledge, it is inspiring change, learning is more than absorbing facts, its is aquiring understanding- William Arthur Ward


Integrated PBL…Does it really work?

Keeps them engaged in the topic.

Each student gets the opportunity to do what he/she is good at.

Learn through peer teaching.

Different groups...competitive spirit.

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Change for good..Differentiated instruction in the form of engaging students in our classroom, is possible if we think differently.

There may be hurdles, but teachers need to take some risk and think differently.

Time constraints are a major issue, however, if we have the passion to give the best to our students, then we can bring the change.

Small risk can bring a renovation in the lesson and this can be a reality.

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THANK YOU