Mondays always start with a hope of getting good experiences, hope to discover myself, hope not to repeat the mistakes again, hope to be a better person… etc. After the prayer I reached the general hall. Maya teacher took the first hour. 22nd March is WORLD WATER DAY mam talked about some facts regarding water.
Initial half-hour we discussed Cultural Diffusion, Cultural lag, Enculturation, Acculturation, Cultural Inertia, Sanskritization and Role of education with regard to culture. English optional continued their seminar.
Next hour was engaged by the principal sir. Sir first gave a gist of the previous class and brushed up our memory. Sir talked about Heterogeneous thinking- heterogeneity of thinking means that in any culture and in any individual, there exists no one, homogeneous form of thinking, but different types of verbal thinking. So a teacher needs to focus his or her students into a homogeneous process of thinking while they are ready to deliver concepts. Then discussed different types of questions. First one was a Developmental question here the teacher uses this question to develop the learner’s thinking beyond simple recall or knowledge and experience make teachers to form this kind of questions.
Next one was Evaluation questions. It can be Summative, Formative and Diagnostic. Formative questions or assessment used during the learning process in order to enhance learning. Summative questions used at the end of the learning process. Used to make judgement on the student learning process. Diagnostic questions are designed to help identify and crucially understand student’s mistakes and misconceptions in an efficient and accurate manner. Prognostic assessments act as a means of estimation and prediction of the future career. Another term is aptness which is depending on the age group.
Next sir taught about Probing and Redirection. Probing means the ability of a teacher to provide some clues to the students so that the thought process of the student will be focused and generation of correct response will take place. Redirection means shifting from one student to another student to get the correct response. Another term appreciation which means giving a kind of recognition at the end of the successful response of the student, an act of reinforcement. Then we discussed the 4th sub skill: Skill of Explanation.
All the union members were called for a meeting. Principal sir talked to us and provided valuable information for the proper conduction of the union inauguration ceremony. And enquired about all the plans and preparations we had in mind. We discussed the programs and presented the program schedule with the teachers. They gave us different suggestions and ideas. Gibi ma’am, Shiney ma’am and Rakesh Sir also talked to us regarding their experience from previous college unions. We got tea and snacks at the end of the meeting. As a surprise Albin Father brought Snickers in happiness of having his priesthood ordination. I think the whole nature was so happy today, beautiful rain drizzled over the earth and gave mother earth a beautiful fragrance once again. We took photos in the rain in different poses. 23 year old grown up babies always wish to play in rain…….