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Thursday, September 20, 2007
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Is the Teacher an Artist or a Scientist ?
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C . Praveen
What does an artist working on clay or wood do?
He handles dead material and imparts life to it through his work . He gives the shape he likes, expresses his own ideas and makes the object as he likes. He imposes his will on the material with which he works, and creates an object.
Is the teacher an artist?
Well… the teacher doesn’t use the chisel and hammer…yet he makes an impact felt. He creates learning situations ,motivates, arranges conditions for the mind and body to grow, introduces changes in the behaviour pattern, and inspires noble thoughts and feelings.
What does the scientist do?
A scientist attempts to provide systematized knowledge of natural phenomena by experimentation and inference. The scientific statements provided are always capable of being tested and it is objective.
Can a teacher be a scientist ?
A teacher can be a scientist too if he draws general principles from skilled investigation and interchange of daily experience. Such principles can be interpreted and applied to the peculiar conditions of his task of teaching which is defined for him by the age , sex, number , environment and future vocation of his students, by the situation of his institution and by other variable factors!
Well… what do you think? Is the teacher an artist or a scientist? Mail your answers to cpteach@rediffmail.com
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Gathering knowledge is science,sharing it with others is art so...can teaching be called scientific art?
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Tuesday, September 04, 2007
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Trend Setting English Club Activities
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- Submitted by C. Praveen, the English Club Coordinator
To many teachers organizing English Club activities in educational institutions is one way of developing in learners a love for the subject. Studies on Club activities reveal the potential benefits of various activities . It also makes clear that Club activities in most institutions invariably depend on the kind of financial support it receives from the authorities. But a teacher training institution in South India , the Government College of Teacher Education , Calicut hardly received any form of financial assistance. Yet it has managed to organize several trendsetting Club activities which others can emulate . Read on to learn more about the English Club activities of the college for the academic year 2006-07
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Even before interested members of the college joined the Club the coordinator had planned several activities for the academic year.
The Club Activities planned for the academic year 2006- 07
* Assuming role of mentor during the Communicative English
activity- based classes
* Maintaining the Bulletin Board of the English Club
( Proposed themes: The English language, English Literature,
British Art, English Songs, English Films,
British Culture & Indian English writing)
* Collecting/ editing contributions written in English
for the College Magazine
The Club had well defined objectives too:
The Club Objectives
* To arouse in trainees an interest in the English language
* To improve the ability of trainees to use the English language
* Scheduling and conducting the English Day Programme
* Organizing a workshop on Soft Skills training
* Screening of select English Feature Films
Exercepts From the Club Report
presented by the Club Secretary
on 26 July 2007
Inauguration
On 20.11.2006, the Principal of the college, DR K.Ida Nancy formally inaugurated the Club’s Bullettin Board Display and the Club activities for the academic year.
Meetings
Prior to the organization of various programmes meetings were held especially with trainees of the English Optional group who were active members of the Club.
Activities
* English Methodology Media Fest
On 16.12.2006, the Club on behalf of the Department of English conducted a English Methodology Media Fest. The special invitees of the Fest were the English optional trainees of Govt. CTE, Thalassery. During the much appreciated Media Fest, the co-ordinator of the Club, demonstrated the use of various aids which included Print, Visual , Audio and Audio-visual aids. Perhaps the most remarkable aspect about the Fest was the display of a number of English language leaning Software.
* Guru Greetings
On New Year Day 2007, the Club members presented to all the faculty of the college flowers and specially made greeting cards for the New Year in tune with the Guru Sishya Parampara of ancient India.
* Pedagogy @ Silver Screen
On 14.02.2007,the Coordinator presented a film based programme on teaching, titled Pedagogy@ Silver Screen.. It helped the novice trainees to gear up for our Practice Teaching classes.
* Films
The films screened as part of the Club activities included :
My Fair Lady 2.The Sound of Music
Essential information brochures were supplied prior to screening of the films. During the screening, aspects of the film related to teaching were explained by the coordinator of the club.
* Soft Skills an Introduction
On 29.3.2007,through a Multimedia presentation, the trainees of the college were introduced to Soft Skills – the indispensable skill which modern-day employers are on the look out for.
* Bulletin Board
Every month topics related to English were displayed to foster both reading skills and an interest in English.
* Communicative English Tasks
The Club members especially the English optional group prepared ten types of tasks for the classes on Communicative English. During the activity based class the club members served as mentors for the entire trainees of the college for performing the ten tasks in cycles.
“We ,the members of the English Club are extremely happy that we were able to organize almost all the activities which we had planned to conduct during the academic year. I take this opportunity to thank our Principal , for the unstinting support she gave us for conducting the programmes. I would also like to specially thank our teacher and Co-ordinator of the Club activities , Mr. C. Praveen for organizing the activities which were essentially instructive and profoundly entertaining.”
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