Activity base Learning

In our cluster level teachers training I asked our all teachers that government gives us training minimum 20 days in a year. We also try to work as per the training we get to students. But still we have 280 students who cannot read, write or do basic sums. Why? What’s reason? We discussed about what made students not to learn when teachers try to teach some competency…? It was my question to teachers.

At the age of 3 years my son Yash was able to switch on TV and manipulate remote control. At the age of 5 years he was playing with my cell phone. He was able to make a call, open the ring tone or songs folder, open the photographs folder and At the age of 7 years he was able to operate computer. He tells me that in which gear I drive my car.He know how to on music system and play in car. He know how to start shower to wash glass, how to switch on light and which gear should while I drive car or bike. I never taught him. He himself observes me when I was using the equipments. It’s because I gave the environment to learn. It might have happen with your kids also.

During my school visit a student’s of Ashokanagar Primary school asked me why satellite not fell down and moves around the earth? I told him about the gravity and tried to solve his confusion by giving some ideas.

We have activity based education in our state. Our books designed on the same base but if we ask honestly to ourselves that we do all activities sawed in our teachers hand book? Why ? We always try to complete the syllabubs and we forget how many students learn? What’s about those who learn slow or fast ? I have published Activity based learning in my earlier post of Aamir’s Pathshala…

As a teacher if we try to follow all steps , activities of teachers hand book I have confidence that we can easily teach student. The thing is we should have passion and patience.

We can use these activities while teaching. It will give change to students and we can teach easily them.Here are few activities listed with support by Mr Dharmeshbhai Ramanuj of Machhipura Prm.School, Aanand for all teachers who teaches in class room.

1.Display 2. Exhibition 3. Pre task 4.Project 5. Exposure visit 6. Clay work 7. Origami 8. Drawing 9. Dancing 10.Painting 11. Acting 12.Questionnaire 13. Games 14. Experiments 15. Debate 16. Scraping 17. Picture reading 18.Use of authentic material 19. Class room object 20. Bulletine board 21. Cloth work 22.Group work 23. Pair work 24. Peer group learning 25. Creativity 26. Value education activities 27. Oral work- Presentation 28. News paper activities 30. Photographs-story chart etc. 31. Reference books, material 32. Different corners 33. Internet 34. Computer 35. Use TLM, Activities as taught in training
Let's change our selves before we have to....