Understanding the Self Syllabus, Notes & PYQ for GGSIPU Bachelor of Education 1st Sem
Bachelor of Education
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Understanding the Self
1Journal Writing • Each student-teacher will be asked to maintain a regular Journal, in which he/she may write: o short reflective accounts of significant life experiences o observations of life situations that evoke questions and responses o questions on education, learning and teaching that he/she is facing • The Journal should be periodically shared (once may be undertaken in a week) with a faculty mentor, who will read through it and offer brief comments, suggestions, or further questions for the student-teacher to reflect on.
2Workshop 1: A significant event or experience in life Suggested workshop themes • Representing key events and experiences – as time line, mind-map, pictorial poster, digital story using audio visual tools of Media. • Sharing and assimilating a range of experiences on the event / experience in the form of finding answers to what that experience meant to me? How did I feel going through experience?
3Workshop 2: Learning to Observe (and to Listen) Suggested workshop themes • Observation of nature; observation of people around you; observation of (and listening to) situations around you. • Exercises in observation and listening to uncover one’s judgments and interpretations (and slow these down, to allow for richer perceptions) (one to one communication, one to many) • Multiple views on a variety of situations: classroom situations, and human situations in a school context.
4Workshop 3: Mindfulness in the classroom Suggested workshop themes • Sitting quietly and inviting mindfulness by focusing and concentrating energies on a single task (Meditation and Yoga may be used for the purpose) • Individual breathing exercises and self-awareness of body and mind • Exploring group exercises for mindfulness • Mindfulness through the day, in classrooms, in stressful contexts • Mindfulness and Emotional Well-being • Mindfulness and Decision-Making • Mindfulness in Cognitive Learning.
5Workshop 4: Understanding working in groups Suggested workshop themes • Exploring structural situations that promote competition or cooperation such as participation in games • Exploring hierarchies and role-taking in group situations • Exploring Gender Stereotypes in groups • Facilitation of group working – everyone has a part to play Exercises for learning to work in groups (Modes of Transaction would include 'roleplays' and 'enactments' followed by discussions).
6Workshop 5: Celebration of an iconic cultural figure (any three) (e.g. Kabir/Tagore/Veer Savarkar/Saadat Hasan Manto/Begum Akhtar/Habib Tanvir/Narayan Guru/Meerabai/Akka Mahadevi/Jnaneswar/Basava/Teejan Bai) Suggested workshop themes • Authentic performance by a practitioner who is continuing the Legacy • Participation in learning and celebrating (in appropriate media) Documentary Film • Discussion of cultural world-view and contemporary relevance of the Icon Writing based on the above.
7Seminar 1: Glimpses of different childhood in India Format: • Student-teachers present, via different media - narrative, photographs, audio-visual presentation, illustrated poster etc. - stories of Indian children growing up in vastly differing circumstances; sharing to be followed by discussion. • Preparation: Resource books and films to be gathered; each student-teacher picks a particular type of childhood and researches the life situation. • Student-Teachers to develop their own digital stories on the theme of: Journey towards understanding self - integrating text, graphics and audio-visuals. • The activities undertaken to be documented in the form of an e-portfolio for external evaluation.
Subject Details
Lab CodeBED151
Lab Credits2