Seeing it my way...

     A workshop on life skills was conducted today by the Human Resource and Skill Development Foundation in collaboration with IQAC and the Association of Core Education. Dr. Lakshmi A. from M.Ed section was the resource person.          The workshop was scheduled in the afternoon session and it provided valuable insights into the concept of life skills and its significance, especially in the present scenario. The resource talk focussed on the need to develop a sense of self-awareness to be a productive individual as well as an empathetic human being. The session was also suffused with activities to make us comprehend the importance of various life skills like problem solving, communication and concentration. 

         Among the numerous stages of evolution of a successful teacher, the phase of attaining the ability to take in constructive criticism is crucial. The B.Ed curriculum incorporates criticism lessons for the teacher trainees with this vision.         Today, we had our criticism lesson and I took the first stanza of the poem "From a Railway Carriage" by the Scottish writer Robert Louis Stevenson, which is included in the SCERT text book for VIIIth standard students. My attempt was to recreate the excitement of a train journey in the classroom through a variety of audio and visual stimuli. The learners actively participated in the classroom activities. As it was a poem, the poetic devices like rhyme, simile and alliteration were also introduced and the learners quickly identified textual examples for the same.         To ensure thorough understanding, I provided an activity. Numbered paper chits were distributed among t...