( Activities for this unit were collated by Ms Kalpana Chavan)
Unit 1: Exploring the self (potential of self, fears, aspirations)
Unit 1: Exploring the self (potential of self, fears, aspirations)
Content
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Exploring the self (potential of self,
fears, aspirations)
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Self identity
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Teacher as a reflective practitioner
Objectives:
v To enable the student teacher to discover oneself.
v To orient the student teacher the significance of
knowing oneself.
v To assist the student teacher to discover one’s
strengths and weaknesses.
v To familiarize the student teacher with techniques,
methodologies of knowing one’s potentials, strengths.
v To examine one’s fears, weaknesses and shortcomings.
v To understand the concept of reflective practitioner
v To equip oneself with the skill of reflective
journaling
Concept
Note: Exploring and being aware of one’s inner world is very important for
understanding our self and the world around us. In today’s demanding world,
there is very little time to introspect or reflect on oneself. We try to
understand our physical and social milieu, but it’s also important to
understand and discover oneself. Franken (1994) suggests that, ‘when people
know themselves they maximize outcomes because they know what they can and
cannot do’. Self Awareness is having a clear perception of your personality, including strengths,
weaknesses, thoughts, beliefs, motivation, and emotions. Self Awareness allows
you to understand other people, how they perceive you, your attitude and your
responses to them in the moment. Understanding self knows one’s strengths,
weaknesses, fears and anxieties and have realistic goals and in a way can avoid
hostility, status-drop, frustration and over ambition. Self- Knowledge is a powerful tool to anchor
one’s personal life and nurture professional life.
Reflective teaching means
looking at what you do in the classroom, thinking about why you do it, and
thinking about if it works - a process of self-observation and self-evaluation.
By collecting information about what goes on in our classroom, and by analyzing
and evaluating this information, we identify and explore our own practices and
underlying beliefs. This may then lead to changes and improvements in our
teaching. Reflective teaching is therefore a means of professional development
which begins in our classroom.
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Sub unit One: Exploring the Self
Suggested Activities:Workshops on:
Self Awareness,
self-concept, Self Image, Transactional Analysis, Meditation workshop, Yoga Sessions, Orientation towards Narrative Writing.
Sub unit two: Self Identity and Formation of One's Self
Suggested activities: Workshops on self –identity, reading , sharing and discussing the books,
writing stories, sharing life turning incidents and use of non-verbal
expressions to connote one’s deeper feelings, Role Playing
Sub unit Three: Teacher as a Reflective Practitioner
Suggested activities: Workshops on Reflective practices (Reflective in action, on action and for action)
Introspection exercises to know oneself as a reflective practitioner
Critically reflect on one’s teaching learning practices
References:
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