REPORT ON YOUR EXPERIENCES AS A PHYSICAL SCIENCE TEACHER DURING INTERNSHIP AND POST IT IN E-PLATFORM

 

ST. JOSEPH COLLEGE OF TEACHER EDUCATION FOR WOMEN, ERNAKULAM

PRACTICUM

REPORT ON YOUR EXPERIENCES AS A PHYSICAL SCIENCE TEACHER DURING INTERNSHIP AND POST IT IN E-PLATFORM

 

Submitted To

Sr. Rosy Tintu M.P

Assistant Professor

St. Joseph College of Teacher

Education for Women,

Ernakulam

 

Submitted By

Aiswarya Lakshmi S

Reg No: 223240112317

Physical Science

Introduction

 

Experience is the mother of all learning and an internship program suggests of experience learning, which indeed is the best kind of learning. An internship is a period of work which is offered by an institute or office, for the purpose of learning to students. On the other hand, students too can put the institute or industry on benefit while taking exposure to working environment, relating to their specific field of study. Internship can be done for a short period of time. i.e. one or two months or for a longer period of time like a year or more. Internships can be stipend or voluntary. An internship tends to develop one’s soft skills like personal effectiveness, presentation skills, communication skills, influencing skills and creative problem solving. Internship is a great opportunity to talk directly to people and experience the role, one aspires to be and understand what it’s all about and how the progress in that particular field can be achieved. It also shows the true realities of the job. Internship provide itself as a ‘try before you buy’ option and embark why you want to pursue a particular profession. One needs to have an interactive approach in an internship. In its simplest form, it’s the ‘movement Learning based on first-hand experience. My internship program was based on School Teaching. It was a four-month internship from a school namely ST. GEORGE’S HSS, PUTHENPALLY comes under the category of aided school in Kerala.

Before we proceed further, some key findings:

·     Internship in a school need punctuality and disciplined behavioural approach.

·     Leads to result that is that is as valuable as one’s studies.

·     Employees in an Educational institute values time and knowledge.

·     Teachers give ‘real-time’ efforts to the overall goals of Education.

·     The process of teaching has to be Interactive, though some teachers are still finding it difficult.

·     Teaching is a responsible job.

·     Technology has helped the whole process of knowledge building and we are all dependent on it, less or more, but we are.

 

About the Institute

Quality education for future generation

NURTURING BRAINS & INCULCATING VALUES FOR A BETTER FUTURE OF OUR YOUTH AND SOCIETY.

This school under the supervision of Archidocese of Ernakulam – Angamaly link academic excellence with character formation and inculcation human values. It's a procedure that leads to success in the classroom and in life. Education is not only for the development of mind but it also aims at developing and training various life skills that include biological, psychological, spiritual and social developments. Great Emphasis is put on ethical and moral values. Our ultimate goal is to make students responsible citizen for tomorrow and give them a bright future in order " to be the light", positively influencing the community and nation. The importance of team spirit is inculcated without forgetting to develop leadership qualities through academics, sports and games as well as other co-curricular activities. A School's success is the result of the cumulative efforts of students, teachers and parents.

              ST. GEORGE’S HSS, PUTHENPALLY

   

ST GEORGE HS PUTHENPALLY was established in 1917 and it is managed by the Pvt. Aided. It is located in Rural area. It is located in ALUVA block of ERNAKULAM district of Kerala. The school consists of Grades from 1 to 12. The school is Co-educational and it doesn't have an attached pre-primary section. The school is Not Applicable in nature and is not using school building as a shift-school. Malayalam is the medium of instructions in this school. This school is approachable by all-weather road.

Aims And Objectives

The focuses of Academic activities are towards enrichment of the total personality of the learners: -

·     To help them to become mature, spiritually oriented persons of character and thereafter help to build in them integrated national character.

·     To instil in them the spirit of nationalism, patriotism and understanding.

·     To train them to obey their elders, parents, teachers and further to discipline themselves for hard work, creativity co-operation, team-work and leadership

·     To identify their talents, fields of interest and develop them with able guidance.

·     Along with academic excellence, the school strongly up holds moral and spiritual values.

 

Objectives

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES

·     The major objective of my whole internship was to act responsible and not to waste time of my students even a bit.

·     The second major objective was to make sure the students thoroughly understand what has been taught to them. For the same, I made sure I clear and sort all the concepts.

·     Another major objective of my internship was to be helpful to them as much as I can, fortheir upcoming examinations.

·     To pledged to hold a good command on the subject, for the benefit of the students and forthe sake of my learning.

·     To improve English- abilities of the students as well as develop their communication skills.

·     Establishing a flexible and coherent framework which can most readily and quickly meet the needs of students.

·     Making sure of self’s cognitive growth and developing self-confidence.

·     Making sure of following the organizational instructions.

 

SECONDARY OBJECTIVES

·     To make and maintain a flexible teacher-student relationship.

·     To make sure to make an impact.

·     To learn while teaching.

·     To make it a preparatory class; and not an end to itself.

·     To acquire understanding of child psychology.

·     To comfort students enough for them to ask questions and clear doubts.

·     To make the whole process of learning ‘two-way’ and maintain the learning loop.

·     To make learning in class equated to learning of life.

·     To acquire cognitive output from individuals; can be unmeasurable.

Class-Allotment

For my due period of internship, I was assigned with class VIII, IX. I took both physics and chemistry for Malayalam and English medium classes. My teacher incharge was Mrs. Reena Antony. She observed all the classes. As a part of B.Ed curriculum I also conducted classes other than subject which I deal like health education, physical education. Physical education classes includes both aerobics and yoga. Substitutions were also allotted for me.

 

Activities Conducted in the School

 

During the time of internship in association with science club I conducted quiz competition on Ozone Day and also science Exhibition. The other activities conducted are poster  competition, painting competition

 

Management strategies

In order to take these classes I had to be thorough with the lesson along with that I should have to follow some strategies to create a friendly and at the same time studious environment.

·     Pressure-cooker strategy- The first and foremost strategy was to ‘make them friends’ because one cannot win over students, only a psychological approach can help. I knew I was young for class 10th students to maintain discipline in the class, so I used the pressure-cooker strategy where I would let students talk out in mid and between of the class lectures, (like cooker steam), so they don’t burst out with indiscipline in the class.

·     Give a background- a background of the subject or topic would let students understand better as to why something is done, the way it’s done. This would maintain their interest. For example, while teaching ‘Postcard’ from Writing-skills to the students, explaining when and how postcards were actually used would give a brief understanding to the students as to why postcards are written in a prescribed specific way and why it follows the format, it does.

·     Relatable Examples- Giving relatable and interesting examples to the students is fun, as well as helps them to  remember what has been taught them for a longer period of time, because they were able to relate. Real life examples used to explain grammar is one of the best techniques.

·     Action Oriented- I would never forget to explain with the help of action and objects. For example, show prepositional positioning with the help of books, pen, duster, etc. (objects), - “the book is kept on the table”.

·     Student Participation- There is always a need to keep a check on how the students are learning, what is being taught. Students’ participation is the best way to ensure that. Students’ participation in the class would also help maintain their interest. Student-centered approach, as mentioned above

·     Fun and airy atmosphere – An airy and unexhausted atmosphere in the class would keep the students free to put up opinions and raise question. This would also give space to community-learning and free flow of knowledge.

·     Friendly Encouragement- while we know work is formal and one should maintain decorum in the class, little friendly advises and life lessons never harm. This keeps the whole atmosphere light, healthy and fresh. This way we can better motivate and encourage students as they are able to feel connects to us. While one has to keep in mind to quickly get back to work so the whole idea doesn’t turn into some ‘motivational-sessions’.

 

Observation report

There were 25 to 30 students in the class on a regular basis.We are teachers, not psychologists or face readers, and so it was not possible to read individual faces and guess. But observation on daily bases was indeed needed. So my observation was done on the bases of-

·     Frequency of answer giving

·     Frequency of asking doubts

·     Curiosity of learning the depths and roots

·     Class participation

·     Note making

 

Conclusion

Instance, enthusiasm and classroom humor of the teacher may motivate student to learn and talk in English in the class, which eventually can benefit them to overcome obstacles and boost their confidence. I also think that students take their own time and one should be patient with students,

because learning is a process in itself which should not be confused with competition. For example, I would ask questions in my class, first, to students who are willing to answer and then to those left. This way students could take their own time, listen to other students, get prepared and then answer. To my observation, this technique helped student

gain confidence.

My overall experience was based on ‘give-and-take’ strategy. It helped me understand what I’ll be signing-up for, while being helpful to others (student and institute). It also helped me contemplate my career choices, while learning more about humans of different age-group. This experience made learn of responsibilities and how students depend on their teachers. It indeed, was also a heart-warming experience. Of course, because we have to deal with students and their innocence. The biggest achievement that stays with a teacher, after being appreciated for their work is, how students remember them and stay in contact even after the job is done.

This also gave me a great opportunity to understand the systematic functioning of the school. I also familiarise various software’s used in the school which includes the details of the students. I think the internship days are the most memorable days of my life where I learned and teached a lot of things. As a student teacher iam very much satisfied with internship programme and it was a really nice experience.