An excellent orientation talk by Dr. G V Hari sir. The session was fruitful to the students. He effectively explained the teaching-learning process.
As the class began, Hari Sir shared with us the happy news of celebrating his silver jubilee (25 years) year of teaching this year. This news raised our expectations but the class was astounding and much beyond our expectations. With an informal Hai /Hello, he created a good rapport and tried to capture our attention wonderfully well.
According to Hari sir, Interaction was an important key to teaching-learning process. Quoting from Page Number 79 of A P J Abdul Kalam's autobiography "Wings of Fire", the resource person asserted the importance of having an interaction with students so that it creates an Alertness within them. A small activity followed this as to imagine taste we were asked to imagine a laddu in our hand and to savor its taste. As we concentrated and thought about the laddu and its taste for a long time , we could really experience the sweetness. The teacher could provide this kind of sweetness in the class even without exquisite ICT's on technology by just being innovative, creative and smart.
Why I'am fighting? Against whom I'am fighting?
Arjuna was answered by Krishna as " we are fighting against fear and it is to overcome fear. As teachers, we are bound to overcome our fears and this can be done by knowing things. First step to learning is to know. Teachers are facilitators, supporting and helping learners to achieve their goals. Listening not only helps to learn new things but helps in unleashing what's inside.
Practice what you know and what you preach was yet another striking mantra of the class. Learning is a purposeful activity as it involves understanding. If we find quality in someone, its not accidental, but its an intelligent effort. Teaching learning process is a never ending, cyclical and continuous process.The most striking element of the class was when Hari Sir gave us a definition for the acronym A SMILE
A - Appreciation
S - Support, Scaffolding
M - Monitoring
I - Involve
L - Love
E- Empathy
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