8th of July, 2019

Passing away of famous Brazilian...

Universities in India:
Calcutta, Madras, Bombay



July 1919

Separation of church and state



An all male class
Gender:
Class
Caste : upper caste

Infrastructure



Furniture

Old (new) books

Study material

Non-modern knowledge

Number of students

No regional diversity but multilinguism

Madras University

Intermingling of people

Would people know Hindi?


-- : British were actually trying to reform the education

Dress norms

NO ELSC

Access: physical access to institutions of higher education

No digital content

Outdated knowledge

Professors coming with 20 year old notes

Imp, vimp, vvvvvvimp

Imp, Vimp kind of teachers

Only if I could time travel

Arts and humanities?

Empirical question?

Gurukul system

Maybe…maybe….

How many teeth does a horse have?
More than humans, less than humans?

A historical approach to syllabus is required

The number of disciplines we need in the domain of education

History

Subjects of the crown

To investigate the caste relations : Sociology

Class composition
Social mobility might have been a different phenomenon



Was that a period of explosion of knowledge?

There would have been a difference between disciplines

The people

Change in the medium of language

Kayasth, their access to education changed.

What the disciplines we would need to explore education in the 1919?

Philosophy
Sociology
History

Discourse in education: Colonialist, nationalist

Deliberate diversity

Sacchhar commission report

Physical and social access

Religion

What else will change in 2119?

Education

Futuristic ecuation

This domain called education needs myltiple disciplines

VM:

Robert Merton: Sociological imagination
Tools of these disciplines

Every disciplines has its own tools, techniques and concepts.

Historian, philosopher


Narrative imagination

Martha Nussbaum

Are we able to tell a story of how our lives will be?
What does it take to create a narrative?

As students of education we will have to develop multiple lenses and wear different hats.
Together they will be give us a sense of education.

What is really important?

What does a belonging need?

What would a historian think like? Sociologist? Philosopher?



Programme Objetive

Understanding educational theory through multidisciplinary knowledge

Understanding educational peratices in Indian school education

Establising the theory-practice continuum


The beliefs of the teacher

" Girls are weak in matha "
Implicit capability on the teacher

What does the teacher think? What theory of his/her influences his practices?

Practive and theory

What is the theoretical thing?



Implementing independent educaitonal interventions

Capabilities for self motivated profressional development

Foster abilities to work in cooperation and create coummunities of development


Have partners, build a community, be a part of that community

How to be a part of a movement?

July 2019 - July 2021….

Abilities to build a community



Open courses: EXPLORE! Be adventurous.

Sab namoone hai!

Open Courses ( 2 + 2 ) First and second sem

Independent study (3-4 credits) ( instead of an elective )  : Performing arts in education

FOSQ: Registrar's website



Double time self study

Understanding

Forte

Your story telling life look like: 3000 word essay

People work really hard



Field work : Identify a mentor: 3 weeks full time work

3000 written report or journal

VM: EPSS, EPoE

Acting, theatre, humour in class

Government school system

Research Project: OUTDOOR EDUCATION and PROBLEM-SOLVING , IGNITE, Survival Education

Education is the reflection on one's experiences

Wednesday: Field day



Sports education in India

Helping Hands !! Sharing

Building a community

Being a part of the college and the univeristy and the foundation

Second years, alums, Faculty

Rationale : Reason

Vocabulary will increase tremendously! :)

You become good at talking at that.



Literature in school education  - Giridhar

Quality discourses in education: VM

Bhasha ke rang, sangeet ke sang: transformational leanrning.

Matt: Akanksha ; Working with MATT; Caroline

Enagement through eyes

Moodle

Registrars

Physical copies of the compendiums: VM

VM, GR: 9th Floor

Use the mail

Dear Sir,
Dear Ma'am

( Don't say Hi Dude )

Emai etiquttes

CASS


SoE profile
SoE brochure
Registrar's office

Audit: Sitting and Listening






Vikas Sir's Class:

We watched a video:

Good Schools - Upper Primary School, Chausala, Almora, Uttarakhand





Sociology:

History: What were the existing policies?

Philosophy:
What did the teachers believe in?
What did the students believe in?


Politics: What were the policies?

Economics: There was no water! Hardly any resources. The teacher had made learning materials on their own.

Literature:
Narrative imagination: Do we see an evidence on that in the video?

Bhavani: The parents were believing in the government school . The goernment school sustem got changed .
Community level, the local people showed belief in the government school. The bond of the teachers with the community

How to be close to each other? How to live peacefully?

[ VM: Participate ]

Saw group work. Mingling with everyone.

If the children are capable of adjusting here they can study anywhere.  Social knowledge is important to live in a society.

Helping each other, maintaining social relations, SMCs

History: How did they start? What are their roots?

" The people who follow history and


Economics:

The divide between public and private was due to infrastructure
The distribution of dresses, stationery and food.

Politics: What are the policies?

Psychology: Creativity , learning by doing, learning subjects and content through games.

The video is the literature. How do we think?

The interviews were taken from teachers, students and parents. This gave the narrative multiple perspectives.


Class Share

Diveristy: cultural diversity was not there.
Students were within a certain radius
Different ages ?

How teachers deal with students?

In a good school the caste discrimination doesn't play out.

Multiple theories of learning: Social learning:

Shaping of values and beliefs

Living together is a political question.

Sociology is more inclined to understanding social behaviour.

Politics shapes the society. How things should happen?

Philosophy: beliefs, what is education all about? How should we learn?  Philosophy is all about answering these questions.
How do you know that you have taught a child?

What is the right way to teach?
Grappling with questions.

What is the right way to question?
Can a child be beaten?
Philosophy is about how to rationally answer a question?

The teacher came up with creative ways, games, experiments
How do interpersonal relations affect learning?

The teacher created curiosity in students.

How do you motivate children to learn?

Real life connection, a lifetime of learning

Relevance, purposeful. The student was confident

Folk philosophy, sociology

Systematic way of exploring questions

Why do the classrooms look like the way they do?

History gives one a sense of place and time! It widens your frame of thinking.

How did the school come up?

Policy is the way you do politics.

How does school interact with the community?

How do schools help people to move outside their social condition, to move out of poverty, to alleviate pain and suffering?
How do schools make lives of the students better?

What is a good school? What makes a good school?
Life inside the school and life outside the school.

Asking the larger questions, school and society, school and future society

Deschooling Society

Structuring learning in a different way.

The importance of disciplines as lenses in understanding education

Dear Reader

Who goes to school, who drop out?

Alienating students for forcing them to do the same things

( Cartoons, Visual learning and design )

What would you call education and schooling?

That the kind of flavour the course has.

Every discipline brings with it a different kind of perspective/understanding.

Education Studies

India Studies

Abc Studies: Understanding a domain from multiple perspectives



Vishal:

CDL, EPSS

Observations, Reflections, Moodle submission

5 subjects

10 classes per week

Every class has two subjects per week.

Open Course: One class on Thu: 3.45 - 5.45

Class: 90  minutes ( Curriculum studies and sociology )

Classes begin at 8.40 in the morning.

Inform the faculty in case you are getting late.
Take permission before entering.

Fri: Starts at 2: Colloquium , Seminar Hall, Pixel A

Club Activities: Not just Friday.

A student can be a part of any club s/he wants.

Readings:

For each subject, one reading every week. Two classes to discuss and consolidate. Additional reading.
Take the ownership of your learning.

Being ready to come into the class. Preparing for the class. Here the classes are discussion based classes. So we must participate.

Sit in the classroom till ten at night!

Q: Canteen dinner?

Inform IMF to use the projector

Campus Solution: the software the university uses.

Gmail
Moodle
ERP Campus solution ID


Enrolment in the Open courses through ERP.

Moodle:  Readings, every subject has a moodle page.

Kinds of Assignments:

Take Home Assigments

Moodle, last time 11:55. Being late, a grade drop!
Inform the prof in case of late submission'

In class assignments: Get the gist of the theory. Explain your understanding.

Classroom Presentations: Individually, PPT, groups

Classroom Participation and Attendance:

Overcoming Language Barriers:

Azim Premji Foundation

Govt, Private, Alternative school

Immersion experience: Raigad, Chhattisgarh

Everything depends on you, how you make it!
The students make the culture.

It depends on what you make of it.

How can I give back to the university.

Volunteer for things. Once you get into the system, you understand how things work.

Dealing with people.

Do new things.

Celebrations:

Freshers
Unmukt
Farewell

There's nothing that stops you from celebrating!

Nothing is restricted

Student managed events

Non-Verbal communications

How is the first sem/year different from others?

FY: First sem: perspective based

You'll be taught to see the world in different ways; multiple ways of thinking.

SY: content based: Introduction to research

Have growth mindset. 

Reach out to the second years for help. Don't shy away from people! They don't know you need help. Reach out.
Make friends with everyone.

Help each other.
No one person has monopoly  over wisdom.


You can attend the classes of other programmes.


Tips:

Eat on time.

Sports Events:
Ask guard bhaiya for basketball

Tennis court

Share journal links with Atina.

Library ID

Rohit Vemula

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