Bundles Of Pain

Hello,

Can I pinch you? Are you for real?
Just a quick pinch like that Apple's finger gesture, won't hurt you.

I will catch up with you later as I'm gutted now, with the predicament of that lost passenger on the station who, having missed the last train, is eagerly waiting for the next one to arrive early tomorrow to nominate this post. @Cheeniya make a note. This is going in tomorrow with a banner, fireworks and carny music.

 

Dear Vaikhari,

It is an excellent snippet depicting the pain an academician go through sorting out the difference between holistic approach to learning vs present educational system that is depleted with processes that are obsolete. The title "Bundle of pain" attracted my attention to read your snippet.

You reminded me of the discussions I had with a head of a school system here in the US about emphatic learning processes that are effective, solution driven, student focused, developing individual talents, team work, high-quality deliverables as opposed to producing standardized results bench marked with unsustainable non-evolving educational system.

This system required not only the students to do self-paced learning through the help of electronic media based curriculum but also emphasized on building/updating knowledge on the subjects/languages, training and development and teaching skills for the teachers.

This system proposed the following steps:

Streamlining the creation of standards for each level of education that evolves constantly

Developing a methodology that would perform a need assessment for the students and measure the gap between their current level of knowledge and standards

Strengthening the teaching skills of the teachers with more emphasis on understanding the student needs and teaching skills as opposed to subject matter expertise

Preparing customized packages to achieve a credit at each sub-level of education with significant focus on creativity

Creating a Knowledge Management Warehouse with real-time update for measuring each student’s performance against the standards

Developing “best practices” common methodologies to leverage them across all subjects in a consistent and efficient manner

Providing real time more accurate, timely, and relevant information for managing the students’ needs and performance

Creating a continuous improvement environment through the implementation of “measure your knowledge yourself” self assessment tests

Increasing the effectiveness of education through access to “Knowledge 24/7” so that students can learn both in school as well as outside the school

Most importantly provide opportunity to the students to be extremely creative in developing their skills.

It felt like a nice breeze gently comforting me when I read your snippet.

Viswa

 

Good thought provoking snippet. Well written aspects on teaching/learning and finally evaluating bundles of pain. A students overall development in language learning will make the teacher happy in evaluating their assessment and not result in bundles of pain. It was nice to read your views on this.

Software tools combined with teacher approach can help in speeding up the process of language learning but can never replace a teachers role in the classroom. There are many successful products that facilitate and enhance student learning through adaptive methods and personalized instruction. These tools can empower the teachers predicting student success.

I am no subject matter expert but I believe the whole system should change in providing efficient methodologies of teaching a language from elementary education. With passionate teachers I am sure these bundles of pain will turn into bundles of joy sooner or later.

 

Wonderful snippet Vai! Viswa Sir and jskls's feedback has it all. I do not have anything to add. Sorry. But our system of teaching should be modified from young age or elementary school method. Modification in method, content, creativity, conversational and practical presentations, etc.

@Viswamitra : Viswa sir is there any topic in the world that can go untouched by you, I envy your knowledge and wisdom. Just kidding, I truly admire them and thanks for sharing, as always.

 

The methodologies are always ideal and framed by academicians always assuming the ideal situations.They look fine.But implementation has to be done by teachers and students.
As a result of the multi-cultural classroom in the 21st century, language educators face new challenges; for example, young learners and those with language-based difficulties. In order to respond to these evolving needs, a new professional approach that combines theoretical knowledge with practical application is proposed. This approach envisages that teachers should know about literacy acquisition in at least two languages - a mother tongue and the language to be taught.

The teacher's knowledge and research tools on one hand and the ability to cope up with a multifaced classroom on the other hand.
Many teachers,though highly knowledgible are unable to impart what they know.Individuals choosing teaching line ,without any aptitude for the same can have only bundle of pain for ever.
Success of a good teacher lies identifying the errors committed by the students, relate the same with his/her skills of imparting, do an unprejudiced evaluation of oneself.The answer papers of the students in fact ,whether bundles of pleasure/pain do reflect more of a teacher than the student.
Some students are smart enough and grasp quickly.Some are slow learners.Some are sensitive .Some are afraid of evaluations,though they are not that bad.

Language teaching is associated with so many aspects other than sharing mere information as in science subjects.It deals with culture, sentiments, emotions and expressions.Many teachers who can take other subjects very well cannot handle language classes.

My father was an English teacher from 1910 to 1980-a long period of 70 years.His students consisted of both the brilliant I. C. S. cadres of those days and sons of village farmers without any any educational background.He was equally proud of both the categories.The progress of a mediocre student was relatively placed at a higher percentage than that of the brilliant ones.With the mediocre set his observation was they had too long silence periods.
The silence period in language learning is the space given to any student of a new language.
During the period, the students simply listen, they are extremely silent, hesitate to express, read or write.
Smarter ones come out early from the incubation period and settle down while others do have a longer period of silence to come to terms.
Success of a teacher lies not in making a bright student top the Board exam but make the other category rise to their optimum level.
Evaluation of exam papers is literally an evaluation of a teacher rather than of the student.

Formulation of an ideal scheme is purely theoretical and can be done by good academicians with a bombastic expression.Real implementation lies with actual players on field-the teacher and the taught.
Paper gourds can't make a curry.
Jayasala 42