The TESS-India Key Resources detail approaches that enable teachers to take a more student-centred, participatory approach to teaching and learning. These approaches are central to TESS-India’s Teacher Development OER. The Key Resources are as follows:
These Key Resources apply to all subjects and levels, and offer practical guidance on the approaches advocated by Indian educational policy.
Allow approximately 45 minutes
Think about the teachers you work with and the Key Resources you have studied in Activity 2.2. How could you introduce these teachers to the ideas you identified?
One of the greatest challenges that teachers and teacher educators face is involving all their students in the lesson, particularly when dealing with large classes. If you haven’t already done so, you might like to read in detail the Key Resources ‘Involving all’, ‘Using questioning to promote thinking’ and ‘Using pair work’. These resources are particularly important because they provide strategies that can be used to promote active learning in large classes.
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