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Continuous and comprehensive evaluation (CCE)
CONTINUOUS
AND COMPREHENSIVE EVALUATION
Continuous and comprehensive evaluation (CCE) is the
school based assessment that covers all aspects of learner’s growth and
development in both scholastic and co-scholastic areas. It is continuity in
evaluation and assessment for best behavioral out comes. It also includes
physical education, life skills, work experience, visual and performing arts,
values and personality development
Advantages
of CCE
- Evaluation is continuous
- Individual and group evaluation is possible
- Performance is assessed throughout the year
- Possible to implement remedial measures
Scholastic Assessment
Ø Scholastic
Assessment includes all academic subjects [Tamil, English, Maths, Science,
Social Science] & Physical Education throughout the year
Ø It involves
both Formative Assessment (FA) and Summative Assessment (SA)
Ø FA is for
diagnostic (understanding the problems of students in learning) and remedial
(solving their learning problems)
Ø SA is
traditional and norm based assessment
Formative Assessment (FA)
Ø It takes
place during the course of learning
Ø It
provides continuous feedback to teacher and taught
Ø It
recognises the needs of students to be able to assess themselves and understand
how to improve
Ø It helps
students to support the peer group
Ø It is diagnostic
and remedial
Ø It is
done with flexible time schedule
Ø It has
two components, FA(a) and FA(b)
- Formative
Assessment, FA (a)
It is a measure of the child’s enjoyment,
participation in learning activities. It need not be a measure of child’s
cognitive skills. It can be conducted in each unit. It includes group
evaluation. It is an assessment based on teacher’s observation and interaction.
- Formative Assessment, FA (b)
It is the simple written test conducted by teacher- [classes
I and II have only oral assessment].It evaluates child’s cognitive skill. It
is content based and diagnostic. It involves written response at the end of
each learning unit and sub-unit. It assesses learner’s development in all areas
of curricular learning (Knowledge, Understanding, Comprehension, Application,
Analysis, Evaluation and Creativity). It has scope for multiple modalities of
evaluation.
Summative Assessment, SA
Ø It is
conducted at the end of each term
Ø It is formal and certifies the achievement of
learner at the end of the term
Ø It is an
individual and Blue -Print based test
Ø It is
time scheduled
Co-scholastic Areas
It
includes life skills, attitudes and value system, wellness and yoga/holistic
exercise and co-curricular activities.
Life
Skills
Life skills facilitate the physical, mental and
emotional well-being of individuals. It includes Self awareness, Assertion and
refusal skills, Analytical skills, Communication skills and Team work
Attitudes
and values
Respect for values of National and State Symbols,
Polite behaviour, kindness for all living creatures and Compliance with safety
and Road Rules etc
Co-curricular
activities
Co-curricular activities are built around areas of
special interest or talents to the child. Folk arts, Indigenous games, Club
Activities, NCC, NSS, Scouts and Guides, RRC, JRC and First Aid
Marking
Scheme:
- FA (a) – 2 best activities out of maximum of 4
for each child for each term should
be assessed for 20 marks each with 10 marks
- FA (b) – 2 best slip tests /Classroom Activity
Tests (CAT) out of maximum of 4 for each child for each term should be
assessed for 20 marks each with 10 marks
- Hence, FA (a) and FA (b) altogether constitute
40 marks
- 60 marks for Summative Assessment (SA)
- The same method is to be adopted for each term
(Term 1,2 and 3)
- Marks are to be converted to corresponding
grade and entered in the Teachers Mark and Grade Register
- The corresponding grades will be carried over
in the Teacher Assessment Record
and Student Cumulative Record
Grades for Scholastic Areas – FA and SA (maximum of
100 marks)
Marks
|
Grades
|
Grade Point
|
91-100
|
A1
|
10
|
81-90
|
A2
|
9
|
71-80
|
B1
|
8
|
61-70
|
B2
|
7
|
51-60
|
C1
|
6
|
41-50
|
C2
|
5
|
33-40
|
D
|
4
|
21-32
|
E1
|
-
|
20 & below
|
E2
|
-
|
Term-wise Grading Pattern
Term
|
FA(a) 20
|
FA(b) 20
|
FA Total 40
|
SA 60
|
Total FA+SA 100
|
Grade
|
1
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2
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3
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Average of Term1+Term2
+Term3= 300/3 = 100
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Corres -ponding Grade
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Monday, 11 February 2019
Unit V Life-oriented Curriculum
Unit
V Life-oriented Curriculum
Life-oriented
curriculum
Life-oriented
curriculum is a curriculum of the self in relation to others and to society. It
addresses skills, knowledge and values about the self, the environment,
responsible citizenship, a healthy and productive life, social engagement,
recreation and physical activity, careers and career choices.
Need of Life-oriented curriculum
Life-oriented curriculum paves the way
to root out the unemployment problem and poverty. Life-oriented curriculum gave
opportunities to engage the students in the development and practice of a
variety of skills, to solve problems, to make informed decisions and choices
and to take appropriate actions to live meaningfully and successfully in a
rapidly changing society. Although it focuses on knowledge, it emphasizes the
application of skills and values in real-life situations.
Aim of life oriented curriculum
·
It guides and prepare learners to respond
appropriately to life’s responsibilities and opportunities;
·
Equip learners to interact optimally on a
personal, psychological, cognitive, motor, physical, moral, spiritual, cultural
and socio-economic level;
·
Guide learners to take responsible decisions
about their own health and well-being and the health and well-being of others;
·
Expose learners to their constitutional rights
and responsibilities, to the rights of others and to issues of diversity;
·
Equip learners with knowledge, skills and values
to make informed decisions about subject choices, careers, additional and
higher education opportunities and the world of work;
·
Expose learners to various study methods and
skills pertaining to assessment processes and
·
Expose learners to an understanding of the value
of regular participation in physical activity.
Approaches of
Life-oriented curriculum
It
applies a holistic approach to the social, personal, intellectual, emotional,
spiritual, motor and physical growth and development of learners. Life-oriented
curriculum focuses on the following contents:
1.
Development of the self in society
2.
Social and environmental responsibility
3.
Democracy and human rights
4.
careers and career choices
5.
Study skills
6.
Physical Education
1.
Development of the self in society
It
focuses on Self-awareness, self-esteem and self development. The life oriented curriculum induces the
valuable participation in the society and hold the responsibilities. It
developed the decision-making skills and life skills required to adapt to
change as part of ongoing healthy lifestyle choices
2.
Social and environmental responsibility
This life-oriented
curriculum focuses on contemporary social issues that impact negatively on
local and global communities. It also gave important to social skills and
responsibilities to participate in civic life. Participation in a community
service addressing an environmental issue is focused.
3.
Democracy and human rights
It
point out the democratic participation, national and international instruments
and conventions, Ethical traditions and Responsible citizenship.
4.
Careers and career choices
Life
oriented curriculum support the following Careers and career choices:
·
Subjects, career fields and study choices
·
Decision making skills
·
Opportunities within career fields
·
Trends and demands in the job market
·
The need for lifelong learning
·
Options for financial assistance for further
studies
·
Competencies, abilities and ethics required for
a career
·
Personal expectations in relation to job or
career of interest
·
Impact of unemployment and innovative solutions
to counteract unemployment
5.
Study skills
The study skills focus
on the following strategies: Study styles and study strategies, Examination
writing skills, Time-management and annual study plan, Goal-setting skills, Reflection
on own study and examination writing skills.
6.
Physical Education
It focuses
on the programmes to promote well-being, Umpiring and leadership skills in
self-designed and modified sport (teach peers) • Safety issues
Inter-disciplinary curriculum
The
interdisciplinary approach synthesizes more than one discipline and creates teams
of teachers and students that enrich the overall educational experience. Inter-disciplinary curriculum is a
way to organize the curriculum, so that the content of one subject area is
enriched and reinforced by another, and vice versa.
Definition
“Inquiries which critically draw upon two or
more disciplines and which lead to an integration of disciplinary
insights” - William H. Newell and William Green (1982)
Characteristics
of interdisciplinary learning
·
Draws
from more than one discipline e.g. Population explossion
·
Focus
is beyond the realm of one discipline e.g. Health (sci, geog, eco)
·
Pragmatic
approach (problem solving attitude)
Aim of Inter-disciplinary curriculum
· Expanding student understanding and
achievement between all disciplines and enhancing communication skills
· To
get the meaningful learning experience
· An interdisciplinary approach is needed
to find out the problems of the contemporary world and their solution.
· Current problems are interdisciplinary
in character, they must be tackled through interdisciplinary approaches.
Technique
in Inter-Disciplinary Curriculum
Interdisciplinary
integrates team-teaching as a technique in which teachers from multiple disciplines
work with each other to design a curriculum, instruct the class, and grade
teams of students.
The growing need for Inter-Disciplinary
Curriculum
·
It is felt that the needs of the current
situation and to prepare learners more adequately to shape and choose a future.
·
Inter-Disciplinary
Curriculum is needed for the intellectual development and
productive work
·
If we concentrate in our teaching solely
on the individual approaches, it is difficult to see the world as whole
·
Broad understanding is necessary for
education.
·
Students are in need of courses which
relate to the problems of daily living.
·
Inter-Disciplinary
knowledge is needed to face the day to day requirements.
·
To encounter the moral and ethical
issues.
·
Science and technology education should
be associated with productive work and it is for the well being of the society.
Benefits of
Inter-disciplinary curriculum
· Students who are taught with an
interdisciplinary technique in which the students master higher order thinking
skills.
· The foundation of interdisciplinary
techniques will lead to a future of discovery and innovation.
· Students become more involved and
excited. They seem to remember more,
believed in the importance of what they have to contribute, and participate
more in class activities.
· Students are more likely to become
autonomous and active as thinkers and learners.
· Teachers have renewed energy and a new
sense of excitement participating in interdisciplinary curriculum planning and
instruction.
· Interdisciplinary units foster more
interaction among teachers.
· An interdisciplinary curriculum
facilitates instruction that is more related to real life. Problems and concerns are dealt with as a
whole rather than divided into knowledge fields.
· Some of the most interesting curriculum
topics that students can relate to and that features many of the outcomes that
educators and community members value do not fit into single-subject
curriculum.
· Interdisciplinary curricula blend
cognitive and affective education.
Limitations in Inter-disciplinary
curriculum
Inter-Disciplinary Curriculum
has its limitation like integration confusion and time-consuming curriculum
preparation.
Conclusion
The students as well as the teachers will advance in
critical thinking, communication, creativity, pedagogy, and essential academia
with the use of interdisciplinary techniques.
Broad
field curriculum
Definition
A
broad field curriculum is a structure for achieving educational outcomes that
combines related subjects into one broad field of study.
Aim of broad field curriculum
The purpose of a broad field curriculum is to highlight
relationships between subjects and to integrate the learning experiences.
Need of broad
field curriculum
· The broad field
curriculum design is to promote an interdisciplinary approach to learning.
· It helps students to
see the connections between subjects.
· This type of curriculum
emphasizes acquisition of information and coverage of content.
· Subjects are combined
to complement one another.
Example
Integration
by broad fields of subject areas consists of the grouping of two or more subject
matters that are closely related to each other to form a broad field such as communications,
general science, social studies and environmental studies.
·
Broad-field design is most common at the
+ 1 and +2 level and every teacher has encounter this design.
Merits of broad
field curriculum
By combining so many subjects, the
students get a shallow amount of knowledge in comparison to the deeper content
of a single-subject.
Criticism of broad field curriculum
One criticism of the broad field curriculum is decreased
depth in the individual subject areas.
Need
for curriculum integration
1. Integration and Applied competence
Integration is achieved within and
across subjects and fields of learning. The integration of knowledge and skills
across subjects and terrains of practice is crucial for achieving applied
competence. Applied competence aims at integrating three discrete competencies
– namely, practical, foundational and reflective competencies.
· Curriculum integration’ has been used to
denote the combination of two or more subjects to form a meaningful learning
area that would help effective integration of learning experiences for the
learner.
· The curriculum becomes more relevant
when there are connections between subjects rather than strict isolation.
Example:
· In the social sciences based on current problems,
curriculums covering AIDS, Drug prevention,
Sex education and family life can be included.
· We can teach the works of Shakespeare
with an eye to the history of the times, the arts, the values, the role of
science, and the zeitgeist rather than simply sticking with specific passages.
Teaching of science and
mathematics for national development
Development
involves major changes in administrative, institutional and social structures.
It also involves the reorganization and reorientation of entire economic and
social systems.
Science
and Technology
A nation without science and technology is definitely a backward nation.
Such nation will be considered as undeveloped.
Science and technology is associated with modernity and it is an essential tool for rapid
development. Technology has brought higher standard of living to people
both in advanced countries and developing nations. Today, the products of
science and technology are glaring and enjoyable. The invention of satellite,
the mobile phones, the high security gadgets etc. are the products of science and
technology. Science and technology have been applied in many spheres especially
in the industry.
Impact
of science and technology
Positive
impact of science and technology
· The role of science and technology in
development should be directed toward reduction of inequalities between
advanced and the developing countries.
· The application of science and technology
is a fundamental factor which influences the pace of economic development.
· Material and social benefits enlarge
through the proper application of science and technology.
· It reduces the gap between various
sections of population within a country.
· Science and technology should make the
natural and social environment harmonious, without seriously endangering the
future.
· Developments
in science and technology have enabled human beings to deal with their problems
and to improve their living standards.
· Many
developing countries including India have embarked on achieving economic
progress by investing in these disciplines.
Example:
Developed nations of the world like the America, Germany, France etc. boast of
several scientific inventions which make them to be rated as the world powers.
Problem
with
science and technology
Science
and technology may leads to the dehumanization of man and to the degradation of
environment.
Conditions
for the application of science and technology to development
The importance of science and technology in national development cannot be overemphasized. It is a known fact that no nation can develop without science and technologyAnyhow
the application of science and technology not to harm the livings and the
environment.
Teaching
of mathematics for national development
Mathematics as a
school subject is recognized as the foundation of science and technology
without which a nation can never become prosperous and economically
independent. The National Policy on Education recommends the teaching of
mathematics at all levels of education.
Mathematics is
an instrument for fostering scientific and technological advancement. The
knowledge of geometry and trigonometry are most rapid usage in architecture,
surveying, building, modeling, sculpturing and medicine, which consist major parts
of national development.
Internationally,
the computer usage worldwide was made possible because of the knowledge
of mathematics.
Computer is a facilitative technology and merely allows those who are already
doing
something to do
more of it faster and more accurately.
Mathematics in business and industry
Quantitative
techniques, which are an aspect of mathematics, are those statistical and operations
research or programming techniques, which help in the decision-making process
especially concerning business and industry.
According to
Kothari, (1978:8) some of the important operations research techniques often
used these days in business and industry are as here under explained:
A lot of
mathematical knowledge is used in modern industries in determining which models
of machine (s)
would produce greater materials at a maximum profit within minimum time. This
phenomenon was
demonstrated by Hicks (1955).
Mathematics in other areas
In banks, basic
knowledge of mathematics is needed for effective and efficient transaction between
the bankers and their customers. Good knowledge of basic mathematics is
essential for the manipulation of building blocks into dams, construction,
machines and structures.
Mathematics is
used in arts, business, commerce, law, medicine, politics, religion, sociology,
war and so on. Everyday life in national development could be seen through
Mathematics.
Mathematics have
helped advanced nations to attain impressive heights in food production and
conservation, energy production and conservation, waste management, health,
robotic technology, nuclear as well as space technology.
Recommendations
The third world
or developing countries must pay serious attention to mathematics if they hope
to get anywhere near the heights so for attained by the developed nations. To
do this mathematics education in these countries must first be tackled.
1. Education
must be properly funded by both central and state governments.
2. There must be
adequate plans to ensure training and retaining of mathematics teachers.
3. Teachers
should also let students conceive and perceive the mathematical concepts, which
they want to teach.
Conclusion
Every society
needs to uphold mathematics as a discipline that is indispensable to scientific
progress and national development. This helps to bring the whole world to our
doorstep. Equally both literate and illiterate are making extensive use of
calculators in their business and everyday life. In fact no industry can function
effectively without science, technology and mathematics in these modern days.
Therefore, the study of mathematics must be encouraged at all levels of the
educational system.
Selection of Curriculum Content
Definition Of Curriculum
All the learning
which is planned and guided by the school, whether it is carried on in groups
or individually, inside or outside the school
Definition of Content
•
Content is defined as “Information to be
learned in school.
•
Content comes in any form (audio, text
and video) and it informs, entertains, enlightens or teaches people who consume
it.
Selection of curriculum content based on
the experiences of children
Learning
experiences;
A learning experience is the interaction between the learner and the external conditions in the environment to which he can react.
A learning experience is the interaction between the learner and the external conditions in the environment to which he can react.
Principles
to be considered when selecting Learning experiences
Learning is an active process in which the
learner must be involved.
Learning is affected considerably by
individual goals, values and motives.
Frequent repetition of response to a class
of situations is important in learning skills.
Criteria for selecting learning
experiences
1. Validity:
experiences
must be closely connected with the educational goals and result in changed
behavior with respect to the stipulated objective.
2. Comprehensiveness:
comprehensiveness
demands that all the objectives which are stated should have corresponding
experiences.
3. Variety:
variable
learning experiences should be presented.
4. Suitability:
learning
experiences must be closely related to the learner's needs, capacities,
interests .
5. Balance
and continuity: balancing experiences from outside
with others from the learning process itself.
6. Relevance:
learning
experiences should have maximal relation to life.
Learning activities
1.
Activities to induce knowledge and
skills
2.
Activities to integrate additional
collaborative activities, case studies, problem-solving, etc.
3.
Activities to simply keep the students
busy
4.
Activities to promote deeper learning
Selection
of curriculum content based on the communities
Community-based
content
Community-based content include
academically based community service, civic education, environmental education,
place based learning, service learning, and work-based learning.
Approaches
of Community-based content
• It draws from research on peer-assisted
learning, project-based learning, and experiential learning.
Important
of Community-based content
• Community-based learning helps students
acquire, practice, and apply subject matter knowledge and skills .
•
students develop the knowledge, skills,
and attributes of effective citizenship by identifying and acting on issues
and concerns that affect their own communities.
•
When implemented thoughtfully, these
strategies create a pedagogy of engagement.
•
Students invest time and attention and
expend real effort because their learning has meaning and purpose.
•
Community-based learning helps students
build a sense of connection to their communities.
•
Community-based learning challenges the
students to develop a range of intellectual and academic skills in order to
understand and take action on the issues they encounter in everyday life.
•
By intentionally linking academic
standards to the real world of their communities, and narrowing the gap
between knowledge and action and between what students must learn and what
they can contribute.
Integration
of Community with curriculum
• Community-based learning must be integrated
within the regular school-based curriculum.
• Before and after school programs and
a host of community-based organizations currently offer an important venue for
shrinking the gap between living and learning.
• Successful implementation of
community-based learning opportunities in these settings may
introduce the benefits of community-based learning to school staff, families,
and decision makers, thus easing its way into the regular curriculum.
• Academically based community service,
civic education, environmental education, place-based learning, service
learning, and work-based learning are increasingly evident in classrooms
and after school programs.
• School staff, administrators,
parents, community members, and students themselves see the benefits of
these strategies and want them to take root and grow in their schools and
communities.
Selection of curriculum content based on
their natural curiosities
•
Find or create the “hook”
curiosities in every topic
•
Connect the material and things they are
already curious about.
•
Provide time for unstructured
exploration
•
Create a “parking lot”
•
Teach students to ask questions
Selection of curriculum content based on
their subjects
•
Self- sufficiency: attaining
self- sufficiency in most economical manner. less teaching and learner’s effort
but more results and effective learning outcomes
• Significance: content will
contribute to basic ideas, concepts and principles, and generalizations to
achieve the aim of the curriculum; - it will develop the cognitive, affective
and psychomotor skills of the learners; and cultural aspects will be considered
•
Validity: authenticity
of the subject matter
•
Interest: a
key criterion in learner-centered curriculum; content should be based on the
interest of the learner
•
Utility :usefulness
of the content to the learner either for the present or the future
•
Learnability: subject
matter should be within the range of the experiences of the learners
•
Feasibility:
content should be learned within the time allowed, resources available,
expertise of the teacher and nature of the learner.
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