REFLECTIVE JOURNAL 6

TEACHING PRACTISE (3-01-2017 to 6-01-2017)

Joined the school after the Christmas vacation. Since it was the first week of the school after vacation there was no free hours as all the teachers were present, or else we would have been running here and there to fill up the classes. I was given portions to be taken, 2 poems and 2 prose.  Discussions on the topic for conscientization was done, and students were assigned for giving speech and vote of thanks respectively. On Friday, for lunch the students were given rice and chicken curry.

REFLECTIVE JOURNAL 5

TEACHING PRACTISE (5-12-2016 to 9-12-2016)

The fifth week of our teaching practise. The most important thing that happened was Jayalalitha passed away. As usual went to school, it felt like its been ages  I have been teaching here as all the students wishing good morning everyday, asking doubts, serving food for them. A kind of attachment was formed among the students. It was ,is a good experience. Conducted the achievement test. And it was our last week of this month in the school, as we had our 3rd sem exams on this 14th and also our last week with the Hindi training teachers of Government college.

REFLECTIVE JOURNAL 4

TEACHING PRACTISE (29-11-2016 to 2-12-2016)

Thought to conduct the assessment test this week , as all the portions were finished that was assigned. Since the students pleaded to postpone the test as they din't learn, thought to give them a second chance and said that it would be conducted on coming Monday. Then training teachers came from Mar Theophilus Teacher Training College, for their second phase of teaching practise.

REFLECTIVE JOURNAL3

TEACHING PRACTISE (21-11-21016 to 25-11-2016)

Finished off one chapter, and started the next 'A Day in the Country' by Anton P. Chekov. My first observation was done, and it din't go well as expected. On 25th I had my second observation and I had performed well. Since I have got Malayalam medium class the students are not able to respond in English. Even though they know the answer its difficult for them to answer in English. At least I was satisfied on the fact that the students understand what I teach them.

REFLECTIVE JOURNAL 2

TEACHING PRACTISE: (14-11-2016 to 18-11-2016)

The second week of our teaching practise. Monday was children's Day and nothing much was done , just an announcement wishing all the students was said. Got our seating arrangements changed, and felt much better than the former. Got to know my students more, their way of learning and which way studying makes them more interesting. Canteen got started and that made the rest of my days refreshing. Assemblies are being conducted on Thursdays, and this time it was of my class VIII-C, and it was a variety one. They sand songs on different instruments name and then asked questions based on it, and who all answered would get a pen as gift. As usual classes were taken on the chapter The Nightingale and the Rose, also showed a video on it.

REFLECTIVE JOURNAL 1

TEACHING  PRACTICE   (9-11-2016 to 11-11-2016)

Was assigned to Government Girls H.S.S, Peroorkada for teaching practice. The Head misteress gave an introduction about how things were done in the school. The first day got to know our respective optional teacher and she gave the portions to be taken. I was to take 8th standard and got to know the students more. Second day onwards started teaching, the students grasped the content well. Since they had a smart class I got a chance to use interactive white board while teaching. On the third day we attended the assembly of the school for the first time. There were two main programmes conducted, the Lions Club association conducted an eye testing programme and "Pavizhamalli" an organization headed by the famous writer Sugathakumari, the associates of this organisation delivered speech to the students about the importance of planting trees and also they distributed prizes for the painting competition.

Schools of Psychology

Gestalt School of Psychology

MAX WERTHEIMER

• Gestalt School of Psychology was originated in Germany. The views of this school was against Structuralism, Functionalism and Behaviourism, the other schools of Psychology.

• Most prominent members of this school were Max Wertheimer (1880-1943), Kurt koffka (1886-1941), Wolfgang Kohler (1887-1967) and Kurt Lewin (1890-1947).

WOLFGANG KOHLER

• This school believes that the psychology should study the pattern or whole of behaviour or experience. According to them an individual perceives the thing as a whole and not as a mere collection of its constituents or elements.

• The word Gestalt means 'form', 'pattern', 'figure' and 'configuration'. This school regards man as a unitary whole and insists that the discovery of behaviour can be successful only to the extend that it emphasises the entire reacting organism and not merely its parts.

KURT KOFFKA

• An individual perceives the situation as a whole and after seeing and evaluating the different relationship in relation to the available environment, takes the proper decision in an intelligent way although quite often he does so impulsively.

• This means that when we look at  a tree we perceive whole of it as a tree, even though a tree consists of colour, brightness and a form, but when received by the mind all these components becomes a pattern or gestalt.

KURT LEWIN

• Thus psychologist termed this as 'insight' to describe the human behaviour and summarised the process by saying that the perception of the situation as a whole is the first step, while judging the relationship between various factors involved in the situation is the second one and taking an immediate decision and behave accordingly is the final stage of human behaviour.

Contribution of  Gestalt Psychology to Education

1. Gestalt laid emphasis on principles of unity or integrity and environment while studying human behaviour.
2. This school made valuable contribution to the field of sensation and perception by saying that teachers and parents should give emphasis on the whole in the class and at home.
3. This school suggests experimental procedure to study human behaviour.
4. They realised that for successful teaching-learning process in school there is a need of integration of teachers, students and principle . If there is a proper coordination among the subjects and work as an organised whole , then improvement in the teaching-learning process in school is inevitable.