डॉ. बी. आर. अम्बेडकर विश्वविद्यालय दिल्ली 
| Course Type | Course Code | No. Of Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Discipline Core | SES101310 | 2 |
Course Coordinator and Team: SES Faculty
Email of course coordinator: pcbabed@aud.ac.in
Pre-requisites: No
Course Description:
The objective of this course is to provide student teachers with an understanding of innovative and research-based practices for teaching TWAU, enabling them to effectively address and teach various concepts. Engaging with the interrelatedness of the social and natural environment is crucial for learners to develop competencies, sensitivity, and an appreciation for exploring and interacting with the world around them. The course helps students develop a basic understanding of actions they can take to help themselves and others. By incorporating innovative practices and action research, student teachers will be equipped to teach skills necessary for addressing social and critical issues. Integrating ICT offers opportunities to engage learners in interactive and virtual experiences of otherwise inaccessible environments and related issues.
Course Objectives:
After completion of the course, student teachers will be able to:
- Enable student teachers to plan their teaching innovatively
- Provide student teachers with the skills to integrate ICT in their teaching
Course Outcomes:
On completion of this course, student teachers will be able to:
- Describe the meaning, need, importance and scope of innovative pedagogical practices and integration of ICT in World Around Us,
- Adopt various innovative practices and integrate ICT in the teaching-learning of World Around Us,
- Plan and conduct action research in World Around Us,
- Reflect upon various issues such as gender, equity, inclusion and integrate them in teaching-learning of World Around Us,
- Develop and understanding about the role of a teacher as a facilitator of learning.
Brief description of the modules:
Module 1: Innovative and Research Practices
In this unit, the students will engage with varied kinds of innovative and research-based teaching practices. They will engage with the need for innovation and creativity in teaching based on reflection on/inquiry into classroom experiences. In this process, they will learn about different kinds of practices that are considered to provide creative alternative to didactic pedagogies.
Module 2: ICT Integration
This unit will focus on exploring the use of ICT in subject specific pedagogy for TWAU. The unit will draw from the ICT courses of earlier semesters and enable students to explore variety of ICT tools, their features and application, while simultaneously understanding their limits and limitations especially at the preparatory stage.
Module 3: Facilitating Learning about How to Learn
Student teachers will be encouraged in this concluding unit of the course to curate content that ensures learners’ meaningful interaction with the environment, reflecting diversity in geographical features, flora, and fauna. Student teachers will draw upon the theoretical insights gained from the Psychological, Sociological and Philosophical Perspective of teaching and learning a subject, to develop lesson plans that facilitate meaningful and age-appropriate learning of TWAU themes.
Assessment Plan
|
Designing a lesson |
50% |
|
Final |
50% |
Readings:
- Duncan, I., Miller, A. and Jiang, S. (2012). A taxonomy of virtual worlds usage in education. British Journal of Educational Technology, 43, 949-964. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8535.2011.01263.x
- UNESCO. (2022). Recommendation on the ethics of artificial intelligence. https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000381137
- Southgate, E. (2021). Artificial intelligence and machine learning: A practical and ethical guide for teachers. In Digital disruption in teaching and testing: assessments, big data, and the transformation of schooling (pp. 60-71). Routledge.