Date: 05th July 2022
Time: 1:30 PM to 2:00 PM
Venue: Multipurpose Hall, St. Teresa’s Institute of Education
Name of Coordinator: Dr. Cerena D’Cunha
Total number of students and faculty: 52
Resource person: Ms. Felicita Rodrigues

Objectives:

• To understand what exactly a set induction refers to in a lesson.
• To integrate set induction skillfully and in a creative manner in the lesson in order to make the lesson interesting.

A session on Set Induction Skill in Teaching was organized by the department of St.Teresa’s Institute of Education on 5th July 2022 for the students of F.Y.B.ED. The coordinator for this session was Dr. Cerena D'Cunha and the speaker for this session was an STIE alumni Felicita Rodrigues. The main objective of the session was to inform and help the students in understanding the basic concept and methodology of teaching through Set Induction Skill as a part of micro-teaching. It was a very informative and enlightening session as it helped the students in recognizing how to teach with the help of different types of learning aid to be a good teacher.

Ms. Felicita had prepared a wonderful and informative PowerPoint presentation in order to put forth her points. She began by asking the students how they would begin a lesson in class. Then, she explained what exactly a set induction is. She mentioned a variety of activities that can be conducted as part of the set induction like audio – video aids, asking interesting questions, online games, performing an experiment or demonstration, or simply revising previously learnt concepts in the class.

Finally, she ended the session by asking the students if they had any questions or doubts about the skill being taught and answered the students’ queries. After this, the student council member Amrita gave the vote of thanks and the students dispersed. This online session was very informative and managed to successfully explain the micro skill of set induction. The students were asked to incorporate the points given by Ms. Felicita in their micro lessons.

By – Asfa Ahmad, Roll No. 01
Eldrin Andrades, Roll No. 02

Sessions on Macro Teaching Skills

Four sessions on Macro Teaching Skills were conducted on different days at St. Teresa’s Institute of Education.

First Session: History Macro lesson

Date: 11th July 2022
Time: 11:00 PM to 1:00 PM
Venue: Multipurpose Hall, St. Teresa’s Institute of Education
Name of Coordinator: Dr. Reshma Cusher
Total number of students and faculty: 50
Resource person: Ms. Srishti Nangalia.

Objectives:

• To understand what are the challenges faced by teachers during teaching in class.
• To comprehend how to make a lesson interesting for the students.

The History Macro lesson session was organized by Dr. Reshma Cusher for the students of F.Y.B. Ed on 11th July, 2022 at St. Teresa’s Institute of Education. The resource person was Ms. Srishti Nangalia, an alumna of St. Teresa who conducted the lesson in the History subject. She demonstrated how to make History an engaging subject by using various pictures, charts and by asking interesting questions to the students. She gave a lively set induction and many examples that helped the students to understand the topic easily. Ms. Srishti also used audio- visual aids and short games to cover the concepts thoroughly. She also gave the students many tips on how to make History class engaging and interesting for the students. All in all, it was a very informative session that threw light on the various techniques that can be employed to make History class interactive.

Second session: English Macro Session

Date: 13th July 2022
Time: 11:00 PM to 1:00 PM
Venue: Multipurpose Hall, St. Teresa’s Institute of Education
Name of Coordinator: Dr. Cerena D’Cunha and Dr.Cinderella D'mello. Total number of students and faculty: 50
Resource person: Ms. Pearl Gomes and Ms. Anam Shaikh

The English macro lesson for the F.Y.B.ED batch of 2022-23 at St. Teresa’s Institute of Education was organized by Dr Cerena D’cunha on 13th July 2022. STIE alumni Pearl Gomes was the chief educator who took the lesson. The main objective of the session was to enrich and motivate the first-year students of the B.Ed. course on how to proceed with their lessons in the practicing school. It was a very well-organized session of two core topics in English- grammar and prose which was explained by Ms Pearl with the help of various teaching aids ( charts, pictures ) asking thought provoking questions and learning experiences as a part of the Nai Talim scheme being followed in many school curriculum.

The Session gave us an idea of how to write the lesson plans, how to conduct a lesson as a trainee teacher and to be conscious of certain obstacles that may come up along the way. Overall the session plan conducted was inspiring and motivating as we learned from our seniors how to improve ourselves and be a good teacher in the future.

Third session: Math Macro Session

An important session was conducted by St. Teresa’s Institute of Education on 13th July 2022 for their First-Year B.Ed students by Dr Cinderella Dmello. STIE alumni Anam Shaikh was the chief educator for Math lesson, the objective was to enrich and boost the students as trainee teachers in various schools, the lesson was well planned, and it gave the students an overall process on how to proceed with their teaching plans, what mistakes to avoid and how to enhance their teaching methodology. Overall the session was very informative and helpful as it guided the students on the path of how to be good teachers during their B.ED journey.

Fourth session: Science Macro lesson

Date: 14th July 2022 Time: 11:00 PM to 1:00 PM Venue: Multipurpose Hall, St. Teresa’s Institute of Education Name of Coordinator: Dr. Giselle D’Souza Total number of students and faculty: 50 Resource person: Ms. Felicita Rodrigues.

Science Macro lesson

The Science Macro lesson session was organized by Dr. Giselle D’Souza for the students of F.Y.B. Ed on 14th July, 2022 at St. Teresa’s Institute of Education. The resource person was Ms. Felicita Rodrigues, an alumna of St. Teresa who conducted the lesson in the Science subject. She made use of various flashcards, charts to introduce the concept of change and gave various examples to understand natural and man-made change. She actively engaged the class by asking equations and formulae from the students and by asking questions based on the concept. Ms. Felicita explained the concepts of photosynthesis and respiration through formulae, equations and charts. By using such varied teaching techniques, she made the class interactive and interesting. The session was very informative and helped the students understand what can be done by the teacher to make a Science class appealing to the students.