Think Edu 2022 | It’s Amazing How Teachers Became Shameless Learners, Educators Say
CHENNAI: We see teachers as problem solvers and who better than them to teach us to spot the good side of adversity? Speaking at the ThinkEdu Conclave panel event titled “Smart Learning: The Digital Edge,” Minoo Aggarwal, DAV Public School Principal, remarked on the positive outcome of the pandemic for those in education, “The how we have all adapted to technology and new tools has given a big boost to the education system. The gains in the last two years are equivalent to what we would have needed for 10 years,” she said.
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Other educators on the panel shared how teachers learned to become learners, with technology-enabled digital learning becoming the norm after the March 2020 lockdown. Shoba Raman, Principal of Vidya Mandir, said: “It It was encouraging to see teachers sitting down with their students asking for help in using digital tools, dispelling doubts and becoming students themselves. »
Prabha Dixit, Principal, Akshar Arbol International School, Shoba Raman, Principal, Vidya Mandir, Sheela Rajendra, Dean, Principal and Correspondent, PSBB Group of Schools and Minoo Aggarwal, Principal, DAV Public School join the author and journalist @kavereeb at #ThinkEdu2022. pic.twitter.com/x7QmlT0WVt
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Educators discussed at length the mental health consequences that the new way of learning has imposed on teachers in addition to being home and balancing more than they could. Prabha Dixit, Principal of Akshar Arbol International School, said: “Teachers tell me that they are now in school from 7 to 4 and that they have to integrate the needs of the house, the parents, the beautiful -family and their own children’s schedules.” She also pointed out that to prevent teachers from changing careers, they needed to be given more understanding. Minoo shared that management holds weekly tea parties for teachers to relax and ease stress because they were, she said, the real heroes, not the administrators. School counselors had their hands full with all mental health needs, Prabha said. “We facilitated sessions with parents, teachers and counselors to allow everyone to have a space to listen to each other and share their frustrations. We also held counseling sessions for parents of children of different age groups where we shared observed behavioral changes. »
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Teachers talked about gaps in learning and highlighted cognitive skills that needed retraining. Shoba shared that the program may need to be scaled back to help students get back to where they were at the start of the pandemic. Minoo shared, “Writing skills took a hit. Children have not been able to construct sentences, so we give additional writing exercises. Time management skills became poor and increased nervousness set in. She said they tell students they are being given exams now not to assess them but to help teachers understand what each student needs special help with. They agreed that while school-based learning was not going as well as they had hoped, schoolchildren learned empathy by watching events around the world, from deaths to vaccines and loss of means. of subsistence.
It wasn’t just academics, enough time was also given for play, school administrators revealed. Sheela Rajendra, Dean, Principal and Correspondent, PSBB Group of Schools, explained that they made sure to squeeze in extra-curricular activities within the limits of 40-minute online lessons, “Our schools celebrated every festival in all classes. Also during our virtual sessions, we gave them a few minutes to chat, connect emotionally with other students and calm down.
Explaining how a digital advantage will help educators facing the current situation of old versus new, as each student is now at a different level, Prabha said, “Technology is a good enabler of teaching practice. We have tablets and phones — it’s hardware. The focus is on how we can integrate technology and not make the mistake of putting the horse before the cart. »
Sharing their collective happiness over classrooms filled with the sounds of learning and laughter after the break, educators said that despite the challenges, everyone was happy to be back in school. “We thought the children would express reservations and reluctance, but they have settled in so well. It was definitely a wonderful surprise,” she exclaimed. Panelists said their main goal was to get the kids back to a routine. “We give them staggered schedules to help them relax and get back into a routine. When there are situations where they tell us “I have a cold, I want to go home”, now that they are used to staying home longer, we make sure to learn to find a balance “, she signed.
ThinkEdu 2022 is the grand tenth edition of what has been India’s biggest educational conclave for a decade now. On March 8 and 9, some pillars of India’s academic, economic and political ecosystems will bring ideas, ideologies and reflections on the past, present and future of the Indian education system. The sessions will be viewed by a live audience, in addition to the 2,750 users registered on the Conclave’s digital space. Over the past nine years, the Conclave has seen true stalwart thinkers such as former Presidents Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam and Dr. Pranab Mukherjee, MPs Jairam Ramesh, Smriti Irani, former CM of Jammu and Kashmir Farooq Abdullah, CEO of NITI Aayog Amitabh Kant and Spiritual Guide Sadhguru.
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