Page 285 - DEDU503_EDUCATIONAL_MANAGEMENT_ENGLISH

Unit 21: Application of Educational Management in Academic Areas

6. Interaction, whether teacher encouraged in the pupils independence, critical thinking creative Notes
self-expression, proper manners and democratic behaviour, whether pupils were attentive,
enthusiastic, cooperative, well-behaved and learning together.
7. Recapitulation, whether summaries development with pupils’ helps to facilitate remembering.
8. Assignments, where provided sufficient drill, whether supplemented by additional material,
whether promoted transfer of learning and integrated or correlated with other subjects and
with life.
(4) Promotion Research : Another important function of supervision is to promote the experimental
approach to problems. Quite often the teachers and the supervisor launch a research project in
which teachers are entrusted with particular activities and phases for the explicit purpose of the
collection, analysis and interpretation of data. Either on invitation and form the teacher or of
his own accord the supervisor visits the classroom and observes whether work on the project
is proceeding on the right lines which were previously decided upon by the participants.
Whenever necessary the supervisory assist the teachers and puts them on these right track.

21.5 Curriculum Development

The fifth important element of the teaching- learning situation is the curriculum interpreted in its
widest possible sense. It consists of all the activities and experiences planned for the child’s
development. It is an important contributing factor for it determines the quality of learning experiences
and their inter-relatedness. The planning and the roles of the teacher and pupils in curriculum
development are significant. The supervisor, during his observation, should analyse these.

What is symposium technique ?

Self Assessment
1. Fill in the blanks :
(i) ______ is an organizational function in which tasks are performed in a variety of settings.
(ii) ______ is content centered approach.
(iii) ______ are used in managing classroom activities.

(iv) ______ is the principal component of classroom management.
(v) ______ are conducted to upgrade the teacher in their specialisation in terms of knowledge of
the latest development.

(vi) ______ are generally organized to give an opportunity to teachers to refresh and improve
their knowledge of the subjects.
(vii) The ______ aspect is developed through training.

21.6 Summary
• Classroom management is viewed as an organisational function in which tasks are performed
in a variety of settings, resulting in the inculcation of certain values such as human respect,
personal integrity, self direction, group cohesion, etc.
• Teacher process is organized through classroom management. ‘Classroom management’ is
defined operationally.

LOVELY PROFESSIONAL UNIVERSITY 279