KERALA UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF TEACHER EDUCATION
                                            ARYAD, ALAPPUZHA 2017 – 18
                                                             SEMESTER I & III
                                                              ACADEMIC CALENDAR

June 2017
June Ist Thursday - College re –opens (IInd  year students)
 “ 2 Friday -
  “ 3 Saturday -
   “       4 Sunday -
 “ 5 Monday        World  Environment Day
 “ 6 Tuesday -
 “ 7 Wednesday -
 “ 8 Thursday -
 “ 9 Friday -
 “ 10 Second Saturday -
 “ 11 Sunday -
 “ 12 Monday -Practicum gives ( IInd  year students)
 “ 13 Tuesday -            
“ 14 Wednesday -
 “ 15 Thursday -          
 “ 16 Friday -
 “ 17 Saturday -
  “ 18 Sunday -
 “ 19 Monday -            Reading Day
Ist phase of teaching practice begins (IInd  year  students)
 
   “    20    Tuesday
     “ 21 Wednesday -
 “ 22 Thursday -
  23 Friday -
 “ 24 Saturday -
 “ 25 Sunday - Ramadan
 “ 26 Monday -
 “ 27 Tuesday -
  28 Wednesday -
 “ 29 Thursday -  
 “ 30 Friday

July 2017
July    Ist Saturday -
  “ 2 Sunday -
  “ 3 Monday -  St.Thomas Day
 “ 4 Tuesday -
 “ 5 Wednesday -
 “ 6 Thursday -
 “ 7 Friday -
 “ 8 Second Saturday -
 “ 9 Sunday -
10 Monday            -          
 “ 11 Tuesday - World Population Day
 “ 12 Wednesday -
 “ 13 Thursday -      
 “ 14 Friday -
 “ 15 Saturday -
 “ 16 Sunday -
“ 17 Monday   -                                                                                                         18 Tuesday
“ 19 Wednesday -
 “ 20 Thursday -              
  21 Friday -
  22 Saturday -
 “ 23 Sunday - Karkadaka Vavu
 “ 24 Monday -
 “ 25 Tuesday -
 “ 26 Wednesday -
 “ 27 Thursday -                      Ist Semester class begins (Ist  year students)
 “ 28        Friday -
 “ 29 Saturday -
 “ 30 Sunday -
 “ 31 Monday -
 
      August 2017
August Ist Tuesday -
 “ 2 Wednesday -
 “ 3 Thursday -
 “ 4 Friday Thursday- Blog Creation & Posting & Materials (Ist year                                                                                                                                                   students)
 “ 5 Saturday - Hiroshima Day
 “ 6      Sunday -
  “ 7 Monday -
  “ 8 Tuesday -
 “ 9 Wednesday - Quit India Day
 “ 10 Thursday - S U P W begins (Ist year students)
 “ 11 Friday -
 “ 12 Second Saturday -  
 “ 13 Sunday   -
   “ 14   Monday - Seminar/ presentation begins (Ist year students)                          
   “    15    Tuesday - Independence Day
 “ 16 Wednesday - Practicum given  (Ist year students)
 “ 17 Thursday - Farmers Day
 “ 18 Friday -          College Union Election
 “ 19 Saturday -
 “ 20 Sunday -
 “ 21 Monday -           Community Living Camp
  “ 22     Tuesday - “
 “ 23 Wednesday - “
 “ 24 Thursday - “
 “ 25 Friday - “
 “ 26 Saturday -
 “ 27 Sunday -
 “ 28 Monday -      Ayyankali Day (Holiday)
 “ 29 Tuesday  -     Microteaching begins (Ist year students)
 “ 30 Wednesday -
“ 31 Thursday -           Onam celebration. Onam holidays begins






September 2017
September Ist     Friday -   Bakrid,Seminar /presentation begins (IInd year students)
 “ 2 Saturday -
 “ 3 Sunday       First Onam
  “ 4 Monday - Thiruvonam
  “ 5 Tuesday - Third Onam, Teachers Day
  “ 6 Wednesday -   Fourth Onam, Sree Narayana Guru Jayanathi
  “ 7 Thursday -
“ 8 Friday -
  “ 9 Second Saturday -
 “ 10 Sunday -
  “ 11 Monday -           College re-opens after Onam holidays  
 “ 12 Tuesday - Sree Krishna Jayanthi (Holiday)  
 “ 13 Wednesday - Field Visit begins  
 “ 14 Thursday - Discussion begins  
“ 15 Friday -  
 “ 16 Saturday -  
 “ 17 Sunday -    
 “ 18 Monday -
19 Tuesday -
 “ 20 Wednesday -
 “ 21 Thursday - Sree Narayana Guru Samadhi
 “ 22 Friday -
 “ 23 Saturday -
 “ 24 Sunday -
 “ 25 Monday - Demonstration begins
 “ 26 Tuesday -Observation of model video lessons (Ist year students)
 “ 27 Wednesday -
“ 28 Thursday -Criticism begins (Ist year students)
“       29     Friday - Mahanavami (Holiday)
“       30     Saturday - Vijayadasami    (Holiday)


October 2017
October Ist        Sunday -
 “ 2 Monday - Gandhi Jayanthi
 “ 3 Tuesday                      Mid semester exam begins (I & II Year students)
 “ 4 Wednesday -
“ 5 Thursday -
“       6       Friday Criticism begins (Ist year students)
“ 7 Saturday -
“ 8 Sunday -
 “ 9 Monday -
 “ 10 Tuesday -
 “ 11 Wednesday -
“ 12 Thursday -
“ 13 Friday -
“ 14 Saturday -
 “ 15 Sunday -
“ 16 Monday -
 “ 17 Tuesday -
 “ 18 Wednesday - Deepavali Holiday
“ 19 Thursday - -
“ 20 Friday -
 “ 21 Saturday -
 “ 22 Sunday -
 “ 23 Monday               IIIrd Sem. Model Exam (IInd year students)
“ 24 Tuesday - U N Day
“ 25 Wednesday -
“ 26 Thursday -
“ 27 Friday -
“ 28 Saturday -
“ 29 Sunday -
“ 30 Monday -                       Commeration Day of Indhira Gandhi,
“       31 Tuesday - National Integration Day


November 2017
November Ist Wednesday - Kerala Piravi
“ 2         Thursday -
“ 3 Friday -
“ 4 Saturday -

 “ 5 Sunday -

 “ 6 Monday -
 “ 7 Tuesday
 “ 8 Wednesday -
“       9       Thursday -
“ 10 Friday -
“ 11 Second Saturday - National Education Day

 “ 12 Sunday - Temple  entry proclamation Day
 “ 13 Monday -
 “ 14 Tuesday - Childrens Day
“ 15 Wednesday -
“       16    Thursday -
                                                                   Ist Semester Model Exam begins (Ist year students)
“ 17 Friday -
“ 18 Saturday -
 “ 19 Sunday -
 “ 20 Monday -
 “ 21 Tuesday -
“ 22 Wednesday -
“       23     Thursday -
“ 24 Friday -
“ 25 Saturday -
“        26 Sunday -
 “ 27 Monday -
 “ 28 Tuesday -
 “ 29 Wednesday -
“      30      Thursday -
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                                  Bibliography

Book

Aggarwal, J.C.(1994). Theory and Principles of Education. New Delhi: Vikas Publishing House Pvt Ltd.

Garett, H.E. (1981).Statistics in Psychology and Education. Bombay: Vakils, Fetter and Simons Ltd.

Journals/ Newsletters

Chauhan, C.P.(2006). Protection of Environment. University News, 44,20-26

Gassert, Linda Ramey et al.(1994).Re-examining connections Museums as Science Learning Environment. Science Education, 78, 345-360.

Dissertation abstracts/ theses

Beena, G.S.(1998). Preparation and Testing of Discovery Learning Model for Teaching Biology at Primary Level. M.Ed.Thesis, University of Kerala.

Chitriv, V.G.(1983). Evaluating differential effectiveness of Ausubel and Bruner strategies for acquisition of concepts in Mathematics. Doctoral Thesis, Nagpur University.

Encyclopaedias/Dictionaries/ Reports

Encyclopaedia Britanica. Vol.8(1970). Chicago: Encyclopaedia Britanica,Inc.

Mitzel, Harold(Ed.).(1982). Encyclopaedia of Educational Research, (vol.3), New York: The Free Press.

UPHOF, J.C.(1959). Dictionary of Economic plants. Newyork: Hafner Publishing Co.

Report of Secondary Education Commission.(1953). NewDelhi: Ministry of Education, Government of India.

Miscellaneous

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mangifera

Disinger, John F.(1992).Environmental Education Research News. ERIC DATA  Record 2 of 4.

Mahadevan, Anandavalli(1989). Multidisciplinary model for Environmental Education a feasibility survey at school. Paper presented at the Asian Regional Conference on Educational Technology at the Institute of Management, Thiruvananthapuram.

KERALA UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF TEACHER EDUCATION
ARYAD, ALAPPUZHA
ACADEMIC CALENDAR SEMESTER II & IV
November 2016
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December 2016
December 1

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“ 11 - Sunday

“ 12 - Miladi – sherif- Holiday

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“ 14 - University exam begins semester III

“ 15 - University exam begins semester I

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January 2017
January 1 - Sunday

“ 2 - Mannam Jayanthi.
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“ 11 - School Induction programme begins (II Semester)

“ 12 - National Youth Day.

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“ 14 - Second Saturday

“ 15 - Sunday

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“ 19
“ 20 - Practicum gives (II Semester)
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“ 22 - Sunday
“ 23 - Discussion begins (II Semester)
“ 24
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“ 26 - Republic day& New year celebration.
“ 27 - Literary competition begins

“ 28

“ 29 - Sunday

“ 30 - Martyr’s day, Leprosy Eradication day.

“ 31 - Demonstration begins (II Semester)


February 2017
February 1 - Demonstration begins (Sem. II)

“ 2

“ 3 - Study tour (Sem. II)
“ 4
“ 5 - Sunday
“ 6 - Criticism begins (Semester II)
” 7

“ 8 -Seminar on National Science day

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“ 11 - Second Saturday

“ 12 - Sunday

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“ 19 - Sunday
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“ 22 - Mid semester exam begins (Sem.II)
“ 23

“ 24 - Sivarathri - Holiday
“ 25

“ 26 - Sunday
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“ 28 - National science day.

Marc h 2017
March 1

“ 2
“ 3 - Arts Festival

“ 4 - Arts Festival

“ 5 - Sunday
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“ 8 - International women’s day
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“ 11 - Second Saturday

“ 12 - Sunday

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“ 15 - Handicapped day

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“ 19 - Sunday
“ 20 - World forest day

“ 21 - World water day


“ 22 - World climate day

“ 23 - Model exam (semester IV)
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“ 26 - Sunday
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“ 30 - Valedictory function of II year students.


“ 31 - College Day

April 2017
April 1

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“ 3 - Model exams (semester II)

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” 7 - World Health day
“ 8 - Second Saturday
“ 9 - Sunday
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“ 14 - Good Friday

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Microteaching
It is scaled down teaching
a. It reduced the content (number of unit)
b. It reduced the duration(5-10 minutes)
c. It reduced the class size (5-10 students)
d. It reduced its objectives ( one skill at a time)
The four aspects of teaching are reduced. So it is known as microteaching
Procedure for practice of skill in microteaching
Step I
Discussion of teaching skills
Define the concept of teaching skills to the student.
The teacher educator discuss the skills with teacher trainees.
Teacher educator give knowledge about the teaching skills to the teacher trainees with examples
Step II
Demonstration of the teaching skill
or
Presentation of the model lesson
After discussion, demonstration lesson of the teacher educator based on particular skill.
Give importance to component of that skill and show the videotape about the teaching.
Step III
Actual practice of teaching skill
Sub step I
Planning the micro lesson
After discussion and demonstration the teacher trainee prepared a micro lesson about a particular teaching skills.
Duration is 5-10 minutes & concentrate in one skill.
One single unit take & session is known as plan session.
Substep II
Teaching the microlesson

Take a small unit of lesson & take a class of 5-10 minutes, one skill by the teacher trainees.
It was supervised by the fellow trainee and teacher educators through observation
Supervisor use a performa and note down the observation in the performa.
The behaviour component is present in the performa.



No Components of stimulus variation ½ minutes interval Total
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
1 Teacher movement / / 2
2 Teacher gesture / 1
3 Change in sensory focus / / 2
4 Change in speech pattern / 1
5 Pupil talk / 1
6 Pupil movement / 1


If these are present the teacher educator can tick it in every half minutes.
It can be recording through audio or video recording for feedbacking.
Actual time is 6minutes
Substep III
Feedback or Critique session
Discussion of lesson by the teacher educator with the help of the fellow trainee and teacher trainee
They criticize the performance of the teacher trainee.
Give suggestions for improvement
With the help of videotape, feedback can be given.
Feedback session is about 6minutes.
Substep IV
Replanning session
On the basis of comment in criticizes, he modifies the teaching behaviour.
On the basis of suggestions, the defects are rectified, he replanned a lesson plan
The time allotted is 12 minutes
Concentrate the same skill in the planning session
We can change the skill but can vary the topic.
Substep V
Reteaching session
Reteach the revised or modified lesson, same skill
If topic is different we can repeat same class
If topic is same another group of students are taken.
Time allotted is 6 minutes
The fellow trainee and teacher educator observe the class with the help of a performa
Whatever the teacher is acquired that skill is assessed by the teacher educator
Substep VI
Refeedback session
Assessing the class by the teacher educator and fellow trainee
Plan
¯
Teach
¯
Feedback
¯
Replan
¯
Reteach
¯
Refeedback
The cycle will be repeated until the teacher trainee acquired that skill.

Duration of microteaching cycle
Planning - No fixed time
Teach - 6minutes
Feedback - 6minutes
Replan - 12 minutes
Reteach -6minutes
Refeedback -6 minutes
-36 minutes
Step IV
Link practice
Practice for linking the skills.
Teacher concentrate or connect 2or 3skills
Little more than that of microteaching session
Link practice Microteaching
2or 3 skills Only one skill
Little bigger unit Small unit
20 students 5-10 students
Only real situation Real or artificial situation

Duration of link practice & microteaching
Teach - 20 minutes 6 minutes
Feedback - 10 minutes 6 minutes
Re plan - 25 minutes 12 minutes
Re teach - 20 minutes 6 minutes
Re feedback - 10 minutes 6 minutes
Total –85 minutes 36 minutes

Step V
Full class teaching
Linking all skills practiced from microteaching and link practice. Concentrate all skills, real classroom situation, no. of students 40-45, duration 45 minutes, bigger unit.
Step VI
Evaluation
Evaluating the performance of teacher trainee in the full class teaching whether he is able to transfer skills from microteaching and link practice.
Advantages of microteaching
a. Microteaching employs real teaching for the purpose of developing skills.
b. It is more effective in modifying teacher behaviour
c. It is an effective technique for transfer of teaching competencies to classroom
Limitations of microteaching

a. For successful implementation, microteaching requires competent and suitably trained teacher educators.
b. It is very time consuming.
c. It is skill oriented, content is not emphasized
d. Microteaching alone may not be adequate. It needs to be supplemented and integrated with other teaching techniques.