The M.Ed. students shall be required to undertake the following activities as a part of the Internship in the allocated school. Each activity (1 to 5) carries 20 marks.
Requirements
Document the roles and responsibilities of a class teacher in a school based on an interview with the concerned teacher.
In consultation with the class teacher organise a co-curricular activity for students and document the experiences in the reflective journal. You need to click photographs and also record the engagement (if permitted by the school authorities) in order to reflect upon the ways in which you may have improved the conduct of the activity organised. The entire experience needs to be recorded in the reflective journal.
Observe a class at upper primary/ secondary stage in school (five observations of the same class and the same teacher) in order to look at the classroom discourse with respect to gender, caste, socio-economic status, religious tolerance, inclusion of children with disabilities and peaceful co-existence with each other and nature. The findings and implications based on the observations undertaken need to be documented in the reflective journal.
Interview any three children in order to understand the challenges they face in school. (Ensure that the interviews are conducted keeping in mind the ethics of social science Research.) The same need to be documented in the reflective journal.
Interact through the conduct of an Interview with the non-teaching staff of the school (any two: one from the Housekeeping department and one from the transport/security department (Guards/ Drivers/ Conductors/ Staff of the Estate or Transport office)) in order to understand the challenges they face in the discharge of their responsibilities.
Based on the suggestions they put forth for improvement of their present status prepare a suggestion list for the school head.
Document the interviews and the plan of improvement in the reflective journal.