Managing Changes for a Better

Learning
Addressing Resistance to Change

Made By:- Suman Nath

Principal
Tagore International School
East of Kailash, New Delhi
Nothing is Constant except the Change
We are happy with the changes that
suit us
 There is sadness
when we look at
the times gone by
Changes ultimately lead to Evolution
• Education System is also evolving .
 Theory of multiple intelligences as proposed
by Howard Gardner suggests that children
learn through various mental faculties.

• Some learn the best when the teacher:

– Explains
– Writes
– Shows visuals
– Conducts experiments
– Gives hands-on activity to them
 Paradigm shift in the
Teaching – Learning Process
Introduction of-
• Activities
• Multimedia
• ICT
 What is the success of
Teaching - Learning process?

• Knowing the Strengths & Weaknesses of

the students
• Offering them remedial work for improving
their weaknesses and strengthening their
strong areas further
 Evaluation is Mandatory
Evaluation alone will help the teachers
to:-
know strengths and weaknesses of the
students and take up remedial work
accordingly.
Evaluation must be linked to the
teaching learning process which
is evolving continuously.
Evaluation vis-à-vis Learning
Abilities of the Students

Since students learn using

varied mental faculties therefore
evaluation also must incorporate
diverse abilities
 Change in mode of evaluation is
the most recent phenomenon

What is the rationale behind this change ?

Evaluation must be Formative
Different tools of assessment must be
used in order to give chance to every
student to give/explain the answers to
the questions asked, according to
his/her capability.
Will formative assessment measure
the Holistic Development of a
student?
What is the measure of holistic
personality of a student.
Is it the: Academic strength?
Emotional & Social Quotients?
Thinking skills?
Health & Strong physique?
Skills – dancing, singing, drawing?
Attitudes & Values?
Participation in Literary & Scientific
activities?
Sense of empathy?
OR
All of the above?
Obvious answer is ‘All of the Above’.
Evaluation must be comprehensive
for
Holistic Personality Development.
When should Evaluation be done?
It must be done throughout the year as
personality skills cannot be assessed
Quarterly or Yearly or at any fixed time.

Evaluation must be Continuous.

 Concept of
Continuous & Comprehensive Evaluation (CCE)
is suggested
 Teacher’s Dilemma

• Completion of syllabus vis-à-vis

Formative Assessment.
• Records of Co-scholastic Assessment.
(large number of students in the class)
 Suggestions :
Make Formative Assessment a part of
teaching-learning process. Plan
assessment well.

Keep a record of the behaviour/learning

outcomes of the students on regular basis
for co-scholastic assessment. (may be
anecdotal records of 5-6 students each
day can be noted down)
 Some Dos’ for good planning
• Divide the topics to be covered month-wise
• Use multiple tools for assessment
• Decide the total number of tools you will use for
assessment in that subject
• Plan the criteria of assessment for a specific tool
• Define the value points for each criteria
• Share it with the students and parents well in advance
• Calculate the average of all assessments
OR
• Choose 3-4 best performances to calculate the
average
SCIENCE
MATHEMATICS
Some Donts’ for Good Planning
• Do not base the criteria of assessment on
the likes and dislikes or the behaviour of
the student.
• Do not take the students and parents by
surprise by assessing the student without
their knowledge.
• Do not have different criteria for different
students
• Do not use different tools of assessment
for different students
• Do not mark anyone absent. Do the
assessment whenever feasible.
Reasons for poor Scholastic Performance
Scholastic vis-à-vis Co-scholastic
 Some students show poor academic performance but have higher
grade points in co-scholastic areas. It only shows that :-

• The student is basically good but there maybe some weak

academic areas that need to be strengthened.
• The student is inclined towards other co-curricular activities and is
doing well in those, is not taking interest in academics therefore
his academic performance becomes low.
• The student has potential for games, sports etc. and spends his /
her useful time in these practices therefore is left with less time for
academics.
• The student is not inclined to study subjects such as Science or
Social Science or Math or is poor in Languages but can be an
achiever as a sports person, media person, announcer,
journalist and so on.
 Who are Achievers?
Not the ones who wait for good fortune or windfall.
But the ones who develop their specialized skills and
acumen in the areas they want to excel.
 Scholastic vis-à-vis
Co-scholastic Assessment

There may be some

students, who
neither perform well
in scholastic nor in
co-scholastic areas.
 Attitudes and Values are the basic
essence of an
educated person.
Work on the co-scholastic skills of the students which
will help them gain confidence and improve their
scholastic performance as well.
 A Great Teacher
Arjuna started trembling in the battle field finding a massive
army in the opposition. He started using one pretext or the
other for not fighting. What was he lacking then?

Surely, not the war-related skill, but

the courage to fight. Who generated
this courage? Lord Krishna, his
teacher.
 Role of a Teacher
• Actualize the infinite potential of a student.
• Transform the personality of a student from Zero
to Hero.
• Invoke the dormant skills of the student
and
bring out the best in him.
 What is the best in a child?
Best in a child is not uniform but
diverse.
It stands across both in scholastic
and co-scholastic components of
his personality.
All those who are resisting the change
MUST

comprehensively analyse and appreciate

the merits of it rather than passing a
judgement at its face value.
 Accept or Reject
• Accept a system that comprehensively
evaluates the child’s personality.

• Reject a system which is not only

conventional but outdated and truncated
as well.
Dear teachers, come
forward and take the
lead.
 To Summarize
Holistic personality enhancement is essential
for a child to become an educated adult.
• Teaching-Learning process must incorporate use
of multiple intelligences.
• Scholastic assessment must be Formative.
• Evaluation must cover scholastic and co-scholastic
areas – therefore must be comprehensive.
• Evaluation must be a part of teaching learning
process – hence must be continuous.
 Conclusion
Scholastic and Co-scholastic
evaluation of the child is not
simply a change for the sake of it
but is an inevitable change from
the conventional (and now an
obsolete) mode of evaluation.