WORKING WITH COMMUNITY

The format of the Working with Community file to be submitted by students of the B Ed programme at the end of the academic session is as follows:

FORMAT OF REPORT

INTRODUCTION

My perspective of community service: to be written in a minimum of 300 words an a maximum of 500 words, this should include the meaning of community service and what you think is its relevance to the B Ed programme
My expectations from community service: to be written in a minimum of 200 words and a maximum of 500 words
Details of the organisation: to be written in a minimum of 400 words to a maximum of 500 words

DAILY REPORTS

Daily reports: these are to be in the format given in the example below:

Day 5 Thursday
27 October 2009
Timings: 10:00 am – 11:00 am

Objective of the Day: To get the more shy children involved in making cards for Diwali

Activity undertaken: I formed groups, with the more outgoing and shyer students in different groups, and declared that this was a card making competition

Reflections: an example of a reflective report is posted alongside. Please note that failures as well as successes must be reported. This is to be written in a minimum of 100 words and a maximum of 200 words.

Learnings: The word limit will depend on your learnings on that particular day.

CONCLUSIONS

· Learnings from community service: this is to be an amalgamation of the learning that has occurred at the end of 30 hours of community service, to be written in a minimum of 200 words and maximum of 300 words.
· Change in my perspective of community service: compare your perspective of community service at the start of the session and after completing 30 hours of community service; to be written in a minimum of 200 words and a maximum of 300 words.
· Recommendations: please state any recommendations you have to make this component of the B Ed programme more meaningful.

PHOTOGRAPHS

Please attach a minimum of 10 and a maximum of 15 photographs related to the activities you undertook as a part of community service. Computer print-outs of digital photographs on non-photographic paper are acceptable as long as they are clear.

GENERAL

It is strongly recommended that you write the daily report on the day you have visited the organization where you are working. During mid-term evaluation, you will be required to present these reports as evidence that you are indeed proceeding in the right direction

REFLECTIVE DIARY (B Ed Programme)
The format of the Reflective Diary to be submitted by students of the B Ed programme at the end of the academic session is as follows:

CONTENTS

Report on participation in house activities
Report on participation in inter-institute activities
Report on participation in activities organized by the Activity Clubs
Report on educational visits
Report on sports and Sangathan-related activities
Report on participation in morning assembly
Any other in consultation with CCA Coordinator

FORMAT OF REPORT

Date of participation
Name of activity
Nature of participation (to be written in a few sentences; e.g. I represented AIE as part of the Kho-Kho team; I participated in the Debate competition organized by AIE on the topic ‘……’)
Reflections: the emphasis should be on what you experienced and the learning that occurred; an example has been posted to further clarify your understanding of what is expected of you. This part of the report has to be written in a minimum of 250 words and a maximum of 500 words.

It is strongly recommended that you maintain the reflective diary throughout the year as and when you participate in any activity.

TERMS IN EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY

Behaviour: actions or reactions of a person in response to external or internal stimuli

Stimuli: any thing or event in the environment that evokes a response, overt or covert, conscious or subconscious or unconscious

Environment: circumstances or conditions that a person is in

Experience: apprehension, realization of an object, thought or emotions through the senses; active participation in events/activities

Science: methodical activity, discipline, study

Consciousness: mental alertness to a particular situation; being aware of one’s environment or existence, sensation and thoughts

Subconscious: not wholly conscious; part of mind below level of conscious perception (e.g. hear a sound that recollect later)

Unconscious: lacking awareness and capacity for sensory perception; absence of conscious awareness/thought; involuntary or unintended

Covert: hidden, not seen

Overt: open, observable

Positive science: attempts to describe things as they are, not how they ought to be; descriptive, objective; e.g. pure physics

Normative science: how things should be; which things are good and which bad; which actions are right and which are wrong

Applied science: application of knowledge to solve particular problems

Perception: understanding the information obtained through the senses