EPC 7 PORTFOLIO

Priyanka Sujit Bhattacharjee
Roll No: 29
Course: B.Ed.

Batch: 2019-2021

Acknowledgement

I would like to express my gratitude to the institution and to all my teachers, who
have a constant source of guidance and motivation throughout the course.

Dr. Jiji Sahaya Dr. Amruta Dr. Kalpana Mrs. Ranjana Mrs. Bindu Ms. Subha
Panda Aurange Rai Ranjith Yadava

Thoughts And
Ideas In The

Beginning

Reasons for Joining B.Ed. Program

From my childhood, I wanted to be an engineer and so I choose science stream after my 10th and
took admission for engineering. Soon after joining engineering, I was not satisfied with what I was
doing and I realized that this is not what I wanted to do in life and I left engineering. This was a very
tough decision and I was able to take this decision as my parents were supportive and kept faith in
me. One day while conversing with my father about career choices, he said that why don’t you
pursue teaching as you have always loved to teach and you have the capability to become a good
teacher.. This was the turning point in life and I agreed because I realized that from the very start I
have always enjoyed teaching to my friends and children from my neighborhood. But my true
passion for teaching developed when I was doing my master degree. I was inspired from one of my
Professor Ms. Salazar and from then I was firm that I wanted to be a teacher just like her.
After my masters, I realized that even though I have good content knowledge but that is not
enough for becoming a teacher because teaching is not just about delivering the content only but
includes managing the class, way of teaching, building connect with the students, etc. which was
not possible just by gaining experience but needed a professional training. Hence, I decided to join
the B.Ed. Program to develop myself and learn the different aspect of teaching.

Expectations about Curriculum

I expected the curriculum to be in such a way that it will help Curriculum
me develop my teaching knowledge and skills. Also, as it is

a professional course, I assumed that the curriculum will
focus more on practical training than theory. The expectation
from the theory subjects was that it provide knowledge and
develop my understanding about various teaching methods,
aids, classroom management, etc. To conclude, I expected
that the curriculum would give me ample of opportunity to
explore and experience the real teaching scenario and help
me to become more confident and improve my personality
as a teacher and also develop my social skills as these all are

the most important aspect of becoming a teacher.

Curriculum Transaction in College

After taking admission, I researched about the
curriculum and activities of the college and found that

the curriculum is transacted using comprehensive
approach. Student-teacher are engaged in various
activities which is helpful for the overall development
of the student-teacher. For gaining real life teaching
experience, internship is arranged. Not only it focuses

on teaching skills, but also through various
competitions like intercollegiate teaching competition,

quiz, etc., , life skills like creative thinking, problem
solving, self awareness, etc. are developed. Also
various seminars and workshops are organized which
gives the student-teacher a scope for their professional

development.

My Philosophy

Teaching

My philosophy of effective teaching is that a teacher must always respect the
individuality in the classroom as all the students are unique in their own way. A teacher
should provide a positive and safe classroom environment that gives each child
a chance to explore their capabilities. Teaching is not just about delivering the content
but making the students ready for outer world.

As quoted by Aristotle,
“ Educating the mind without educating the heart I no education at all.”,

I belief that the teacher must behave with
empathy, love and affection with the children as
relationship between a teacher and children plays
a very important role in the teaching - learning
process.

Learning

I believe that learning occurs when the learner takes ownership of their own learning.
There should be autonomy and freedom in the learning process. We are constantly
interacting with and are influenced by the environment. This experiences makes us
change or modify in order to deal effectively with it. Therefore, learning is a change in
behaviour, influenced by previous behaviour. So the learning environment should be
conductive to gaining new knowledge, which helps the learner to stay engrossed and
interested. Also, the learning culture should be supportive and the learners must feel that
they are contributing to overall environment by being a bigger and important part of the

learning process.

“Learning is a creation, not
consumption. Knowledge is not
something that learner absorbs but

something learner creates.”

Role of Teacher

Teachers play a vital role in the life of children as well as for the society. In classroom,
teacher’s role is to give children a safe and positive learning environment as well as make
learning fun and interesting for them. But in broader aspect, teachers have the capacity
to shape the life of children in the best way and design a positive society. Teachers act as
a support system that is lacking elsewhere in students’ lives. They are a role model and
an inspiration to go further and to dream bigger. They hold students accountable for their
successes and failures.

Role of Learner

With the advent of more and more student-centered learning approaches and other new

methods to increase active involvement of learners in their own learning process, the

traditional roles of learner have changed in several ways. Some of major roles are

mentioned below.

Contribute to class Be Inquisitive
culture and

accountability

Be active Be a Researcher
participants

Be an Initiator Be a counselor for
other learners

Duties and Responsibilities of Teacher

 Assessing the learner’s level of  Treat learners fairly, respectfully,

performance. and without bias

 Planning instructions for learners  Demonstrate professionalism

 Evaluating and reporting learner’s  Maintain cleanliness and
progress discipline

 Meeting with parents and  Have excellent content
updating them knowledge

 Provide consistent and constructive  Be updated with new technology
feedback and skills

 Treat learners fairly, respectfully,  Maintain harmonious relationships
and without bias with superiors, students, co-teachers
and school administration

Experiences of School Education

Interaction with Teachers Interaction with Peers

All my teachers in school were supportive and It is true that the friendships we make during
guided me in everything I did. They school time are the most pure and loving bond
we have which is true in my case too. In school,
encouraged me to participate in various
activities. They were always available if I we all used to be enjoy our lunch together,
needed any help. I had positive relationship play, read books in library and many other
with all the teachers. I had just one bad
experience with one of my teacher who used things. There was positive and healthy
to teach Marathi when I was in 5th grade. interactions between us. We used to help each
Marathi was a new subject for me and in my 1st
term I scored less marks in that and she other in studies especially during our 10th
criticized and insulted me in front of the whole boards we studies in groups which helped a lot
class and due to this one incident, throughout
my schooling I did not like Marathi subject at in exams. Some experience that are bitter is
all. I realized that how important is teacher’s that the competitiveness between few peers
and groupies that used to exist. Overall the
behavior in the learning process. experience is very pleasing and I can surely

say that those were the best days of
my life.

Consequences of the experiences

The experiences of my school has a positive
impact on my behavior as well as life in general. I

learned the importance of discipline which has
helped in in every sphere of life. It helped me to

become the person who I am today. These
experiences inculcated in me social skills and
values like communication, cooperation, respect,
confidence, self-esteem, interacting with people,

learning new things, dealing with difficult
situations and most of all is the attitude of never

giving up.

Ideas about Discipline

Discipline is one of the most important personality traits in everyone's life. It refers
to a set of rules and regulations which are to be followed while undergoing any
task or activity. It is a way of being honest, hard-working, motivated, and

encouraged while doing any task. It is a character trait that helps the individuals to
complete the tasks in a given fixed deadline. The role of discipline in our life is to
set orderliness, efficiency, punctuality, organization, and focus on our tasks. “Life

without discipline is just like a ship without radar.” Therefore the importance of
discipline in life just cannot be ignored.

Importance of Discipline in student’s life

Better time Improves mental Increases
management health focus

Better academic Helps in staying
performance active

Rules and
Regulations

in School

Admission

 As per the standard of admission, the child should fulfil the minimum age criteria by
31st June of that academic year.

 The admission depends on the availability of seats.
 In some schools, the child must appear for the admission test for taking admission.
 All the required documents must be available and the most important document is

birth certificate of the child.
 The application fee is non-refundable.
 The management reserves all the rights regarding the admission.
 Any attempt to influence the authorities through recommendations, falsification of

the date of birth or pressurization from any quarters, automatically disqualifies the
applicant from getting admission.

Evaluation

 For evaluation various methodologies are used.
 Now a days importance is given to continuous comprehensive evaluation.
 Throughout the year the process of evaluation takes place in various aspects of

academics.
 Both formative and summative evaluation is conducted.
 Formative evaluation is conducted through various project works, class tests,

homework, observations, daily activities, presentations, etc.
 Summative assessment is done mainly on quarterly basis and at the end of term

final exam is conducted to evaluate the students for promoting to upper class.

Discipline

 Students should come to school on time and neatly dressed (clean uniform, nails
trimmed, shoes polished).

 No student is allowed to leave the classroom without the permission of the
teacher.

 Running, playing or shouting inside the school building is strictly prohibited.
 Any damage done to the school property will be compensated by the pupil

concerned.
 Girl students are not allowed to apply mehendi, wear jewellery or have their nails

polished etc.
 All students are expected to take an active part in all the co-curricular activities.
 Students should treat others respectfully and are responsible for others good

name. calling nicknames spreading rumours etc. is strictly probhited.

Thoughts
And Ideas At

The End

Memorable Experiences
During B.Ed.

Inaugural Ceremony

06-11-2019

Children’s Day
Celebration

14-11-2019

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05-12-2019

P
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18-12-2019

Christmas
Celebration

24-12-2019

Internship

05-02-2020 to 02-03-2020

Conduc-
ting
lesson
for

Research
Study

Practice
teaching using

AV aid and
Role play

1st Practice teaching demo

Intra College
Teaching Competition

07-03-2020

Compering for Inter Collegiate
Quiz Competition

12-03-2020

Inter-Collegiate
Teaching Competition

13-03-2020

Exhibition

13-03-2020

Curriculum Lab
Innaugration

13-03-2020

Online / Virtual
Events & Activities

Independence Day Special Assembly International Webinar on- "Role
15-08-2020 10-09-2020 of Innovative Teaching Strategies

to enhance Pedagogy“
01-07-2020

Training on Interactive Game Diwali Celebration Term End Revision using Debate
08-10-2020 12-11-2020 27-01-2021

Conducted Term End Seminar Prepared Demo Video on Skill Prepared Demo Video on Skill
of Explanation of Evaluation

Made video on Time Presentation on Women
Management Empowerment

Taught English Grammar to Class VI & VII students of Sankara Vidyalaya
1-03-2020 to 31-03-2021

Exhibition on the theme ‘ India: Contribution to the world’
01-06-2021

Performed a Skit on ‘ Teen Suicide’
02-06-2021

Career Information Exhibition
14-07-2021

Dos & Don’ts of Teaching Learning Process

Be well prepared before you stand before Punish any child physically, tease, humiliate
the students. or use harsh words or torture mentally

Allow children be risk takers and make Teach a mistake. Be sure what is correct, –
mistakes and figure their mistakes out whether it is a spelling or a pronunciation

Establish clear simple rules – Scope, time Overwhelm children with rules and routines.
limit, what you expect, be safe, be
responsible. Take action against any child without
explaining
Praise appropriate behaviours and clarify .
inappropriate behaviours, explain consequences,
Force children to perform too many tasks
make students say what was wrong inappropriate to age or time available.
.
Use Ice breakers, motivating games,
activities, etc. to motivate and keep the Discourage – demotivate or anything that
could affect interest or cause a depression
interest of the students

Create a situation rather than force a child to
join an activity and Let children explore and

learn from outside the classroom

Dos & Don’ts of Discipline

Set rules and give clear instructions Select too many rules and overburden
students with rules
Follow through with an appropriate
consequence if students breaks any rule Confront students in front of the class for
misbehaviour or humiliate and embarrass
Use rewards after child listens well or follows
an instruction. them

Overwhelm children with rules and routines.

Praise for good behaviour Take things personally or hold grudges

Stay calm and speak politely while giving Yell, hit, spank, make threats or use bribes
instructions or setting any rule to make students do or follow the rules

Discover underlying causes for misbehavior Assume that student knows what you
or rule breaking and figure out how to help expect him or her to do

students overcome these issues

Dos & Don’ts of Evaluation

Make students understand the expectation Create high stake evaluation without
and criteria of evaluation (Using Rubrics can opportunities to improve

help) Allow assigning grades or scoring to take
precedence over providing meaningful
Reflect on the cognitive, psychomotor, and
affective outcomes feedback

Use different methods of evaluation and use Share or report data that may reveal
it as a teaching tool to prompt learning individual student's performance

Provide detailed and diagnostic feedback Try to do everything at once without closing
the loop and improving anything
Allow students for self evaluation
Pay attention to confidentiality Neglect important outcomes because they
appear difficult to assess.
Consider workload and timing and use
appropriate questions as per the content Assume that assessment is an add-on,
rather use it to improve learning as a strong
and objectives of the lesson
motivational force

Student Motivation

Motivation, as the name suggests, is what ‘moves’ us. It is the “key to persistence and to learning
that lasts. A student who is intrinsically motivated undertakes an activity “for its own sake, for
the enjoyment it provides, the learning it permits, or the feelings of accomplishment it evokes.
Conversely, an extrinsically motivated student performs and strives to succeed “in order to
obtain some reward or avoid some punishment external to the activity itself,” such as grades or
teacher approval.

Few ways to motivate students

Give students a Create threat free Allow
sense of control environment students to

Make learning fun Encourage self- work
and interesting reflection together

Use positive Make high and Harness
competition attainable goals students
interest

Development of Student’s Thinking & Creativity

Critical thinking and creative thinking have surfaced as essential skills for all students, regardless
of level or ability, to possess in order to position them to address the complex needs of the 21st

century. Critical and creative thinkers engage in active planning and forethought to set goals,
outline strategies, and determine the best methods through which they can achieve their goals.
Activities that support this planning include recognizing the existence of a challenge, assessing

personal knowledge, understanding one’s own abilities, and allocating resources.

Consistently Establish safe, Allow time to develop
cultivate higher- intellectually risk-free critical and creative
order thinking learning environment
thinking

Integrate critical and Promote academic
creative thinking skills conversations or
within and across all dialogue that foster
critical thinking
content area

Teacher Student Interaction

Many researches has shown that positive teacher student interaction creates
classroom environments more helpful to learning and meet students’ developmental,
emotional and educational needs. Here are some ways to promote positive teacher
student interaction:

Get to know Conduct a Provide Be positive Avoid the Do not Create an
the students values analysis positive and use of play environment
by name as comments threats favourites where questions
quickly as discussion when enthusiastic and and answers-even
about some appropriate when wrong answers are
possible current event punishments not criticized &
teaching are encouraged
or topic and valued

Teacher Personality

In a classroom environment, the way teacher behaves, explains the lesson and interacts
with the students during a course of study has a great impact on students success and
achievement. Teacher’s personality effects the teacher-student relationship and also the
environment of learning. Following are some personality traits that a teacher should
possess :

Patience Empathy & Excellent content
Compassionate knowledge
Excellent
Communicator Accept Organizational
Strong Work Diversity skills
Lifelong
Ethic Good Listener Learner

Infrastructure of School & College

Infrastructure is a crucial element of learning environments in schools and colleges. It plays a
vital role in shaping up a student’s personality and holistic learning process. Not only for students
but a school with good infrastructure helps the teacher to stay motivated and interested in the
teaching-learning process. Following are some of the elements that a school infrastructure
should have in order to impart quality education:

 Calm and clean campus with tress and plants which creates natural environment
 Spacious and well ventilated classroom with proper amenities like chair, benches,

fans, blackboard/whiteboard, interactive board, etc.
 Well-quipped laboratories
 Well stocked libraries
 Sports ground for outdoor games
 Provisions for indoor games
 Teacher’s staff room
 Separate rooms for extracurricular activities
 Auditorium
 Proper sanitation facilities
 Security facilities like CCTV cameras, etc.

Programs in School and College

Book Fair & Flipped Debate & Various programs and activities
Buzz Sessions Classroom Discussions that are undertaken in school and

Workshops & To meet the needs Mindfullness college brings social skills,
Seminars of today’s Sessions intellectual skills, moral values,
personality progress and character
Ice Breaker generations, here Educational appeal in students which leads to
Activities are few programs Trips their overall development. Cultural
and activities that events, sports, exhibition, etc. are
can be conducted. some of the common programs
that are conducted by schools and
Improvisational
Story Telling colleges.

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