Impact of Innovative Approaches in Teaching-Learning of Science on Rural Students at Middle School Level

Autor/in	Koul, Anjni
Titel	Impact of Innovative Approaches in Teaching-Learning of Science on Rural Students at Middle School Level
Quelle	In: Asia-Pacific Forum on Science Learning and Teaching, 15 (2014) 2, Artikel 11 (30 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1609-4913
Schlagwörter	Middle School Students; Science Instruction; Instructional Innovation; Instructional Effectiveness; Rural Education; National Curriculum; Science Curriculum; Class Activities; Foreign Countries; Portfolios (Background Materials); Pretests Posttests; Cooperative Learning; Student Projects; Prior Learning; Freedom; Difficulty Level; India + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Educational Innovation; Bildungsinnovation; Unterrichtserfolg; Ländliche Erwachsenenbildung; Ausland; Kooperatives Lernen; Schulprojekt; Vorkenntnisse; Freiheit; Schwierigkeitsgrad; Indien
Abstract	The National Curriculum Framework-2005 (NCF-2005) recommends that learning of children has to shift away from methods encouraging rote memory. This is possible only if children get an opportunity to explore the surroundings themselves. In this paper the researcher shares her experiences in the use of various innovative approaches in teaching--learning of science and their impact on rural students at middle school level. The use of these innovative approaches shows how science can be presented as a live and growing body of knowledge rather than a finished product. The paper highlights how different tasks performed in the science class by students with rural background helped them to internalise the subject when integrated with the teaching-learning process. Innovative ways of handling difficult words, collaborative approaches in doing different tasks, performing activities with minimal materials suggested in this paper, have been field tested which facilitated all round development of the children. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01