Pre- Internship Programme of M.Ed 2nd Semester

Regional Institute of Education, Bhubaneswar

Date: 24/04/2023

Venue: Seminar Room, Deptt of Education

Inaugural Session:

The session was inaugurated by Principal of RIE (NCERT) BHUBANESWAR, Prof. P. C Agarwal in the presence of Prof Sandhya Rani Sahoo, Dean of Instructions, Prof B N Panda, Prof H K Senapaty (Former Director, NCERT), Dr. Dhanya Krishnan and Dr Elizabeth Gangmei (Coordinator of the Pre-service internship program of M.Ed). At the very beginning, Dr. Gangmei offered welcome address to and presented an outline and objectives the of program. The next speaker of the session was Prof. L. Behera, HOD, Department of Education, who briefed about the need and importance of Pre service Internship program in Teacher Education program like M.Ed. The 2-week Pre-service Teacher Education Internship program not only bridges the gap between theory and knowledge for prospective teacher educators, but also provides opportunities to reflect upon the day to day educational practices of Teacher Educators. The discussion was continued by Prof Sandhya Rani Sahoo, whose words highly boosted the spirits of the participants of the program. She guided the prospective teacher educators for successful completion of the program by effective planning, execution and reflection upon the practices. According to Prof S.R. Sahoo, the Prospective teacher educators, being students of RIE Bhubaneswar, are quite proficient with the content and pedagogy, and internship is the golden opportunity to explore the process of teaching learning in actual classroom environment and find out strength and weaknesses. The next speaker was Prof P. C Agarwal, Principal of the Institute who not only shared his valuable guiding words but also highlighted the amalgamation of Knowledge, Pedagogy and Practice in the process of Internship in Teacher Education.  Sir pointed out that, as post graduate students in teacher education, everyone has enough exposure to knowledge base in content and pedagogy in a theoretical way, internship is high time for practicing the skills, developing competencies and moving towards self progression. After that the inaugural session came to an end with the vote of thanks delivered by Dr. Elizabeth Gangmei, coordinator of the program. 

Prof. L. Behera:

Topic: Field Engagement in the M.Ed Curriculum

Sir discussed broadly about technicality of the whole programme, what are the roles of students as future teacher educators, what activities are supposed to conduct during pre-service internship programme. He suggested to observe the pedagogical practices delivered by faculty of the institute where students are placed. He suggested observing two classes of the permanent or regular faculties teaching in the institute to understand their transactional methods regularly being followed then he highlighted about three types of activities that have to be done during this pre service internship program; the first phase will be of Pre internship then Internship then the post internship. He suggested preparing a draft unit plan by downloading the syllabus of the institute where students are being assigned so as to have an understanding for preparation of the unit plan, lesson plan, concept map etc.  In addition, he briefed about the activities to be done as mentioned in the M.Ed curriculum at the same time he has asked to reflect upon the role of teacher educators according to NEP, 2020 and maintain a dairy about the professional journey that a particular individual has undergone during the time of internship program this will include the pre to the post internship phase. For the profile of Institution students have to keep in mind the NCTE and UGC regulations and note down the facilities and other aspects observed in the institution. He suggested to collect details and in-depth information about the education department but along with that a brief account about the institution as whole, according to format and gather the information either by interacting with the teacher educators or by the institution staffs or along with that by informal interaction with the students, attaching proper photographs. Lastly he mentioned to highlight the identified challenges by interacting with the teachers and students formerly and informally.

Prof. H.K. Senapaty

Topic- Importance of Internship in the teacher education curriculum 

Highlighted the outcomes of the internship program along with that what are the importance of this particular program according to him the possible outcomes are skills and competencies development, the profile of Institution will help to know the institute better, unit plan will help to manage the time, overall this will help to visit the gap between the theory and practice. Students will be able to compare the profile of the Institution with the standards, or the ideal standard set by the regulatory bodies. Under the functioning of the institution student will be able to understand what are the methods, transaction strategies the teacher educators follow, they will be able to critically reflect on the transaction of the regular teachers and at the same time analyze it, this is helpful for the student’s learners. This will also help in estimating, whether the learning outcomes are achieved or not. It will to create understanding about the transaction of Curriculum or the pattern being followed by the department. This will help to understand whether the methodology being used is able to change the behavior of the learners, is able to change their understanding pattern, and at the same time is reflecting in their behavior or not. This program will help to find out the gaps along with that critically reflection and suggestions on how to bridge up those gaps. Lastly he has suggested to compare it with the current education policy and NEP 2020 what is expected from the teacher education institute, what are the parameters being set what are the transaction mode suggested, all these things are being followed by the institute or not if not what changes are required to make it aspirational Institution. According to him importance of unit plan is to prepare for a broader learning objective keeping mind what are the learning objectives to be achieved and what are the expected learning outcomes and lastly to decide what type of changes are expected in a student’s behavior. Unit plant should be planned in such a way that it should be able to achieve the ultimate aim of Holistic development, to reflect upon the hidden curriculum, to help learners adjust according to the day to day challenges, to make more emotionally stable, to make good human beings, value promotion, constitutional goals promotion, it should go beyond the content. There should be development of understanding what are the skill and competencies required along with the content at the same time it should reflect on the vision of the institution while observing the classes of regular teachers students have to keep in mind how the teachers are transacting the curriculum what are the gaps that could be identified how the regular teachers are handling the situation in a class, what mistakes one should not commit when we become a teacher educators. Lastly, he mentioned the expectations from this program to come up with skills and competencies, learn to overcome the gap, find out the gaps by observation and interaction and try to reflect upon it.

Prof. B.N. Panda

Topic: Unit Plan

He talked about why, what, when, where in context of unit planning. According to him it is a plan of totally it is a broader aspect whereas lesson planning is the micro aspect for the same. Firstly, we have to analyze the content then identify the themes after identifying themes we have to write down the broader objectives then for individual concepts we have to write objectives, activities and the assessment techniques that we are going to use. Lastly educators have to mention what is expected after the completion of the lesson plan. According to him it is a Holistic picture encompassing all the themes that comes under a unit plan, has to be prepared first followed by the lesson planning in order to decide strategies to achieve the learning outcomes. It helps us to know all the aspects of a unit and give us a clear picture of how to prepare lessons systematically.

Lt. R Sethy

Topic- Institute Profile

Elaboration of each and every topic was done and she further mentioned that report should include details of all available infrastructures Classroom, table chair, ICT and all. There should be brief discussion of institute / college type of college, establishment, administration and management as autonomous or affiliated. Norms, motto, vision and mission was highlighted with the example of RIE BHUBANESWAR during this session. Proper data of human resources including teaching and non-teaching staffs along with the other qualifications have to be mentioned. Admission process needs to look over critically. Broader observation should be done to focus at inclusion in classroom. Which includes basics facilities to specific facilities for special learner? She then critically emphasized on the laboratory, library and asked to prepare detailed reports on the same highlighting how everything is contributing towards all-round development of learners. Importance of resource room has been highlighted. Whether institute is running training programme or not. If yes then what type of program. Whether minimum hygiene facility is there or not. Basic facilities for learning should be there like: - light, fan proper ventilation etc. have to be mentioned. Availability of hostel and their capacity. Eco-friendly environment and their productivity have to be highlighted while report writing.

Dr. D. Krishnan

Topic: Concept Map

Talk started with basic difference of concept map for school students and pre-service teachers. She then highlighted lines of Joseph D Novak for concept map as way to represent conceptual understanding. She discussed about ‘’concept map’’ briefing related to philosophical basis. Relating to the Ausubel's cognitive psychology theory she elaborated how concept maps to be designed. Then about different types of concept map development and their importance. Hierarchical representation of concept, on concept map general terms/ broader term at top and diverging towards bottom. Ways of representation of concept map was discussed. Why we need unit plan first? Was clarified along with the relationship, requirements and importance of unit plan and lesson plan. Unit plan gives better clarity to deal and relate different lessons and concepts. She then discussed about the apps from where concept map can be prepared ex- C-map, how to use concept map as assessment tool. A sample has been shown and critically emphasized the way to prepare concept map. More emphasis on the interlinking of each and every terms and concepts to others and represent as web instead of chain. To get clarity all concepts should be related to each other with meaning and application. Important suggestion was to avoid the use of term like know, understand etc. basically which cannot be observable and measurable while deciding the learning objectives.

Dr. E. Gangmei

She lastly took the grouping session in which group leaders were decided and were explained about their roles and responsibilities in coordinating with the assigned institute. Lastly she wished us for the successful completion of this programme and motivated us to deliver our best in the Institution assigned.