Tehelka - India's Independent Weekly News Magazine:
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Monday, June 18, 2012
Monday, June 11, 2012
Expectations from III JPEng Postcolonial Literatures Course
·
Interactive
· Activity
· Debates
· Platform for discussion
· Notes
· Teach slowly
· Simplify
· Blog posts
· Visuals
· No home work
· No home work
· Clarity
· use Powerpoint
· Teaching should be knowledge
oriented
· Start from what we know
· Don't be condescending
· Avoid long sessions
· Don't make us read at home
· Connection between examples and
topic of discussion
· CIA should not clash
· Help make up
· Do not embarrass
· Interesting CIAs
· Examples should
be contemporary
· Suggestive reading
· Contextualize
· Revision before exams
· Teaching how to answer and model
question papers
· Plan well
· Should learn how to apply
knowledge
· Should be taught how to write
(Thank you Alisha Parekh for the notes)
Wednesday, June 06, 2012
Tuesday, June 05, 2012
ELT@I Conference: Call for Papers
The 7th International and 43rd Annual ELT@I
conference on the theme 'The English Classroom - Experiments and
Experiences' will be held at Velammal
Engineering College
Proposals for Paper/Workshop/Poster
Presentations dealing with the theme of the conference as well as any other
related aspects are invited. Delegates are requested to submit their papers,
preferably, based on their own completed and unpublished research related to
the conference theme. The abstract should not exceed 200 words and must be sent
as email attachments only to veceltai@velammaleltai.com
More information is available at http://www.eltai.org/Conference.html
International Conference on English Literary Studies
Last date for Submission of full papers: 31
July 2012.
ELTAI Literature SIG Cash Awards, instituted by Dr S Rajagopalan, will be presented to two Best Paper Presenters.
For further particulars contact: zoowasif AT gmail.com
ELTAI Literature SIG Cash Awards, instituted by Dr S Rajagopalan, will be presented to two Best Paper Presenters.
For further particulars contact: zoowasif AT gmail.com
For details regarding registration, list of
sub-themes, paper presentation, accommodation, etc., please follow this link:http://www.eltai.org/Events.html
III PSEng Pedagogic Expectations from the Pocolit Course
- Go beyond the text
- Arrange activities
- Interactive studies
- No shouting
- Innovative learning outside the classrooms
- Reading up before the class
- Freedom to question
- Provide class notes
- Crack jokes
- Be involved as a teacher
- Conduct discussions
- Be approachable outside the classroom
- Suggest reading material
- Simplify examples and points
- Be patient
- Show movies and video clips
- Revising
- Acknowledge differences
- Maintain a steady pace
- Explain the text rather than just reading it
- Give us history of the author/story/poem even if it is scandalous
- Begin every class with a recap of the previous session
- Provide training for the examination
- Teach from the examination point of you.
(Thanks Seirra Jose for compiling the list)
Monday, June 04, 2012
Friday, June 01, 2012
As a student of Counseling Psychology, this particular paper was of interest to me and I wanted to share it in the hope that it may be useful to some others. It is a paper on the 'Effect of Group Music Therapy on Psychiatric Patients'.
Share and enjoy!
http://cardinalscholar.bsu.edu/bitstream/123456789/195228/1/TrahinC_2011-1_BODY.pdf
Share and enjoy!
http://cardinalscholar.bsu.edu/bitstream/123456789/195228/1/TrahinC_2011-1_BODY.pdf
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Thursday, May 10, 2012
Wednesday, May 02, 2012
Tuesday, May 01, 2012
Friday, April 27, 2012
MPhil Viva--Some Guidelines
Structure of presentation for MPhil viva
1. Opening slide with title, your name and registred no
2. Background to your research areas
3. Objective of your research
4. Outcome of Literature review
5. Methodology followed-Justification
6. Discussion
7. Findings
8. Conclusion
9. Suggestions for further research
Things to Keep in Mind
1. Ensure that your findings and conclusion match your objectives and research questions stated in the beginning of the dissertation
2. When the question as to why you chose the topic you could begin with your personal reason but emphasise on the research gap that led you to the research
3. Avoid putting points on the PPT which are not there in your dissertation.
Presentation
1. Greet the external examiner, internal examiner, guide, faculty members and others. Welcome them to the presentation.
2. After the question answer session thank the external examiner, internal examiner, guide, faculty members, others.
3. Dress formally
4. As far as possible the slide design should be plain black and white
Defense
1. In case a genuine gap in your dissertation or argument is shown accept it. Say you will attend to it.
2. Be confident but polite while answering any question.
Standard Questions asked in MPhil/PhD Vivas
All the best.
1. Opening slide with title, your name and registred no
2. Background to your research areas
3. Objective of your research
4. Outcome of Literature review
5. Methodology followed-Justification
6. Discussion
7. Findings
8. Conclusion
9. Suggestions for further research
Things to Keep in Mind
1. Ensure that your findings and conclusion match your objectives and research questions stated in the beginning of the dissertation
2. When the question as to why you chose the topic you could begin with your personal reason but emphasise on the research gap that led you to the research
3. Avoid putting points on the PPT which are not there in your dissertation.
Presentation
1. Greet the external examiner, internal examiner, guide, faculty members and others. Welcome them to the presentation.
2. After the question answer session thank the external examiner, internal examiner, guide, faculty members, others.
3. Dress formally
4. As far as possible the slide design should be plain black and white
Defense
1. In case a genuine gap in your dissertation or argument is shown accept it. Say you will attend to it.
2. Be confident but polite while answering any question.
Standard Questions asked in MPhil/PhD Vivas
1. What is your research question?
2. What is your methodology?
3. How does your research methodology justify your research question?
4. Why did you do this research?-Research gap
5. Do your research question and methodology reflect in the title? How?
6. Why did you choose these films/these photographs/this institution/text for study? (The answer should come from the nature of research question and not person choice, preference, or guide suggested etc.)
7. Justification for methodology. Why did you chose this method/methodology and not another one?
8. Why didn't you chose Indian texts /films?
2. What is your methodology?
3. How does your research methodology justify your research question?
4. Why did you do this research?-Research gap
5. Do your research question and methodology reflect in the title? How?
6. Why did you choose these films/these photographs/this institution/text for study? (The answer should come from the nature of research question and not person choice, preference, or guide suggested etc.)
7. Justification for methodology. Why did you chose this method/methodology and not another one?
8. Why didn't you chose Indian texts /films?
All the best.
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