REFLECTION ON WALKATHON

Walkathon is a new activity which was held in my school. This activity gave chance to all the students of my school to be physically fit. Basically the organization of this activity was done by all DP students under the guidance of our CAS advisor, Jackson Joy. Different students had different role to perform such as arrangement of glucose, water ,first aid, doctors , ambulance etc.

The walk was of 5km for both MYP and DP students whereas the walk for PYP students was of 3km. However every student participated actively and had tried their level best to walk continuously without taking rest in between of the way.

Firstly, we DP students started the walk after listening to the rules and instruction. As we started we realized that it was not an easy task as we were getting tired a lot and our legs were paining. But still none of us stopped although everyone’s speed was differencing. Someone was ahead or someone behind.

When I started the walk I was very active for first 3km and I was walking at the same speed with my friend but after that I could not keep up with that same speed but I continued to walk.

My aim was to participate and complete the walk of 5km. I did not think of winning or losing instead I felt that participation by following rules and regulation is much more important.

The learning outcome is that I have understood that I have a strength to walk for 5km and more. Also I have come to know that walking collaboratively encourages and does not make me feel tired or an idea of giving up. The ethical issue involved in this activity is that it did not harm anyone nor it has polluted the environment. Instead it helped everyone in maintaining their health. This is a major issue of concern nowadays as everyone’s lifestyle is changing rapidly. Today everyone's attraction is towards fast-food, technology etc. The craze of games, exercises have been declining. Therefore Walkathon has given chance for everyone to be physically fit.

REFLECTION ON TEACHING STUDENTS OF ASHRAM

This time my two friends and I reached before all other friends so we started the class earlier than others under the supervision of Mrs. Purva Jha This time one of my students was not well so I had only one student to teach. To my surprise since last two weeks Bhushan has been very active in learning and listening to my guidance.

He had plans to learn mathematics so I started with the topic of Indices. Indices are the major topic that is needed to learn as it has its application in higher classes also. Since this was a new topic to him and also this was not taught in the class so I thought I should just introduce the lesson and teach few sums based on first concept.

Basically indices mean exponents, power and it is mainly called as raised to the power of. For example 52 will be read as 5 raised to the power 2.
My task was to teach him the meaning of exponent and what does it mean. So I explained him that power means the number of time base needs to be multiplied. In the above example, 5 is the base and 2 is the exponent or index. Therefore 5 needs to multiplied two times as power is 2.

This gave him clear idea and then as I gave him the few sums, he was able to solve. The difficulty level arises when base was in fraction. For example, (½)2. Here he was getting confused, so I solved few sums like that and explained it to him.
Then I gave him the questions based on same type. He solved all questions nicely. Then I felt relaxed and I ended the class.

The learning outcome is that I have understood that I am able to teach child in way, which is easy for him to understand. I have become aware that few concepts needs to be taught in slow speed and needs to be explained with different examples for better learning and understanding of the child. The ethical issue involved is that I am able to give knowledge to student, which will make him a good citizen of the country.

REFLECTION ON TEACHING STUDENTS OF ASHRAM

Another visit to ashram. This time we were supervised by our physics, chemistry teacher Mr. Prashant Pandey. When I went there, I realized that my students are happy to learn from me as they were eagerly waiting for me. They instantly told me that we want you to explain us the Hindi poem. They also commented that we like the way you explain. So I felt pleased and then I started explaining the poem, which was about that nothing can be gained easily in this world.


The poem was beautifully structured with very deep meaning. It says that cutting trees, making angry someone is very easy but planting a tree and making someone happy is very difficult. It also tells us that achieving things is not easy, one needs to go through the difficulties and obstacles to achieve fruitful response.


After explanation of this poem, I questioned them on many real and general aspects like what will happen if your mother wants you to get good marks? Also how will you keep her happy?


These questions helped him to gain better understanding of this poem. After the completion of this poem, I gave him the task of writing his own reflection on this poem.


On reading his reflection, I felt he has used his own real life experience and feelings to explain the meaning of poem.After this task, I taught him few problems on division and then we ended the class for that day. 


The learning outcomes involved in this activity is that I become aware  that every child has its own imagination, which does not need to be taught. I also became aware of his skill. Basically writing reflection is a task in my own curriculum. So I have just tried to teach him in that same manner. I learned that I have strength of explaining things to a child properly, which helps him a lot in his interpretation of various topics. I become aware of my strength as well as through this task, i developed a new skill of teaching. Also, the ethical implication involved in this task is that education is been promoted, which is beneficial for the development of child and nation as well.