Video/Primary Science - Classroom Organisation.mp4/reflection

• Summarise the different classroom organisation strategies that you saw in this video (in the first 10 minutes):
  • whole class introduction
  • whole class doing same practical activity
  • groups doing different practical activities
  • circus of activities or carousel of activities
• What is one new thing that you have learned from this video? How can you transfer what you have learned to another curriculum area besides science?

• How did the teachers in this video make use of ICT resources during group work? Suggest some ways in which you can use those or other ICT resources in your classroom? (You can also think of improvising with the materials available in your surroundings, if there is no ICT)

• What is the role of teachers before the group work and after the group work? Is it different from your current practice? If yes, in what ways is it different?

• What did the teachers in the video do while the pupils were doing group work? Is it different from your current practice? If yes, what changes, if any, would you like to make for effective group work in your class?

• What do you think about noise in the classroom during group work from this video? What can you do to make sure that noise is productive during group work?

• After the session, in your own time, summarise the different classroom organisation strategies that you saw in this video (in the second 10 minutes):
  • one group only doing science
  • whole class demonstration
  • sharing science books with the whole class