Table R1.1 Audit for student-centred teaching and learning. Examples of where this is happening (teacher, class, description) To what extent is this happening in my school? (Never, occasionally, sometimes, always) Related key resource ‘Planning lessons’ ‘Assessing progress and performance’ ‘Monitoring and giving feedback’ ‘Storytelling, songs, role play and drama’ ‘Using local resources’ questioning to promote thinking’ ‘Talk for learning’ ‘Involving all’ Statement Teachers plan lessons that involve a variety of teaching and learning approaches. Teachers use formative assessment in their classrooms. Teachers monitor students’ work and provide individual oral and written feedback. Teachers use storytelling, role play and drama to interest students in learning. Teachers use familiar local resources to support learning and relate the learning to everyday day life. Teachers ask a variety of open questions that allow students to offer explanations and voice their opinions. Teachers encourage students to talk together about their learning, as a whole class, in pairs, or in groups. Teachers actively involve all students in the lessons. Resource 2: Principles of pedagogy TESS-India aims to achieve transformational change for schools and teachers. The teacher development OERs are congruent with national policy aims. At the core of TESS-India is the student as an active learner
KR Using V KR Using pair work V KR Using local resources V KR Storytelling, songs, role play and drama V KR Monitoring and giving feedback V KR Assessing progress and V KR OER title Classroom routines Songs, rhymes and word play Letters and sounds of English Mark-making and early writing Storytelling Shared reading Planning around a text Promoting the reading environment English and subject content integration Using the textbook creatively Learning English in the creative arts The learning environment Developing and monitoring reading Developing and monitoring writing Community resources for English Table R3.2 Key resources and videos in the Elementary Maths OERs. Key resource/video title Involving all V KR Talk for learning V KR Using questioning to promote thinking V KR V
KR Planning lessons V KR Using V KR Using pair work V KR Using local resources V KR Storytelling, songs, role play and drama V KR Monitoring and giving feedback V KR Assessing progress and V KR OER Brainstorming: sound Pair work: life processes Using groupwork: floating and sinking demonstration: food Concept mapping: water Teachers’ questioning: forces Pupils’ questioning: sorting and classifying things Observing patterns: shadows and night & day Practical investigation: change stories: environment Using games: electricity Alternative conceptions: heat and temperature Developing the learning environment Discussion in science: malnutrition Using the community: environmental issues Table R3.4 Key resources and videos in the Elementary Language and Literacy OERs. Key resource/video title Involving all V KR Talk for learning V KR to V
KR Planning lessons V KR V KR pair work V KR Using local resources V KR Storytelling, songs, role play and drama V KR Monitoring and giving feedback V KR Assessing progress and V KR OER School–home communication A language-rich classroom Speaking and listening Early literacy Storytelling, songs, role play and drama Reading for pleasure Reading for different purposes Knowing and using children’s literature Authentic writing Using local resources Language, literacy and citizenship Multilingualism in the classroom Pair work for language and literacy Groupwork: language across the curriculum Mentoring and giving feedback Resource 4: The sections of a Teacher Development OER Table R4.1 Features of a TESS-India Teacher Development OER.