Role of a Teacher in Physical development (PE) of a Child
-Teacher should know PE of a each stage of childhood
-Encourage participation in all PE activities – running, moving, cutting with scissors, painting, assembling etc..
-Use active learning experience
-Practice activities > cutting, pasting, tracing which helps in strengthening of muscles etc..
-Help students during work as they can be messy during craft/art
-Accept messy work if it is the best effort
- Use of pencil grips
For Students from 9 to 11 Years
-Frequent use of Computer
-Role Play
-adopting tasks according to the child’s requirements & ability (time, skill level, method amount)
-Give the students short & simple directions to do their best ability
-Allowing students with some physical development issues to print their work or project work
-Avoid competition between girls & boys as between the age of 9 to 11 Years as girls are more physically mature than boys at this age
Cognitive development in a Child
-To Conceive or to know
-involves the ability to construct mental images involving thought, reasoning memory & language
-during mental process the mental images are processed in the brain as per the Childs interpretation of the surrounding
Role of a Teacher in Cognitive development of a child
For Students 5 to 8 Years
-Plan short activities
-Give one to two tasks at a time
-Allow for exploration & inquiry
For Students 9 to 11 Years
-offer a wide range of activities to ensure success
-encourage children to ask questions & research answers
-allow children to explore special interests
-Discuss open ended question for solving problems which require logical & analytical thinking skills
-use 3D concrete materials
-Relate topics to with experiences from their lives
-Provide projects for students to explore
-Use more technology to teach children
-Make lessons less on rote learning & more on application