ABL GOVERNMENT SCHOOL

  Further clarifies some of the key strategies of the ABL classrooms/pedagogy in class room— Learning Materials : Incorporating English into the curriculum and use of 3-d materials in teaching Math. Properly and effectively using Black Board and ensuring teacher’s eye level to students. Adequate spaces in the classroom to accommodate group works and individual work. Learning materials are color-coded for each class level. Logos of animals and insects are used to represent different aspects of curriculum. Vertical Grouping : Older children become guide and helper for the younger ones. This encourages cooperation rather than competition. Vertical Grouping technique provides solution for multi grade classroom. Activity Based Learning (ABL) 7   Self-Evaluation : Students use Self-Evaluation Cards in order to assess their performance/skills (sometimes with the help of the older children). This helps to nurture ‘no fear of failure’ within students. Learning Ladder: Usi...

  Activity Based Learning (ABL) In order to address the above discussed issues, I am proposing the Activity Based Learning (ABL) approach of education. “ABL is a methodology where children of different ages are grouped together in one class, and each learns at his or her own pace through a series of activities and cards arranged in the form of a learning ladder, with the teacher acting as a facilitator of children’s learning” (“Activity Based Learning). So, ABL is purely a studentcentered pedagogical approach where students master various skills through different student friendly fun activities. The role of the teacher in the ABL pedagogy is passive. Teachers act more like facilitators in the classroom and participate with students in different learning activities. Hence, students’ assessment in the ABL pedagogical approach is very much integrated with the teaching-learning process which hardly permits students to memorize and rote-learn. According to the Center for Education Inn...