Socialization in a School (by janak boro)
Sometime back I visited a school to observe classroom facilitation process. It was in a remote interior village in Karnataka. I was in a group of around 6 people who were also in the same journey. Before that day, I had already an experience of teaching children in different private schools for almost 13 years. Being in private schools is a completely a different experience compared to in a government schools in regard to the school environment, children, parents, infrastructures, daily routing of teachers. In all the schools I had worked, a similar pattern was observed during the beginning of academic session of every year, specially for the young children admitted in Nursery, LKG, UKG. At least a week is reserved to motivate the new comers. During first three days, teachers prepare different activities and engage with the new comers along with their parents together. Parents are allowed for the first 2-3 days lest newcomers are not frightened in a new environment. After that,...