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Section outline
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In this module, we shall explain the various concepts and practices involved in child friendly schools. The child friendly school concept is based on the principle that quality educational strategies leading to effective learning and teaching in Rwandan schools, ought to take into consideration adjustments in both school and the community environments. Accordingly, key quality indicators within which the child friendly schools are expected to effect innovative changes (in the school curricular and approaches), that involve parents and the whole community have been established.
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How much do I know?
As a teacher, you may experience some challenges emanating from yourself, from your learners, the school administrators, the parents, the members of your school community, etc. Some of these challenges may seem straightforward, but in an attempt to overcome them you realise that they are more difficult than you anticipated. Therefore, you are advised to work out a way that will help you deal with these challenges effectively.
Activity
Why should teachers in
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What is in this module?
There are four blocks in this module:
Block 1: Child friendly school indicators
Block 2: Child centred pedagogy
Block 3: Psychosocial support to children
Block 4: Children with learning deficiencies
Learning resources
At the end of each block, there are references from which some of the ideas in this module were gathered. At the end of the module, there is a longer list of references which bring together all the citations made in the work. These are designed to help you in your further reading on the topics of this module. Most of the references can be found online. But do not worry if you have difficulties in accessing online information. All the relevant information you need to successfully study this module has been provided.
How will I assess my learning?
All through this module, you will find a variety of self-marked activities. These are meant to test your understanding at the end of each section. Answers to the activities are provided at the end of each block but they are just suggestions. You are advised to discuss some of these activities with your colleagues, and provide your own answers after which you can then compare your answers with the ones we have suggested. If you have attempted the activities without any difficulties, then proceed to the next block. If you face difficulties, go over the content of that particular section again or revise the whole block where necessary. You may even revise together with your colleague. A Tutor Marked Assignment (TMA) will be given to you when you receive this module. Read it before studying this module. Contact your Subject Tutor if you don’t receive the TMA. The final examination will come after the TMA.
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Dear students, please do the following assignment and make sure you complete it and submit it not later than one week starting from today. This means not later than 17th July 2020.
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Introduction
A Child Friendly School (CFS) is where effective teaching occurs and learning and essential services are provided to learners and teachers. Generally, the child friendly school initiative is aimed at facilitating changes, refocusing attention on schools as both centres of learning as well as care and support. It is a way of fulfilling the children’s rights, especially those at risk of exclusion from school, paying particular attention to the learning/teaching environment, infrastructures, and educators’ abilities to deliver relevant skills and knowledge, and support the learners’ needs in collaboration with the community.
What is in this block?
You will find five sections in this block
Section 1: Inclusive School Program
Section 2:
Section 3: Health and Sanitation Promotion
Section 4: Safe Learning Environment
Section 5: Factors that affect quality of education and child friendly schools
Learning objectives
After you have completed this block you should be able to:
- define the term “Child friendly school”;
- explain the key quality indicators of the child friendly school.
Estimated Study time
This block will take you a minimum of 2 hours and a maximum of 4 hours to complete. It may take longer if you complete the activities, which have been included to help you internalise the content of the course.
How will I assess my learning in this block?
In this block, you will find four self-marked activities. These activities are designed to help you understand the concept of child friendly school. They will also help you understand they main quality standards of a child friendly school.
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Introduction
Child centred pedagogy is an approach to teaching and learning that embraces equity (fairness) and democracy (participation). This approach emphasizes that teachers put the needs of the learner at the centre of what they do in the classroom, rather than the learner being made to fit whatever needs the teacher has decided upon. This means that activities which put the learner at the centre of teaching and learning must begin by using or finding out the learners’ existing knowledge, skills and understanding of the topic. The teacher is responsible for developing different activities to find out what the learners already know about the topic. Then teachers develop more activities that build on and extend the learners’ knowledge.
What is in this block?
You will find only two sections in this block
Section 1: Child centred approach of teaching
Section 2: Making a lesson child centred
Learning objectives
After you have completed this block you should be able to:
- explain the indicators of child centred pedagogy;
- explain how a lesson can be made child centred;
- apply the different learner centred approaches of teaching in classroom.
Estimated Study time
This block will take you a minimum of 30 minutes and a maximum of 1 hour to be completed. It may take longer if you complete the activities, which have been included to help you internalise the content of the course.
How will I assess my learning in this block?
In this block, you will find two self-marked activities. These activities are designed to help you to understand the concept of learner centred education. They will also help you to understand they main indicators of child centred pedagogy.
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Introduction
In this block, you will look at the meaning of psychosocial support, the psychosocial behavour of learners at different ages and their educational implications for a teacher. You also explore the emotional, social, mental and spiritual needs of children.. Children just like adults live in the society and their thoughts, emotions and behavior (Psychological aspect) towards the social aspect (family, society, culture, norms and value) or society towards us are different. This interrelation between psychological aspects and social aspects is called Psychosocial. If the society accepts their behavior, they can adjust in the society and shows good behavior. But, if they cannot balance them, it impacts on their thinking, emotions and behavior that lead to psychosocial problems (lack of concentration, fear, guilt etc) and develop bad behavior.
What is in this block?
You will find only two sections in this block
Section 1: Psychosocial support in school
Section 2: Social Life skills for Children
Learning objectives
After you have completed this block you should be able to:
- explain the meaning of psychosocial support and the psychosocial needs of children
- explain psychosocial behaviours of children at different age brackets and their educational implications for a teacher.
Estimated Study time
This block will take you a minimum of 30 minutes and a maximum of 1 hour to complete. It may take longer if you complete the activities, which have been included to help you internalise the content of the course.
How will I assess my learning in this block?
In this block, you will find two self-marked activities. These activities are designed to help you to understand the concept psychosocial support. They will also help you to understand the psychosocial needs of children.
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Introduction
In this block, we will be introduced to learning deficiencies among children as well as difficulties in interpersonal relationships. You will look at the different learning deficiencies and ways of helping children with such deficiencies. We encourage you to always try to apply or utilise in class the knowledge you will acquire from this block. This block will help you understand your students’ problems better.
What is in this block?
You will find only two sections in this block
Section 1: Learning deficiencies
Section 2: Children with problem of interpersonal relationships
Learning objectives
After you have completed this block you should be able to:
- explain the different learning deficiencies and their educational implications for a teacher;
- identify children with the difficulties in interpersonal relationships and suggest ways of handling such children in classroom.
Estimated Study time
This block will take you a minimum of 45 minutes and a maximum of 1 hour to complete. It may take longer if you complete the activities, which have been included to help you internalise the content of the course.
How will I assess my learning in this block?
In this block, you will find two self-marked activities. These activities are designed to help you to understand the learning deficiencies among children. They will also help you to understand the ways of handling children with learning deficiencies and difficulties in interpersonal relationships.