Project plan

Following is my project-based plan.

Project title: Is school bad for children?

This project has been designed for the students of BBA who are doing the course on Reading, Writing and Critical Thinking. While they (A) are doing the tasks, reading the texts given in the sites and doing research (C), the students will develop reading, writing and critical thinking skills (B) which are reflected during the presentation of their project (D).

Project description
Like me, all children learned to read and write in schools. We obtained different kinds of knowledge in school. But all schools are not good. They do not give quality education. In this project, we are not comparing which schools are good and which are bad. We are looking at why schools are bad for small children? We are also looking at how do we make schools good for children? What should we do if schools are bad for children?

Stage 1: Group division: Students will be divided in to 5 groups (6 students in each group)

Stage 2: Students discuss on the things they liked and disliked in their school.

Stage 3: The students read John Holt's article School is bad for children at http://www.spinninglobe.net/holt.htm. They also read Rachel Grobstein's Why School is Bad for Kids at http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/sci_edu/highschool.html.

After reading the articles, they will discuss the following questions:
1.Why do John Holt and Rachel Grobstein criticise the role of schools?
2.Do you agree with John Holt's and Rachel Grobstein's ideas? Discuss in the group and write an article for the newspaper on how why school is bad for children and how it can be improved?

Stage 4: Research
Observe a primary class at any school. Write a report of the class you observed and present in the class. Please include what was taught, how it was taught, and the student-student and student-teacher interaction. Also describe your reactions to the style of teaching that you noticed. Was the teaching interesting or boring? Were the students engaged in doing the activities? In your report, also incorporate relevant photographs, and videos from different websites.

Stage 5: Presentation
The students (in group) present their report using power point in the class. They submit the whole report to the teacher. The teacher will give feedback on their report.

Sincerely yours
Prem