Project strategy is defined as any activities be it individual or group, which
involves investigation and solutions of the question under the teacher
guidance.
features
1.
It extends beyound
classroom teaching
2.
Carried out in real
life situations
3.
involves investigation
and problem solving
4.
effective interaction
between students and the social environment
5.
teacher acts as a
guide
6.
creates opportunities
to acquire social skills and enables students to studeyfunctional aspects of
the subjects
five principles
1.
principle of utility where it attempts to study and investigate a practical
problem/situation
2.
priciple of readiness where teacher gives task to the students and students have
the opportunity to choose the purpose
3.
principle of learning by doing learners come to direct contact with the learning
situation, acquiring the knowledge and experience throught the practical
experience.
4.
principle of freedom at work where teacher acts as a facilatator and students are
given freedom to learn
5.
principle of socialization , which helps the learners to come in direct contact with
the social environment making them to be able to live and adjust in their
social environment.
There are four type and they are
1.
Produce type,
2.
consumer type,
3.
Investigation type
4.
and the Drill type.
And under the Investigation
type there are three stage and they are as follows;
stage one: Classroom planning
in inculdes the providing and selection of problems for study. followed by
formulation of hypotheses and the planing methods.
Stage two: Execution
it includes collection, organisation and interpreting of data followed by the
review.
Stage three: conclusion
it includes reporting and incorporating/deletions and the evaluation.
Plan a project work
·
firstly we have to
select the topics keeping in mind the syllabus content, class level and
availability of the the topic in school and the community. And most important
thing the students should be given a range of topics to choose and the topic
should enhance the application of the concept learnt in the classroom.
·
Secondly we should
know the format for the project work write up which include the title, table of
contents, introduction, method, conclusion, acknowledgement and the references.
·
Thirdly we should know
how to collect the information. for the collection of the information we should
know what information to be collected, identify the soutces of the information,
frame questions to collect the information, plan field visit if needed, note
the observation, readings, collect samples and make sketches, tables, graphs,
which are related to the topics.
·
Then students should
know the does and don'ts, which are as follows;
DOs
1.
PW should be written
on fullscap paper in student's own handwriting and own words(should not be
directly copied),
2.
necessary illustration
should be drawn or sketched with pencil
3.
And students can use
simple colors
DON'Ts
1.
However students are
not allowed to decorate the project work and the cover page,
2.
Pictures cut from
anywhere is not allowed and students should not use folders and folders to
enclose the project work
·
Finally we should know
the lengths of the project work and it depends on the class. and the number of
the words increases as the class increases.
Now the important thing in th project work is the assessing the
project work and it can be done from the students start planning the project work and
will end with assessment of the final project work and for the assessment
following criteria;
Content: relevant to the topic, accurate, presented in logical order, are
illustrations appropriate, use of language, grammatical errors, has the
required information been included, whether the writting is in students own
writing and the correct summing up.
Presentation:neatness, whether the layoput according to the format, is the writing
legible and the project work written within the prescribed word limit.
Process: Is proper planning done or not, whether the PW according to the plan,
is the source of information authentic or not and whether the PW handed on
time.
