Yei - South Sudan
Feb/2009
Opening of the program:
The worksshop was open official by Mr. Legge the advisor of the Governor of Central Equatorial state during his speech Mr. Legge tell the history of the education during the war, he has mentioned that during the war there was no any schools in the south, and in 1997 during the war the Norwegian people’s Aids established the community development centre to offers to the local community vocational skills that are need to building the most part under the people liberation Army. And during this period the instructor where also facing some challenges due to lake of the training and courses for the staff to build their capacity. he said also today is a privilege to have this workshop taking place at the Yei Vocational Training Centre.
Mr. Legge said also “It is a pleasure to us to have this people with us today, as a representative of the government of Central equatorial we appreciate the work done by the Norwegians people during the war and after the war also” he encourage the participants to be active during the workshop saying “ people believe on learn either in a group or by doing . you have to be initiatives, you need to develop interest for the subject maters, and also the interest for learning”.
He said also for the instructors to develop their own self, they should have three things in mind he calls them the three C (a) Creativity (b) Commitment (c) Containment .
How can I improve my practices:
Mr. Trond the workshop facilitator state this question as a process to understand what are the needs of the participant inorder to unable them to improve their own practice as teachers and facilitators.
How can I improve my practice? This was a challenging question as stated by Mr. Johan the NUCOOP project coordinator “we can easily judge the people around us, and the thing surrounding us, we can say for example; the director is not doing well or the students are not performing well, but it is difficult to look into our self and said this I did wrong or I have to improve the way I do the things”.
The participants concerns:
I think the question how can I improve my practice? have energies the participants, and enable them to express their main concerns, and this concern comes in from of question and they have to get answers for their these questions. But who is going to provide them with the answers of the questions that they have raised. Before we get into this let me mention some of the question that has been expressed by the participants.
These are the question were asked by the participants.
- How can I improve in the new areas?
- How to learn in my field?
- How I am going to cope with this training?
- We need to learn in order to give more knowledge to the new generation?
- How to keep up with the new
- Who to get the right materials to improve may teach profession to improve mu students?
- How to make the students to learn?
- To learn new things on capacity building
- Thinking and getting the best way of learning?
- How to get a proper way of passing my knowledge to my students?
- What do I do to make my students to understand me better as a teacher?
- How to maintain my ethics when teaching?
- How to be creative to make others learn?
- How to improve the areas of weakness in my field?
- How to make the students happy when I am giving lessons?
- Will there be any improvement when delivering lesson to my students after this workshop?
-How to activate the community to join the vocational training centre?
- How to have the students to be attentive during the lesson?
- How do I ensure that student retain their knowledge so they are able to apply it when they need it?
- Which are the objectives of this workshop?
These are almost the concerns of the participants.
The first group discussion;
I think all the above questions shows That the participant are more interested in the teaching matters, how the can impart the knowledge to their students, so in light of these concern The facilitator of the workshop posted an important question to them and that was: HOW TO ACTIVATE THE STUDENTS IN THEIR LEARNING?. The participants were given 20 minute to discuss in a group 4 participants in each group, and as a group they should come up with some suggestion to make the students active in their learner.
The four groups after twenty minute comes with the following ideas as a result of their fruitful discussion;
GROUP 1
- we have discuss and come up with this points
1- professional presentation to students
2- presentation – speech
3- participatory learning e.g asking questions
4- teaching aids, books tab
5- Be happy be creative
6- Extra curriculum
GROUP 2
This what we have come with
1- Use of participatory method
- trainer ask questions and expect answers from trainees
- trainees ask questions and expect the answer from the trainers
- group discussion
- giving assignment and follow up to ensure that each trainees has done the assignment
- role plays – lesson
are acted as play
- monitoring
2- Study tour
- field
- workshop
- learning institution
-
GROUP 3
1- Asking questions
2- Group discussion
3- Asking and answer
4- Loyalty
5- Students concern
6- Learning by doing
7- Strength the students
GROUP 4
1- interdiction
2- correct method of teaching
3- you most be loud in your voice
4- self evaluation
I C T part of the workshop:
After the lunch break, we had a good session at the internet café , where by each participant has to create his own blog. Me personal I was impressed by the skills of the participant in use of the computers almost every one have the basic skills on how to use the computer, and this make it some how easy form them to create their own blog.
Group formation:
At the last part of the day one, the participant were asked if they want to be in a group learning or they want to learn individually, all of them they said that they want to be in group to enhance their own learning. Upon these the participants are asked to go out the lecturing hall and stand in groups, as a result four groups were formed.
Logs:
To improve each an every one own practice each should have a long in which he can write what was done, what he has learned and the smart way to make it better.
Reflection:
It is my first experience to attend this kind of workshop, which is more based on the participant learning centered, rather than teacher or facilitator centered, and the methodology used in the workshop is completely different compared with what we have use to.
During the opening Mr. Legge, has mentioned an imported point when he said “ we are building together a new system of learning in South Sudan, in which each an every one is able to build his own learning as well as others learning too”.
How can I improve my practice? When the facilitator of the workshop posted this question helps me to see what are the areas that I really need to improve in my own practice as a facilitator.
I have realized that, when the facilitator talks much, the participants learn little. But when the participant are given the chance and allowed to work in their own or in the groups they learned more. The evidence for these is that, when the participants are asked to answer the question; how to activate the students in their own learning? Individually they were not able to answer the question, but when they are given 20 min to work in a groups they come up with a lot of ideas to mention few of this ideas, are for example one of the group said “to activate the students in their learning the teacher has to use participatory method, and evaluate his own practices”.
The participate were all motivated during the whole period of the workshop, and when it come the time for opening their own blog we have shown to a few of them how to make a blog. And we asked them to show to the others too, how to make their own blog also.
This exercise helps me to see how the participants are helping each others, and supporting their self in their own learning, and enhancing their own learning too.
Feb/2009
Opening of the program:
The worksshop was open official by Mr. Legge the advisor of the Governor of Central Equatorial state during his speech Mr. Legge tell the history of the education during the war, he has mentioned that during the war there was no any schools in the south, and in 1997 during the war the Norwegian people’s Aids established the community development centre to offers to the local community vocational skills that are need to building the most part under the people liberation Army. And during this period the instructor where also facing some challenges due to lake of the training and courses for the staff to build their capacity. he said also today is a privilege to have this workshop taking place at the Yei Vocational Training Centre.
Mr. Legge said also “It is a pleasure to us to have this people with us today, as a representative of the government of Central equatorial we appreciate the work done by the Norwegians people during the war and after the war also” he encourage the participants to be active during the workshop saying “ people believe on learn either in a group or by doing . you have to be initiatives, you need to develop interest for the subject maters, and also the interest for learning”.
He said also for the instructors to develop their own self, they should have three things in mind he calls them the three C (a) Creativity (b) Commitment (c) Containment .
How can I improve my practices:
Mr. Trond the workshop facilitator state this question as a process to understand what are the needs of the participant inorder to unable them to improve their own practice as teachers and facilitators.
How can I improve my practice? This was a challenging question as stated by Mr. Johan the NUCOOP project coordinator “we can easily judge the people around us, and the thing surrounding us, we can say for example; the director is not doing well or the students are not performing well, but it is difficult to look into our self and said this I did wrong or I have to improve the way I do the things”.
The participants concerns:
I think the question how can I improve my practice? have energies the participants, and enable them to express their main concerns, and this concern comes in from of question and they have to get answers for their these questions. But who is going to provide them with the answers of the questions that they have raised. Before we get into this let me mention some of the question that has been expressed by the participants.
These are the question were asked by the participants.
- How can I improve in the new areas?
- How to learn in my field?
- How I am going to cope with this training?
- We need to learn in order to give more knowledge to the new generation?
- How to keep up with the new
- Who to get the right materials to improve may teach profession to improve mu students?
- How to make the students to learn?
- To learn new things on capacity building
- Thinking and getting the best way of learning?
- How to get a proper way of passing my knowledge to my students?
- What do I do to make my students to understand me better as a teacher?
- How to maintain my ethics when teaching?
- How to be creative to make others learn?
- How to improve the areas of weakness in my field?
- How to make the students happy when I am giving lessons?
- Will there be any improvement when delivering lesson to my students after this workshop?
-How to activate the community to join the vocational training centre?
- How to have the students to be attentive during the lesson?
- How do I ensure that student retain their knowledge so they are able to apply it when they need it?
- Which are the objectives of this workshop?
These are almost the concerns of the participants.
The first group discussion;
I think all the above questions shows That the participant are more interested in the teaching matters, how the can impart the knowledge to their students, so in light of these concern The facilitator of the workshop posted an important question to them and that was: HOW TO ACTIVATE THE STUDENTS IN THEIR LEARNING?. The participants were given 20 minute to discuss in a group 4 participants in each group, and as a group they should come up with some suggestion to make the students active in their learner.
The four groups after twenty minute comes with the following ideas as a result of their fruitful discussion;
GROUP 1
- we have discuss and come up with this points
1- professional presentation to students
2- presentation – speech
3- participatory learning e.g asking questions
4- teaching aids, books tab
5- Be happy be creative
6- Extra curriculum
GROUP 2
This what we have come with
1- Use of participatory method
- trainer ask questions and expect answers from trainees
- trainees ask questions and expect the answer from the trainers
- group discussion
- giving assignment and follow up to ensure that each trainees has done the assignment
- role plays – lesson
are acted as play
- monitoring
2- Study tour
- field
- workshop
- learning institution
-
GROUP 3
1- Asking questions
2- Group discussion
3- Asking and answer
4- Loyalty
5- Students concern
6- Learning by doing
7- Strength the students
GROUP 4
1- interdiction
2- correct method of teaching
3- you most be loud in your voice
4- self evaluation
I C T part of the workshop:
After the lunch break, we had a good session at the internet café , where by each participant has to create his own blog. Me personal I was impressed by the skills of the participant in use of the computers almost every one have the basic skills on how to use the computer, and this make it some how easy form them to create their own blog.
Group formation:
At the last part of the day one, the participant were asked if they want to be in a group learning or they want to learn individually, all of them they said that they want to be in group to enhance their own learning. Upon these the participants are asked to go out the lecturing hall and stand in groups, as a result four groups were formed.
Logs:
To improve each an every one own practice each should have a long in which he can write what was done, what he has learned and the smart way to make it better.
Reflection:
It is my first experience to attend this kind of workshop, which is more based on the participant learning centered, rather than teacher or facilitator centered, and the methodology used in the workshop is completely different compared with what we have use to.
During the opening Mr. Legge, has mentioned an imported point when he said “ we are building together a new system of learning in South Sudan, in which each an every one is able to build his own learning as well as others learning too”.
How can I improve my practice? When the facilitator of the workshop posted this question helps me to see what are the areas that I really need to improve in my own practice as a facilitator.
I have realized that, when the facilitator talks much, the participants learn little. But when the participant are given the chance and allowed to work in their own or in the groups they learned more. The evidence for these is that, when the participants are asked to answer the question; how to activate the students in their own learning? Individually they were not able to answer the question, but when they are given 20 min to work in a groups they come up with a lot of ideas to mention few of this ideas, are for example one of the group said “to activate the students in their learning the teacher has to use participatory method, and evaluate his own practices”.
The participate were all motivated during the whole period of the workshop, and when it come the time for opening their own blog we have shown to a few of them how to make a blog. And we asked them to show to the others too, how to make their own blog also.
This exercise helps me to see how the participants are helping each others, and supporting their self in their own learning, and enhancing their own learning too.
