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Read the given passage and answer the questionsthat follow (Q. Nos. 91 to 99) by selecting the most appropriateoption :
Renowned educationalist Sir Tim Brighouse, observed that anoutstanding school has four factors that are visible. “Teacherstalk about teaching, teachers observe each other’s practice,teachers plan, organize and evaluate their work together ratherthan separately, and that teachers teach each other.”He continues : “One of the reasons I like that is that you canimmediately see ways in which you could make it more likely thatteachers talk about teaching.”
Sir Tim then encouraged schools to focus on activities that werelow effort but high impact, describing them as “butterflies”. Someexamples he gave included rotating staff meetings arounddifferent classrooms with the host, at the start, describing theroom layout and displays, or discussing other teaching techniquesand approaches. With modern technology teachers could observetheir own lessons and then when viewing them back, decidewhether they want to share them with a mentor.
The role of mentoring was vital and suggested that more schoolscould send teachers out in small groups to learn from colleaguesin other schools.
He said : “If this were widespread practice, if people were toattend to their butterflies, the outcome in terms of teacher moraleand teacher satisfaction would be positive. We all agree thatprofessional development is the vital ingredient”.
Section - III : LANGUAGE-I - ENGLISH
Directions :Read the given passage and answer the questionsthat follow (Q. Nos. 91 to 99) by selecting the most appropriateoption :
Renowned educationalist Sir Tim Brighouse, observed that anoutstanding school has four factors that are visible. “Teacherstalk about teaching, teachers observe each other’s practice,teachers plan, organize and evaluate their work together ratherthan separately, and that teachers teach each other.”He continues : “One of the reasons I like that is that you canimmediately see ways in which you could make it more likely thatteachers talk about teaching.”
Sir Tim then encouraged schools to focus on activities that werelow effort but high impact, describing them as “butterflies”. Someexamples he gave included rotating staff meetings arounddifferent classrooms with the host, at the start, describing theroom layout and displays, or discussing other teaching techniquesand approaches. With modern technology teachers could observetheir own lessons and then when viewing them back, decidewhether they want to share them with a mentor.
The role of mentoring was vital and suggested that more schoolscould send teachers out in small groups to learn from colleaguesin other schools.
He said : “If this were widespread practice, if people were toattend to their butterflies, the outcome in terms of teacher moraleand teacher satisfaction would be positive. We all agree thatprofessional development is the vital ingredient”.
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