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Inclusion : Concept and Practice

Collaborative Method

A poster of a big tree for the class
Notes
Teacher lays out the required art material on the table for children.

The teacher asks them to make a poster of a big tree to be hung in the class.
Teacher initiates the discussion on which part of the tree each child will be
drawing and colouring trunk ,branches, leaves, fruits/flowers. .

This activity will have children working on the part assigned/chosen by them
to complete the picture of the tree.
The task will be assessed on:
• Individual performance

• Group performance

21.2.4 Peer Tutoring

Peer tutoring implies children teaching children. A peer tutor is someone who
is of a similar status as the person being tutored. In peer tutoring, both the tutor
and the tutee are of the same grade and the peer tutor helps the peer tutee. There
are many benefits for both the tutor and the tutee in this relationship. The peer
tutor can establish a rapport with the tutee in a way that a teacher cannot. A
child who is not capable of teaching an academic skill, could teach a non-
academic skill related to hobbies or interests such as coin collecting, stamp
collecting or any other creative art activity. A peer tutor is not involved in the
assessment of any task. This strategy is more effective with older children in
formal settings.

21.2.4.1 Benefits of Peer Tutoring

Some benefits of peer tutoring are:

• Peer tutors are often effective in teaching children who do not respond
well when adults teach.
• It develops a bond of friendship between the tutor and the tutee.

• Tutors themselves are benefited by teaching other children as they practice
their learning while teaching other children.

21.2.5 Assessment

Assessment involves observing, collecting information and making decisions
based on that. It involves identifying what the child knows, what the child
understands and what the child can do. Assessments should be continuous. It

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