Adult Education

TEACHERS PPT

Unit SummaryThe drive for 100% literacy is on!

Students –young and old have to get literate, so that the nation can progress!

Students analyse and identify the causes for adult illiteracy and make presentations to the community leaders and adults to make them understand the problem of illiteracy in their locality.

They evolve strategies to increase adult education and teach in a centre.

Students organize awareness rally and persuade several adults to return to the classroom to gain the benefit of education.

• Illiteracy in India is a grave and extensive problem.

• 45% of the adults are illiterate.• While the Government of India reports

about 20 million adult illiterates, other non-governmental organizations estimate the number to be closer to 50 million.

• The exploitation of labourers has become an accepted practice because illiterates

cannot fight for their rights.

Unit Summary (Contd..)

Essential Question

How can I contribute to making a better INDIAN society?

Unit QuestionUnit QuestionUnit QuestionUnit Question

How can I contribute How can I contribute to community to community development development through adult through adult

education?education?

Content Questions

• What is adult illiteracy?• What are the main causes of

adult illiteracy?• What are the steps taken by the

government to remove illiteracy?• What can you do to remove adult

illiteracy?

My Goals / Mission

•Learn about different causes for adult illiteracy ‘

•Find solutions to eradicate it.

•Develop plan of action

My Goals / Mission (Contd..)

•Create awareness to local people on the importance of education

•Find ways to get my students to do more higher-order thinking and help them do their project effectively

How do you go about?

•Collect the database of school drop-outs•Interview and fill questionnaire•Analyze reasons for adult illiteracy

METHOD• Research on Internet referring to the

list of websites to gather information on strategies adopted by other countries to combat the problem

• Suggest strategies and find solution to the local problem

• Share your ideas on a blog

While conducting survey, keep in mind

…• To meet the respondents in their

convenient time• To be polite while asking questions• To ask respondents to give unbiased

opinion as their identity will not be disclosed

• To personally administer the data collection process

• To check whether all the questions are answered in the questionnaire

Remember…

•Work as a team, not in isolation

•Don’t forget to play the roles assigned

•Give credit to the websites / authors

You will be expected to…

•Prepare a presentation – To share your ideas with the

community leaders

•Put up Posters – To gather people for awareness

rally

•Blog your ideas– To share strategies to eradicate

child labour

Get support from…

• List of reading material and reference books

• Questionnaire• List of Websites• Organizer Chart• Rubrics

– Multimedia Presentation Rubric– Poster rubric

Have fun learning Have fun learning through doing!!!through doing!!!

Have fun learning Have fun learning through doing!!!through doing!!!