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COMPETENCIES OF DIET FUNCTIONARIES

Definition

What is a competency? “Competency” according to the Dictionary meaning is “the capability to perform” and a person who has this quality is called “competent”. Competency is that capability/capacity, which is a synthesis of knowledge, awareness, skill, understanding and applicability.

Take a Close Look.

Study the following listing of competencies. They were identified as required for DIET faculty members.

a) Competency based teaching.

1. Formation of learning experience.
2. Preparation of teaching material
3. Formation of activity centered learning
4. Individualizing learning
5. Use of teaching aids (maps, graphs, etc.)
6. Determining the value of pupil achievement.
7. Undertaking remedial work
8. Organizing fieldwork, workshop
9. Introspection.

b) Counselling and guidance competency

1. Providing educational, individual, social and professional Counselling.
2. Providing advice.

Think over

c) Competency of preparing teaching aids

1. Identification of local material
2. Preparation of low-cost material
3. Development of audio programmes/video programmes/slides
4. Repairing of teaching material including sports articles.
5. Copying on to audio/video cassettes.

d) Competency of designing training programmes

1. Identification of needs of training programmes.
2. Preparation of training programmes
3. Preparation of training materials
4. Supervising training programmes
5. Organization of follow-up activities after the training.

e) Competency of transaction

1. Child centered teaching
2. Multi-grade teaching
3. Activity based teaching
4. Preparation and implementation of institutional planning
5. Action research
6. Educational Technology
7. Work experience
8. Joyful learning
9. Meeting needs of students under special circumstances.

Web Resources

The content of the following topics that are dealt in the DIETs. Competency based teaching Continuous and comprehensive evaluation Continuous Comprehensive Evaluation[1] CBSE[2]

Follwoing are some sites where professional development material are available:

1. http://www.books.google.com/books?isbn
2. http://www.learner.org/
3. http://www.nap.edu/readingroom/books/nses/

f) Information scrutiny and research competency

1. Recording, listing, analysis and interpretation of information.
2. Planning / activity / research / reporting.
3. Undertaking action research.

g) Evaluation competency

1. Preparation and use of evaluation tools.
2. Preparation of evaluation blue-print.
3. Preparation of test items for achievement tests.
4. Conduct of evaluation (class room / Schemes)
5. Analysing the results of the evaluation.

h) Others

1. Preparation for main planning.
2. Equipping and managing Resource room,
3. Coordination within the department/outside the department/community.
4. Conduct of activities for Children/Designing Programmes for different groups.
5. Operating a computer/accessing internet.
6. Role play/theatre techniques.

Send the Completed Activity Sheet to: bhatvd@yahoo.co.in

Activity

Visit the DSERT Web Site given below. Go to the Teacher Education section under Contents chapter. Answer following questions. Select any two from the list of programmes conducted by DIETs and list the competencies needed in a DIET faculty in their implementation Are all these programmes conducted by your DIETin the last two years? Write your observations about it. http://dsert.kar.nic.in/frame.html You can download Activity Sheet from here Competencies of DIET Functionaries