How to guide the students.

1. 1.Introduction (Identifying the problem)
2.Purpose of the study
3.Background (Root cause)
4.Case Evaluation
(i) Major & minor point
(ii) Strength and weakness of my approach
(iii) Limitation
5.Strategies
6.Challenges

2. Students spending almost 5 years in a school and 8 hours in a
day boarding school do not always develop a relationship with
the teachers. This can be problematic. Teachers need to
develop a trust - based relationship with their students in
order to establish a connection with them and to create a safe
and effective learning environment. To create this very
important relationship, teachers must establish and maintain a
line of communication, understanding and compassion with
and for their students.
As part of a project assigned by Dr. Thangadurai. I am
completing this case study in an attempt to understand the
world through the eyes of a struggling students.

3. A teacher must understand the lives of his/her students. A
trust must be built between student and teacher before any
true learning can occur. True learning means, learning that
encompasses more than rote memorization and facts.
Here my case study is based on a student of class – x
(Barnali Mohapatra) who despite of being an academically
sound student, started showing deterioration in her scores.
My objective behind this case study was to understand the
circumstances that affect and influence her surrounding
environment, life and eventual decision making. With open
communication, we could build a trust based relationship
with her.

4. The student was performing too well before two/three years.
All of sudden, a sharp decline was found in her performances.
Consequently, she went into depression. In the course of
finding the reason behind it, it was found that the root of the
problem was lying in her family.
Few years back, her parents were separated. She had to move
to her maternal grandmother's house along with her mother.
Though people were helpful there, still they had to go
through a little financial crunch. Her freedom was curtailed in
her granny's house. Several restrictions were imposed on her.
It was also found that, her father also had this problem of
depression.

5. 1.Her behavior inside the classroom started becoming indifferent.
During teaching, she was found lost most of the time. If she was
told by any teacher to pay attention, her facial expression would
change and she would become very stubborn.
2.Though most of the lime she would be answering the questions
which were asked in the classroom, but she started scoring less in
the exams.
3.Teachers started to reach out to her. But she never opened up.
So we had to talk to her mother. After a long conversation, we
could know the reason of her mental disturbance.

6. Teachers started behaving with her cordially. She was
counseled to be more attentive. She was praised for being
sincere in her work. The lady teachers used to call her
personally, not to counsel her, but to make her comfortable
with the teachers. Teachers helped her realize that nothing
was abnormal on her part. She started feeling that she was
accepted the way she was.
As a result, we started noticing changes in her. But along
with counseling, she is under medical treatment also. We are
helpful that once she joins back, things would be found in a
better form.

7. It was really challenging to counsel her, because her
state of mind had to be taken care of every time she
was counseled. Since she is an over sensitive child,
teachers had to be patient to listen to her.