Jeen Peter reflects on preparing a presentation on teaching theories for a university assignment. She initially selected anatomy of teaching as her topic, but exchanged with a classmate who was having trouble finding sources. Jeen struggled to find books on theories of teaching in the university library and relied on a friend's book from another college. She had difficulty understanding some of the theories but worked to clarify meanings and find connections. Jeen created PowerPoint slides to help structure her presentation and included an example application. Though she felt rushed in preparing, her confidence increased when presenting. The audience engaged well and their feedback will help Jeen improve further.

1. Reflection on my work
As my group had selected the first unit for assignment we divided the topics among us and initially I
selected anatomy of teaching and its phases. I had come across this topic in many books and so I
thought it would be easy for me. It was Gita who actually took theories of teaching. The next day she
came and told me that she hardly found any book in the library. To help Gita I thought of exchanging the
topic. She may find it difficult because she doesn’t have any other options other than the university
library. As I am a day scholar I can have many ways for the accessibility of the content. Immediately the
next day ma’am made an urgent plan to cover the syllabus. So that we the group members had to rush
up as it was our turn to present in the forthcoming days. Ma’am told Anandh to be ready the next day
itself, then Gita and after her it was my turn. That day I was in the university library searching for the
book but I was not able to find a single book. I felt sorry for the library. Being a university library it is not
fair to have unavailability of books. I understood that the content theories of teaching are difficult to
find. It was my friend Cynthia who came to my help. She got a book from her college library which was
of great help for me. I made use of it and made a copy of it. It was already in a sequence that helped me
a lot in understanding it. I went on to each and every theory. When going deep into it I came across lot
of confusions and doubts . I had to depend on dictionary for word clarity. I had to make use “Advanced
method of Psychology” by S.K. Mangal for further clarity of the theories. In the further reading I
understood that the teaching theories came into existence on the basis of the learning theories. Formal
theories of teaching were easy to grasp, whereas the descriptive and the normative were a bit difficult
stuffs. I first searched for the word meaning of descriptive and normative which gave me more clarity on
those areas. Whenever I prepare I had a feeling that I learn something without a base. I was not able to
keep all the theories in mind. Somewhere I lacked connections. I struggled to bridge those gaps till the
day before presentation. I didn’t have full confidence in me in presenting the theories. Since I lacked
connections I thought of using support systems. I prepared a PowerPoint presentation which was of
great help during my presentation. For achieving all the standards set by my group I had to travel further
more. It was fixed that theories must be applied in the classroom. So I had to think in the application
level also. That was really a very big task for me. After a lot of brainstorming I fixed one illustration. I
prepared a PowerPoint presentation of that too. It was only on the day of my presentation I took a print
of my assignment. I felt that the time given for me to prepare the teaching theories were minimum
because it was not that much easy one. But when I was near the podium for presentation my confidence
level rose up. I understood that I can make up. Usually I don’t have stage fear. That helps me a lot

2. whenever I am there to present. This time also everything was favourable for me. I got a good audience
who interacted with me. Their cooperation also helped me a lot. Their reflections on my presentation
will also help me a lot for my improvement. I nearly took 45 min to complete my content. I was able to
finish it on time itself. I enjoyed doing the illustration part . I hope everybody had enjoyed it. Any way
the easy feeling that I felt after my presentation is something not explainable.
Jeen peter