PEER TEACHING

 PEER TEACHING

Peer teaching is a teaching and learning strategy were students teach other students. Peer teaching has a great role and importance in the teacher education program. Through peer teaching students receive more time for individualized learning. Direct interaction between students promote active learning. Peer teaching reinforces their own learning by instructing the peers. Students feel more comfort and open when interacting with the peers. As per the instruction of university of Kerala our second phase teaching practice were started with peer teaching.

The peer teaching started on 25 january,2021. I thought the lessons from the VIII standard S C E R T biology text book. I taught the lessons food security, crisis in the field of agriculture, fertile soil, microbial fertilizer and IPM. I prepared various learning aids. At the first class I became little bit nervous and some mistakes were made. from the next class onward I taught the confidently. I improved my language ability and time management.