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Role Of Paradigm In Schools

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A good school is an environment which provides relationships and governance structures that enable children to grow to their full potential, become compassionate, responsible, creative and thoughtful individuals (Tiwari, 2014). The use of paradigm in schools will improve the learning process of the learner since it is a controlling perspective that allows one to perceive and understand reality. It is of great importance that teachers know and understand the different paradigms they can use in the classroom to make sure that teaching and learning takes place.
This writing will be based on the paradigms I observed at the school where I was doing my practical last semester. I will first discuss the role of paradigms in general, the …show more content…

It will be easier for them to plan lessons accordingly.
3. Observation and critical comments
3.1. Contextualisation of my observation
It is a primary school situated in a township. It has four blocks of classrooms; each block has eight classes. Three buildings of toilet, one for girls, one for boys and one for teachers. It has an admin building with offices of the principal and HODs. The school is fenced with a lockable gate. There is a security guard, he also has a small house near the gate. The population of the school is mainly blacks. The school has an enrolment of 1280 learners (800 girls and 480 boys. It also consists of 32 level one teachers, four HODs, one principal, two admin clerks and two garden workers. The educators are females and one male. There are four ladies who works in the kitchen cooking for leaners. It has an assembly area in from of the admin building, parking lot and a playground. The school starts at twenty to eight and ends at two o’clock from Monday to Thursday and on Friday its ends at one o’clock but teachers must be at the school at quarter past seven to open the classroom because learners are not allowed to go to assembly with their bags and to settle in and be ready for the day. On Thursday afternoon its sports day, teachers and learners wear sports clothes. On Mondays, the teachers gather at the staffroom for a prayer and the briefing. The learners have assembly every day

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