CCE Manual VI - VIII - CBSE

Continuous and Comprehensive EvaluationManual for Teachersways while learning. Students are not ‘empty vessels’ or ‘blank slates’, tobe filled up with information and knowledge that only the school cangive, as is generally believed. It is important to build experiences whicha student brings to the school. New learning needs to be based on whatthe student already knows and understands.Some important aspects are-• Every student can learn if allowed to do so at her/his own paceand follow her/his own way of learning• Students learn more through play and activities and learn betterfrom each other and if they actually ‘do’ things• Learning is a continuous process. Thus, student’s learning doesnot take place in the school. Therefore, classroom learning shouldbe linked to what happens outside the classroom and at home• Students ‘construct’ their own knowledge and do not only learnwhen and what the teacher teaches. This means that every studentmakes sense of what information he/she is exposed to based onhis/her previous experiences and learning. Only then does thestudent arrive at his/her own understanding and conclusions. Eachchild has a unique approach to acquiring knowledge. And this isa continuous process• Students at the primary stage learn better and more easily throughexperiences, play, exploration, trying out various things and actually‘doing’ different activities• Students learn in a spiral and not a linear way. Thus, revisitingconcepts again and again helps them to understand better. Theact of learning involves a process of establishing connections amongfacts observed and experienced by students. The new learning,therefore, is to be based not only on the preceding facts andinformation but could be related even to things acquired longback in school, home or elsewhere. Hence, learning does notproceed in a linear manner• Students learn through the mistakes and errors they make themselves• Learning takes place in a holistic manner, thus, an integratedapproach to learning is betterSource: NCERT93