E-learn Task - My comments on Video Clip 1 on Social Cohesion

Based on video clip 1 on social cohesion, the stereotype reflected is that Indians are messy and eat oily food, as Vanessa thought that her Mathematics textbook would be stained if she lends it to Carol, as suggested by Izzah.

I like the way the video was designed. Two simple and straightforward ideas are presented in a comic-style, which is engaging and relevant to our society. What I learnt from the video clip in regards to values education is that differences in culture of races can provide opportunities to develop values in students such as understanding and tolerance. I think the two ideas from the video are good points to get pupils to talk about to understand how similar or different and unique they are compared with others.

To promote social cohesion, teachers can educate children by explaining the rationale behind people’s actions and using stories that has good morals to foster values in their students. Taking ideas from the video, as a teacher, I could ask the pupils to find out what are their preferences in food, what they cannot eat and why, also who are the friends they mix with, what are their races and what are their feelings about them. These discussion topics would probably lead students to understand differences in races and cultural practices and they will learn to appreciate the differences, learn to think creatively and overcome issues, and live in harmony.

Well, there is nothing in particular that I disagree with or dislike about in the video clip, other than some of the words in the speech bubbles seems to be in a mess. That’s all I have to comment.

Cheers,
Jennifer

A little help with the essay

I happen to come across this website from the NUS Centre for Development of Teaching and Learning (CDTL) ... look at the left side of the page under archives... May be some words from the professionals there can give us an idea of what to write in the essay too...
http://www.cdtl.nus.edu.sg/brief/

Cheers!