INTEGRATIVE LEARNING

LEARNING UNIT 1

THREE SITUATIONS

ABOUT THE UNIT

You will be reading about three learning events happening in Class VII
English period in three different schools. Three English language teachers-
Ms. Nisha, Mr. Ajay, & Ms. Radha -are teaching a funny lesson ‘The Invention
of Vita Wonk’. The three learning events are titled Situation-1, Situation-2,
and Situation- 3. Read the situations carefully.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES
After the end of the learning unit, the learner will be able to
describe the difference in the three learning situations,
mention the learning situation/s linking different subjects,
explain the learning situation giving max learner satisfaction

CONTENT

SITUATION-1
Monica is a Class VII student in St. Caramel School. Ms. Nisha
is teaching a funny story-The Invention of Vita- Wonk in the class. Monica
doesn’t understand how any man can determine the age of a tree which lives
for thousands of years. She asks her teacher who shrugs it off by saying that
her question is irrelevant to the lesson.
SITUATION 2:
Prativa is a Class VII student in Government Girls High school.
Mr. Ajay is teaching-The Invention of Vita-Wonk- in their class. Prativa
doesn’t understand how a man can determine the age of a tree which has
lived four thousand years and more. She asked the question to her teacher
in the previous class. Mr. Ajay enters the class with their science teacher,
Ms. Jyotsna. She explains that the age of a tree is determined from the rings
around it.

SITUATION 3:
Binod is a Class VII student in a Kendriya Vidyalaya. Ms.
Radha is teaching a funny story from their English textbook-The Invention
of Vita-Wonk. Binod doesn’t understand how the age of a tree can be
determined.
Ms. Radha enters the class with their science teacher, Mr.
Bipin. Both take the children in batches to the coconut trees in the school
campus. The trees have a placard that shows their botanical name and the
year of plantation. Mr. Binod shows them the rings on the trees and asks
the children to count. They count the rings and match the number with the
year of plantation shown on the placard. Mr. Binod explains that the age of
a tree is determined by its rings.
LET’S SUM UP:

❖ Three English teachers are teaching the same lesson-The Invention of Vita
Wonk- in class VII.
❖ The students have a problem- how the age of a tree can be determined.
❖ The first teacher, Ms. Nisha dismisses the question by her student as
irrelevant to the lesson.
❖ The second teacher, Mr. Ajay takes the help of the science teacher who
explains by saying that the rings around a tree determine its age.
❖ The third teacher, Ms. Radha, along with the science teacher, takes the
children to the Vidyalaya garden, shows them the rings on the coconut
trees, and asks them to match the rings with the plantation date on the
placard.

CHECK YOUR UNDERSTANDING

1. Answer the questions briefly.

A. Which situation exemplifies the least involvement of the
teacher?
B. Which situation exemplifies the greatest involvement of the
teacher/s?
C. Which situation exemplifies experiential learning?
D. Which situation shows that the learner problem is partially
satisfied?
E. Which situation exemplifies the greatest learner satisfaction?
2. Mention True/False against the following statements.

A. Situations 2 & 3 show linking of different concepts/subjects.

B. Situations 2 & 3 show that learning is geared towards problem
solving.
C. Situation 2 shows that the learner problem is solved
experientially.

(ANS: 1. A- 2, B- 3, C- 3, D- 2, E- 3: 2. A- True, B- True, C- False