Prakriti's trial (experiment)

Prakriti's trial (experiment) (I dont know she must be doing so many a time but I noticed first)

now my daughter is around 5 years.

just few days back, she was playing with namita's mobile and taking pictures of various things. she discovered that keeping the mobile closure to the object gives larger photo . she came to me and try taking picture of my palm. since the mobile was very close and it was blocking the light to fall on the palm. she tried to turn my hand but could not succeed. she left
then I saw her doing the trial experiment she went in front of bulb and put her hand just in front of the bulb and then keep the mobile closer to her palm. she did not succeed. then she left it and involve in some thing else.

I was happy that she has designed an experiment to natural phenomenon.

Rural-urban migration‏

I am thinking critically on the issue of Rural-urban migration‏ and disagree with the traditional way to look at it that there is no opportunity to work & education in village.
I would respond something like this
1. Yes there is no formal education in village which gives mobility but there is lot more unrecognized (by so called literate society) learning's happening in village as much I know in Indian context entire socialization of a human does not happen in school the home and the society has the first position in this education. a village youth know much more about nature and harvesting than any urban youth. S/he has batter understanding about the relation with cultivation, weather and local religious and social festivals.
2. People are migrating to city as they don't find the cultivation is recognize as reputed job by the so called literate society.

Some observations of language of my daughter

1.
Prakriti is now 3¾ years old. She can speak well in Hindi but still, yesterday she just said to me – GAPUGI TEPANA.
I asked to clarify – What?
She repeated the same; I realized that these were meaningless word. So in response of that I also said some meaningless word – TEPULI JHEPULI.
Then she reiterated the same words but this time she added a word “teddy bear” and pointed to the teddy bear. As if she wanted me to give it to her.
Now I thought she wanted to develop anew language as she has been hearing other then Hindi which she makes at time meaning of only fewer words.
I also spoke in the same way and said to her ‘TEPULI JHEPULI the teddy bear” and pointed to the teddy bear.
She now said – Yes.
I just gave it to her. She took it and start playing.


2.
Long back when she was of 3 year old. Once she called me out. She was holding a ball in her hand. She asked me to go little far away and said to me (in Hindi)– “Papa, Main Gend Fekungi Tum Katchana”(I will throw the ball you catch)
I said okay and played with her. But I was stunt by the term “Katchana” . I know she can never hear this term. It was largely Hindi atmosphere at my house she only hear English in audio visual media around. That to very minimal as I do not have TV at home.
So Let me think what she might have been doing to be able to speak this term
She might have heard the verb catch and by various context she has understood the meaning of it. Then she has also learn from n number of sentences that how and when to use the suffix in hindi verb “Na”, “Ta” etc and what does that mean when added.
I am sure nothing of this kind of grammar of language is taught throughout the word for any and a child of the age 3 (at least)learn by her own.

Pramod Maithil

does the set of signal exist

Dear Friends

We (Pramod & Javed) have been discussing the following and end with no answer and decided to take guidance from you. As it seems this belong to your interest area too.

Pramod – Why did the children play not even children but puppy, kitten etc play? It is neither their sexual need nor their stomach need. And obviously they don’t play in order to learn something.

Javed – I don’t exactly remember but when I was studying I used to think in different directions with no connection with the regular text. As if I were studying about reproduction in plant I used to think that plant might feel the sex and many such lines. I don’t know Why?

Pramod – Yes, We experience many things but we stick & store to roughly 1-2% of that. What is the source of this selection?

Is there any set of signal exist in our brain by birth which keep on growing by experiencing around?

If I say day 1 experience randomly trigger some signal and gradually in this random process develop a set of strong signal?

Is there any link of this with human development?

Javed - I have to forcefully stop myself in order to continue the study. I don’t know while forcefully stopping me, did I suppressed my development?

Let us sent this discussion to open to seek guidance for further exploration in this line.

Regards

Pramod & Javed

Learning

I am in to profession of educational research. Namita (my spouse) respects my learning’s but finds no big deal and stops me saying “don’t give lectures”. So I have concluded that she did not receive any thing in concrete about educational practice from me. She neither has any educational training.

A lady came to her few days back and asked Namita to teach her daughter. Her daughter is now around 15 year old & was expelled from school as she did not pick up reading and writing skills. The lady does small house hold labor and earns her living. She insisted that no buddy wants to teach her daughter because they are poor. Namita has accepted this challenge and said that she will work with her daughter.

I find it exciting to see her methods of teaching language which is similar to the latest researches which I have gone through. As the day one she narrated an interesting poem 4-5 times from a book to Kavita (the student). She memorized it soon and she could repeat it but she did not able to read the written text. Kavita was simply keeping her finger on the written text as she asked to do so and rhyming the poem. The word Badal (cloud) comes 3-4 times in the poem. Namita shared it to me that Kavita has now learnt to read Badal.

I was doing some work and heard that Namita is also reading with same label of difficulty as recent learner will read. Namita was actually showing Kavita to associate different sound with different letter.

She might not articulate what exactly she was doing and this she has thought her own which coincidently match with latest research trends.

So in conclusion I will say change cannot come from inside and all effort can trigger only. So working towards change should not include prepared things.

For example if we want that the teachers should develop teaching learning atmosphere in the school then the prepared pedagogy training not going to help I would suggest that we should create some space for a teacher to innovate by his/her own.

it seems that I rush through but I do not want to conclude it in my own terms please feel free to interpret your own way.

Pramod Maithil