Case Study Of Anita Pandey By Rebat Dhakal

TRIBHUVAN

UNIVERSITY

A CASE STUDY OF MISS ANITA PANDEY OF BRIGHT FUTURE ENGLISH SCHOOL Mrigaulia-9, Salakpur Morang

As a Talented Student

SUBMITTED TO THE FACULTY OF EDUCATION IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE BACHELOR OF EDUCATION IN PRACTICE TEACHING

By REBAT KUMAR DHAKAL Sukuna Multiple Campus Indrapur-4, Morang T. U. Regd. No.:6-1-3-676-2000 Campus Roll No.: 111 Practice Teaching Regd. No.: 5(English Group)  

A CASE STUDY OF

MISS ANITA PANDEY A Bright Star of Bright Future What’s in a name? That which we call a rose By any other name Would smell as sweet. ‐ Shakespeare

CARRIED OUT BY: REBAT KUMAR DHAKAL SUKUNA MULTIPLE CAMPUS INDRAPUR – 4, BIRATCHOWK MORANG, NEPAL  

PREFACE This ‘Case Study’ in the form of a booklet, has been prepared and designed as a practical and creative work in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the practical subject ‘Student Teaching’, suggested by T.U. to the students of B Ed third year. It is a provision that the students having passed their respective method subjects are sent for practice teaching to different schools and in the same race, the student teachers selecting a student as the case, have to observe and study various aspects of him/her and carry out a minute study called CASE STUDY. In course of my own off campus teaching (Practice Teaching) at Bright Future English School, I have selected Miss Anita Pandey, a talented and quick-witted student studying in Grade 10, for the same purpose. Bearing it as a precursor of a premier personality, I have tried my best to accomplish this very task of case study leaving no stone unturned, and I do hope it works wonders. This booklet, to cut it short, consists of eight units dealing with different topics in depth, viz. introduction to the study, significance of the study, statement of the problem, objectives of the study, delimitations of the study, methodology of the study, interpretation and analysis of the data, and conclusion and suggestions, respectively. For the preparation of it, I received immensely infallible support, information and suggestions from a good many dominant figures. For this I am grateful to my subject Miss Anita Pandey, the Pandeys, the students and all the teaching staff of Bright Future English School who actually provided me with invaluable information by answering my probing questions, without them I couldn’t claim it to be of first waters. I am really indebted to all my Gurus and Gurumas who inculcated the priceless knowledge in me at different levels of study. My parents and other family members are also the figures to deserve my immense thanks for their constant encouragement and financial support for my study. Finally yet importantly, I am to owe my special thanks to Mr. Pushpa Budhathoki, Mr. Subash Bhattarai, and Mr. Tanka Dhakal, the teachers of Rastranirman Secondary English School, Itahara, Morang who helped me computerizing this work for its better outlook. Thanks! R. K. Dhakal  

CONTENTS Unit

Topics

1. Background of the Study

1

2. Significance of the Study

2

3. Statement of the Problem

3

4. Objectives of the Study

4

5. Delimitation of the Study

4

6. Methodology of the Study

5

7. Interpretation and Analysis of the Data

8

i.

Family and Educational Background

8

ii.

Social Environment

9

iii.

Responsible factors for being Talented

10

iv.

Percentage Breakdown with the Sources of Information

10

8. Conclusion and Suggestions

 

Page Nos.

11

Unit – 1 Background of the Study / Introduction to the Study As the students of B. Ed. Third year having passed their respective method subjects are sent to different sponsoring schools for practice teaching, I am, one of them, engaged at Bright Future English School, situated at Salakpur, Mrigaulia – 9, morang. As suggested by T.U., we have to carry out a minute observation and study of a student (selecting any one from the most intelligent, outstanding, quarrelsome, indisciplined, addicted, single-minded etc.) and I have chosen Miss Anita Pandey as the most quick-witted student who is studying in grade ten, for the same purpose. Miss Anita Pandey, born on 13th Aswin, 2046 is an inhabitant of Indrapur – 8 (Budhabare), Morang and lives in a five roomed house with her parents, two sisters (Mamata[elder] and Babita [younger]), and a younger brother (Bhabin). Her sister Mamata is studying in B.A. first year at Janata Multiple Campus, Itahari and Babita and Bhabin studying in grade nine and five, respectively are the students of the same school as she is. I selected Anita for this study with some rhymes and reasons. She is indeed a selfdisciplined, honest, cooperative, and intelligent and has a strong potential to be a real somebody in future. Above all, the main reason for this choice is that she is the most talented student of her class who never leads others down the garden path. She treats all equally as brothers and sisters in a good manner. She seems to know what’s what. She is a bright eyed and bushy tailed person who is not only talented in reading and writing but also active enough in several different extra-curricular activities. She has bagged a great many prizes securing the first and uppermost positions in the field of study and social works like Child Health Care, Maternal Health Care, Human Reproduction, (as a trainee and trainer both), village sanitation and so on and so forth. She, however, frankly says that she doesn’t take much care of her own health and doesn’t take her meal in time. She makes a clean breast of it that she is a bit arrogant. Notwithstanding, she is quite A-1 in her study. She suggests her backward friends not to let the grass grow under their feet. She expects to pass the upcoming S.L.C. examination with flying colours, i.e. with distinction. She aims to be a good person and prove herself to be in first waters. Here, conducting many researches, I have tried my best to do this case study of a bright student of Bright Future, Miss Anita Pandey. The Xerox copy of the marks

 

sheet of class nine exam has also been attached herewith as a proof to prove her as a talented student. PROGRESS REPORT

 

Unit – 2 Significance of the Study This study, if I am out of woods, I must confess, cannot be a complete case study. In want of time, I couldn’t carry out a minute and thorough study to get ample details. Yet, I have to boil down the information I had as tersely as possible for the lack of space. I however, have tried to put all the information in logical sequence. Any assignment, what we people do, must have some importance without which our all efforts will go to dogs. Therefore, I do not let this study end in smoke. Some of the points of importance of this study are mentioned below. ™

It facilitates in the study and observation of other students like her

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It provides the researcher with feedback for his/her betterment in the days to come

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It serves as a mirror to the students past and present and a preview of later development

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It suggests and provides her with necessary guidelines for her better future

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It pin-points the strengths and weaknesses of the student and reinforces for further improvement

 

Unit – 3 Statement of the problem After having passed their respective method subjects, the student teachers like me are sent to different sponsoring schools for practice teaching. There they have to select a student amidst the most quarrelsome, school bunking, dull, bright and so on who are of special case. In the same course, I have chosen a bright star of bright future, Miss Anita Pandey, who is brilliant with capital B. We have to take the students and their behavior, nature, activities, mental state etc. as problem. But in my case, the problem itself seems to be a grand solution. Not to mention her academic qualities, she has already presented herself as a good, disciplined, co-operative, honest, sincere, and open minded lass in the society, her name also comes out from the mouths of babes and sucklings in her village and at school. My intention here is not just highlight her but to sort out what’s what and prove that’s flat. As the saying goes ‘Accidents may happen’, she might have many ups and downs while growing youngster. But she seems to have known to ‘quitters never win, winners never quit.’ I am preparing this case study to conclude the reasons for her intellect and plough her every detail up. Before some months as I have been observing her, being her teacher for about two years, there was bad blood between her and her two friends. But now she takes them to be her best friends. She kept herself to herself for some months. Recently they have joined up as thick as thieves. Really the teachers were taken aback by their relationship. From my observation, at the whim of their anger they might have broken the friendship and when they understood ‘two wrongs do not make a right’ and ‘to have an hour counsel of a friend is better than a whole day’s meditation’ they buried the hatchet. Now she is going hand in hand with her friends promising she’ll never burn her bridge. Being as bright as button, when she finds anybody, esp. her seniors, committing a mistake she laughs in her sleeve.

 

Unit – Four Objectives of the Study Without any objectives, the study will be a wild goose chase. So this study has been prepared with some reasonable objectives. The writer, reporter, or researcher may go astray if he/she doesn’t have some specific objective in mind. I also have carried out this study to meet the following objectives. •

To find out her family background

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To find out why she has become quick-witted

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To find out her behavior with her friends

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To find out her minor faults and weaknesses and to suggest her for betterment

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To reinforce and encourage her to expose fully and do yeoman’s service in future

 

Unit – Five Delimitation of the Study A researcher must consider the time, labor and expense to the most while carrying out it. So there should be a demarcation line for the area of study in the aforementioned criteria. Mainly for the lack of time only a few of the students of her class are involved in the interview. Face to face talk to her parents was quite tougher for me as they were too busy in their business. Whenever I go to visit and talk to them, they are away from home. So what information I got about her family background and environment was just from her and her sister and a brother who are at the same school. The conclusion of the study has been drawn with the utmost help from the class teacher and the school principal.

 

Unit – Six Methodology of the Study While doing research, we have to take the means of finding the sources of data or collecting them. In order to do that I have applied the following methodology as tools. •

Direct observation

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Interview

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Questionnaire

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Face to face talk with her friends/brother/sister

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Inquiring school teachers about her

A brief questionnaire along with her response in her own handwriting is attached herewith. QUESTIONNAIRE 1.

Name:

2.

Date of birth:

3.

Place of birth:

4.

Parents’ names with qualifications:

a.

Father:

b.

Mother:

5.

Migration(if any) when and why:

6.

Family members with qualification (except yours and your parents’)

 

7.

Occupation/ Profession:

a.

Father:

b.

Mother:

c.

Elder sister:

8.

Main source of income:

9.

Land area owned by your family:

10.

Your schooling (where/when/level and position in each class):

11.

Prizes received:

12.

Trainings:

13.

Role of family(how much supportive and inspiring):

14.

Good habits:

15.

Bad habits:

16.

Participation in social activities:

17.

Reasons to be bright in study:

18.

Unforgettable events

a.

Happy:

b.

Sad:

19.

Problematic subject(s)/why:

 

20.

Aim in life:

21.

Suggest yourself for betterment:

22.

Suggest your backward friends:

23.

The persons/ items you favor most:

a.

Teacher:

b.

Friend(s):

c.

Food:

d.

Colour:

e.

Festival(s):

f.

Subject(s):

g.

Clothing:

h.

Reading time:

i.

Music:

j.

Sports:

24.

Usual time of:

a.

Getting up:

b.

Going to bed:

25.

Interests/hobbies/leisure activities:

26.

What do you love to do?

27.

What do you feel not doing/what do you hate?

28.

A remarkable saying that has touched your heart and soul:

 

Unit – Seven Analysis and Interpretation of Data ™

Family and Educational Background

In her words she is from an average family which is able to fulfill hand to mouth problem. Born on 13th Aswin, 2046 in a rural village of Bhojpur she had to migrate to Morang after 4 years as the Pandey family like the other families in search of better life shifted to Terai. The Pandey family consists of 5 memebers. Her father, Mr. Pandey has got intermediate degree in Commerce and is thoroughly at home with business. He has run a poultry firm. So the main source of income of this family is business. Her mother, Mrs. Indrakala Pandey, a literate but uneducated middle aged woman is a real mother who provides her offspring with motherly care and wants to see them at the top of the tree in any good profession in future. As she is the second daughter (MAHILI CHHORI), nick name-KALI, her elder sister, Mamata is doing her Bachelor degree in Arts [B.A] at Janata Multiple Campus, Itahari. Her younger sister (KANCHHI) is a ninth grader and the brother she has, Bhabin is a fifth standard lad at the same school. Anita started her schooling from Janata Lower Secondary School, Budhabare (500 meters walk from her home) where she studied up to class three and she moved to Bright Future English School in search of quality education and to quench her thirst of learning English. She says with pride she never ever stood the second but first since the time of toughing the back board jungle. She doesn’t like to tell a lie, hurt others’ feelings, is quite helpful and co-operative, sincere, honest and very much curious to learn newer things. She lets the cat out of the bag that she is a bit touchy and arrogant lassie. To this stand point she sees eye to eye with her friends. Regarding her study, she is going on advancing it. She frankly tells me that nepali and Social Studies are her problematic subjects because she doesn’t get much help in these subjects as in Maths, Science, English and Account from her family. She further adds that her own negligence towards them can be the hidden reasons behind them. Let’s screw it. She is living in a five roomed single storeyed concrete house saving the joys and sorrows with each family member. Her family has owned 0-16-10 area of land. She dislikes the materialistic thinking of becoming economically strong. She  

says that she lives by a handsome remark ‘Money is something but not everything. We are rich in honesty, love and character.’ This nature loving girl seems to keep herself to herself. But when one comes close to her, s/he finds her open and frank. She always keeps an open mind on the suggestions from seniors. She has the interests of reading G.K. books, listening to music, having heart to heart with learned people, and enjoying the scenic beauty. She has proved to be a top-dog bagging a good many prizes in different competitions held in the school premises and out of the school. To mention just a few, she held the first position in District Level Speech Programme – 2059 held in Biratnagar; fourth position in National Quiz Programme -2060 held in Bhadrapur. She never forgets the moment of exaltation when she secured the First position in District Level Speech Programme on the topic ‘Importance of Reproductive Health Education to the Women’. She also can never forget the mournful mishap when she missed her maternal uncle, Prakash Thapa in a bomb blast in 2060 in Kathmandu. Regarding the aim in life she says ‘I want to be a good person but not a great one because I think being good itself is great.’ I do really appreciate her pregnant remark. She is known to it that it is not easy enough, it’s like craking a hard nut. She is trying her best to obtain it. ‘Studying hard, trying to form good habits, and nipping the bad habits in the bud are the measures,’ as she says, ‘to be adopted to kiss the goal.’ Above all, she is all and all due her family’s support and inspiration as they always give her examples of poor, but honest and good people’s lives. ™

Social Environment

Human beings being conscious and creative social animals want to make their lives easier for survival. In accordance with the demands of contemporary society, they are going on advancing their life style by dint of social progress. The Pandey family is no exception to the truth ‘society moulds our lives even between the devil and the deep blue sea’. The family has been fluctuated a lot. However, they are doing all the best they can do to make the society still better. The society where she has been brought up seems careless though the Pandeys are playing their roles in the same swing. But they are quite conscious about providing their offspring with good education. Having seen the progress of the Pandeys, the

 

society members are being more conscious. Now the whole society seems to be well aware of importance of education, co-operation and mutual trust. To cut a long story short, the society itself has forced her to step forward in the right track. In her view, casting an evil eye over anything or anybody without anything wrong with them is a harmful and sinful act. She has involved herself in different social activities like village sanitation, providing basic training to women related to infant and maternal health care etc. she suggests her backward friends not to let the grass grow under their feet. Anyway, the society has contributed a lot to bring her up to this stage. ™

Responsible Factors for being Talented

All the family, society and school environment are quite crucial to lead a person to the right track or down the garden path. The responsible factors behind her talent have been mentioned at times. Yet, I have put some of those factors to the point in order to facilitate anyone to have a clear understanding of such factors at a glance. ¾

Family is fully supportive in her study, i.e. she has been being guide by her father (in account), elder sister (in other subjects) and she herself is very smart and active in learning.

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She has a good mother who loves her like mad. Whose motherly care and affection has added more energy in her study.

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School teachers’ continuous support, inspiration, and teachings.

¾

Co-operative and friendly behavior among classmates.

¾

Her own personal interest and labor in study.

¾

She wears her heart on her sleeve, so nobody wants her get into murky water

¾

She is brilliant, as it seemed, she has the inborn potential of talent, and however, it is something to be developed.

 

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Percentage Breakdown with the sources of Information S. No.

Source of Information

Average Percentage

1.

Interview (oral)

25

2.

Questionnaire

40

3.

Face to face talk (with her kith and kin)

15

4.

Written and oral interview (with her friends)

10

5.

Inquiring teachers

5

6.

Direct observation

5

Total

 

100

Unit – Eight Conclusion and suggestion Conclusion As it goes ‘the proof of the pudding is in the eating’, I have tried my best to prove that Miss Pandey is not a Handy-Pandy-Jack-a- Dandy but a would be patriotic, pious and useful citizen who can face life boldly and accept its challenges with courage, conviction and wisdom. Seemingly simple lass not niffy-naffy about her clothing doesn’t think she’s Miss BIG. But the two sisters, Anita and Babita are much of a muchness – quick tempered. Not with standing, she has a mother who is as much a friend to her as a mother, and has the luck of getting such a sister Mamata,who are not so much sisters as friends. Mamata and her mother are the true guardians in the real sense as her father is quite busy in his business deal. As she complains some teachers have just muddied the water by not providing necessary guidelines for her study as she has to break the record of the school with Arated results. She has love and respect for poor Jacks and Johns. She doesn’t keep mum if she notices such people especially for female dominated; she will even be ready to dice with death. She wants to utilize her knowledge and power in the nick of time. There is no royal road to making oneself bright. It is too much of an intellectual process. As far as it goes, she has stood herself in the front row. She is much the best student to the backbone. Suggestions We shall be only too glad if Anita doesn’t become stuck up, considering the fact that flying off the handle doesn’t get her anywhere. Many a man cares deeply about their own life, so should she do thinking of her upcoming SLC. Here I have a strong suggestion to the school teachers for her good (she sees eye to eye with me at this point), ‘Education certainly is a failure when it is simply cramming the girl’s head with a lot of disjointed facts powered into the heads as into the empty basket, to be emptied out in the exam hall and the empty basket carried out again in the world.’ So in this respect, we teachers should be aware enough to which summit we leading them up.  

She is industrious, yet there is space for being more diligent so that she won’t have to laugh on the wrong side of the mouth after her ordeal. I do not mean that she should always be on tender hooks about the exam. If there’s one thing I loathe it’s people who are not true to their words. ‘Veracity always pays,’ she says, ‘I have kept this proverb.’ She should never bust it up. Her aim in life sounds good – ‘to be a good but not a great person because being good itself is great’. She’d better start doing something in order to kiss her solo aim rather than just talking about it. Last but not least, how about dropping out the bad habits and picking up good habits? She should remember for her betterment ‘a wise enemy is better than a crowd of wicked friends’. We should also adopt the good qualities of the people who do not like us, shouldn’t we? Go on advancing your study. Do not care a damn about the thorns on your way because you have to make headway. Be amiable, cheerful and sincere. To obtain anything you like immediately is like getting blood out of a stone, so have patience; everything will go alright. I wish success in every walk of her life. Thanks!

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