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WORKSHOPS
The centre
organizes workshops for teachers and educators to introduce
innovative concepts and practices being implemented in various
aspects of education. The workshops are lead by professionals
and experts, who provide fresh and new perspectives to
educators. The workshops are a vibrant space for interaction
with peers and professional leaders to share experiences,
ideas, discuss problems and solutions in a
spirit of sharing and learning.
A summary of the
workshops held so far is provided below. If you would like to
know more about the workshops, please contact us at goodteachers@mantraonline.com.
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THEATRE
IN EDUCATION
A
workshop
lead
by Maya Rao Tuesday,
16 December 2003, 11.30am to 1.30
pm
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Maya
Krishna Rao is well-known for her innovative work in
Theatre-In-Education (TIE).
She talked about and
presented a film on a unique hands-on workshop to bring
theatre to the classroom. The workshop was put together with
Biddy Coghill, an established TIE practitioner. The workshop
focused on techniques of theatre and participatory teaching
that can be used in the classroom to enliven the study of
subjects, making it relevant and enjoyable for
children and also to create a platform to articulate problems
and issues. The film, by Surajit Sarkar showed how
the workshop evolves in a classroom situation in a few
schools in New Delhi.
press
clippings
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PUPPETS IN THE
CLASS
A workshop lead by Ms Evelien
Pullens
Monday, 12 January
2004, 2.00pm to 4.00 pm
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Evelien
Pullens is a professional puppeteer, story writer, dancer and
actor from the Netherlands. She concluded a long workshop with
children of the Kattaikuttu Youth Theatre School at
Kancheepuram. Her workshop highlighted the use
of puppets in the classroom
and
their use in teaching, learning, enhancing creativity. She
shared her experiences in the classroom. She showed how
puppets can be made with different materials and how they can
be manipulated. She showed slides of her work with
children in India. This was followed by a discussion on how to
stimulate creativity
press clippings
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MAKING HISTORY RELEVANT IN THE
CLASSROOM
A
workshop lead by Ms Simantini Dhuru Monday,
23 February 2004, 2.00pm to 4.00
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Simantini
Dhuru, from Avehi-Abacus, Mumbai,
conducted a workshop on History teaching
in classrooms. The workshop is based on the Sangati kit designed and
developed by Avehi-Abacus, an NGO
that
promotes empowerment through education. Sangati is a
thought-provoking series of six interactive
teaching-learning kits that attempts to make school education
more relevant and vibrant by enhancing the quality of
what is taught and how it is taught. She
discussed examples from the kit and shared how
world history can be related to everyday life in regular
school set-up. She described the organization of the various
modules in the kit and how every session in the kit
can be transacted in the classroom. She focused
on understanding history as a living subject rather than
a certain mass of pre-selected information.
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TEACHING POETRY WORKSHOP
A workshop lead by Suniti Namjoshi,
Monday and Tuesday, 9-10 August,
2004 |
Suniti
Namjoshi, renowned poet and writer, conducted a 2-day workshop on teaching poetry in
classrooms. The workshop focussed on introducing literature and
poetry as an experience. Suniti has conducted many poetry workshops
and courses on the web. The workshop jointly organised by the
British Council and Goodbooks Teachers Centre was attended by
teachers and educators working with children.
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KATHAI VAZHI KALVI WORKSHOP
A workshop in Tamil lead by Jeeva Raghunath, Monday, 10 October, 2004, 2.00pm to 4.00pm |
Jeeva Raghunath, a professional story teller from Chennai, conducted a workshop on learning through storytelling
The workshop provided teachers with a method of selecting, preparing and presenting a story in classrooms. There were discussions on how language skills can be developed and nurtured in children, through stories and related activities. Jeeva also demonstrated how to use voice modulation, dramatisation and body language while telling a story.
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