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Therefore it is necessary to orient teachers and teacher educators by a package
to handle new textbooks in history developed by NCERT in actual classroom
situation, in designing and carrying out activities beyond textbooks and outside
schools.
Development of a Mini Gallery for the Depiction of Eco-friendly Tribal
Life and Cultures of North East India and Subsequent Sensitisation
Programme at NERIE
Sample eco-friendly craft from different states of North East India viz, Arunachal
Pradesh, Sikkim, Manipur, Tripura, Assam and Mizoram were collected and
displayed in the gallery. These crafts reflect the sense of artistry and proficiency
of the tribal people. Their aesthetic sense is amply reflected in the matching colour,
arrangements of innumerable designs, such as coloured stripes and bonds, etc
in their garments, ornaments, etc. Typical musical instruments, fishing
implements, pottery, and basketry all depict the culture, traditions and the way
of life of the indigenous tribal people of North East. This gallery will go a long way
in the promotion and dissemination of culture and life of North East tribal people.
Capacity Building for the Teachers of Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram
and Tripura on Action Research
The programme was conducted at SCERT, Abhoynagar, Agartala from 17 to 21
August 2010. Teacher educators, DRC functionaries, teachers from the schools
of Arunachal Pradesh and Tripura participated in the programme. The main
objectives of the programme were to aware and familiarise the participants with
the relevance of action research in teaching profession, salient features and steps
involved in action research, and to experience with the development of proposal.
The programme course includes identification of research problem, writing, title
and objectives and formulating hypothesis, concept of research design,
development of tools for action research, data collection, analysis of data, testing
of hypothesis and interpretation in action research in the context of school
teachers. Feedback was collected in the form of individual assignment on
development of proposal for action research in the selected areas.
Short Term Training Programme for the Teachers of Meghalaya,
Mizoram, and Tripura on Environmental Studies
The programme organised at NERIE, Shillong from 1 to 5 January 2011 with
the objectives to aware the teachers with the causes and factors for environmental
degradation, need for conservation and restoration of environment, means and
ways for integrating environmental education with other subjects and strategies
of teaching in terms of exposure to immediate surroundings for real
understanding and teaching through activities. Teachers from secondary and
higher secondary Schools of Meghalaya participated in the programme. The
content of the programme were status of Environmental Studies and shortcomings
in school system, importance of language in teaching-learning of Environmental
Studies, place of local knowledge in Environmental Studies teaching, global
warming, climate change water quality and testing for quality, role of forest in
maintaining ecological balance in general. The environmental problems of North-
Eastern Region such as water pollution in Meghalaya, soil erosion, shifting
cultivation and deforestation in the states of Meghalaya, Mizoram and Tripura
were also discussed. Emphasis was also given on the curricular issues of EVS in
the context of Meghalaya state.
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