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collected. It consists of five chapters namely; i.) Our Vision, ii.) Art Education, iii.)
Indian Perspective, Initiatives and Achievements in the field of Art Education, iv.)
Road Ahead and v) Success Stories from the Field. The Report was presented in
the second UNESCO World Conference on Art Education, Seoul, South Korea by
the Indian delegation, led by Smt. Purandeshwari, Minister of State, MHRD,
Government of India.
Copies of the report were distributed among official representatives of UNESCO
and its member countries. It was highly appreciated and attracted discussions
and consultations. The report has been placed on the DEAA website for wider
use of the same.
Development of Training Package for the Primary and Upper Primary
Teachers on Arts Education
Implementation of art education in schools as envisaged by NCF-2005, depends
a great deal on the teachers involved in the teaching-learning of the subject.
They are in need of adequate training on appropriate teaching-learning methods
and of good quality instructional as well as reference materials. The training
package is multi-media in nature, supported by number of video productions.
Its main focus is on ‘Integration of Arts with Other School Subjects’ with an
objective to educate in-service teachers of primary classes.
The try-out edition of training package is complete. It consists of seven
modules and provides knowledge and training on: what is arts education? what
all comes under arts education? methods, materials and techniques of different
art forms, understanding the ‘Child ‘and ‘Child Art’, why art education? arts
education for inclusive education, integration of arts with other subjects, arts
and ice-breakers, evaluation in arts education, arts in day-to-day activities of
the school, appreciation of arts, role of art and craft museums in education and
role and responsibilities of a teacher/facilitator in teaching of arts at
primary level.
Target group of the training package are teacher educators and teachers of
primary level of education. To make it need specific, the methodology of focus
group discussion with teachers teaching Classes I-V and teacher educators of
DIETs were used. Need based modules; keeping pedagogic convenience of the
user in view was developed on the basis of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
by Teachers and Teacher Educators. The modules are designed to cater to the
needs of the trainer/facilitator as well as the trainee. It is interactive in nature
and provides space for exploration and addition at source. There are videos and
power point presentation to make every module simple and effective. It also
provides guidelines for Mass Training on ‘how to use’ the training package.
Translation (Hindi Version) of the Textbooks for Visual Arts (2), Graphic
Design (1) and Heritage Crafts (1)
The Department has developed and introduces two new subjects of Heritage Crafts
and Graphic Design and also developed textbooks for the senior secondary stage.
The Hindi translation of these books have also been prepared and sent for publication.
Since the textbooks in these subjects have been made for the first time and in
absence of a standard technical dictionary it has been a tough task to make the
Hindi version print worthy. The translation of the textbooks were vetted in
workshops where authors, subject experts, translators and teachers participated
and discussed the terms and phrases. The department has also developed the
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