Community Living camp report

 

1.INTRODUCTION

The Community Living camp, a compulsory activity of second-year B.Ed program was held on January 20,21 and 22 in GCTE Thiruvananthapuram. The theme of the camp was “YOUTH FOR PREVENTION AND MITIGATION”. It was an unforgettable experience that created a huge bonding between children and teachers of this institute. Principal of this institute Dr.Rajeswari K was the convener of the Community living camp. Dr.Kumar V (Assistant Professor of Tamil) was the Coordinator of this camp. Dr. AV Sujith (Assistant Professor of geography) Dr. V K Santhosh Kumar (Assistant Professor of Social Sciences) Dr. V. K. Shobha (Assistant Professor, Department of technology) and Mrs. Shaiba TC (Assistant Professor, Department of sanskrit) were the Assistant Co-ordinators of the camp.

 

 

  Curricular Objectives

• To promote social accommodation and broaden the mental abilities of the student teachers.
• To promote the democratic nature and involvement of the student teacher in planning and implementing educational activities.
• To develop critical thinking about social issues related policies / approaches in Education.
• To inquire into the cultural, Social, Scientific, Educational and environment aspects of a community.
• To develop an interest to train the body and mind for a well balanced personality.

THEME OF THE CAMP - 2021: YOUTH FOR PREVENTION AND MITIGATION

Objectives of the community living camp

1. To develop an understanding of the need for learning to live together.
2. To create an awareness of health and wellness among student teachers.
3. To develop the self and mutual adjustment among student teachers.
4. To develop an awareness about the nurturing of learned capabilities.
5. To develop an awareness about the importance of aerobics in day to day life situations.
6. To make teaching – learning simple and life – oriented.
7. To develop an understanding of the psychological factors in making teacher - effectiveness.
8. To provide a practical awareness on the role of counselling and its effectives,
9. To understand the role played by community towards the socially disadvantaged and the mentally challenged students.
10. To provide practical experience in the preparation of socially useful productive works.
11. To broaden the mental horizon of student teachers.
12. To develop social, cultural and educational values among the prospective student teachers.

 

BROCHURE OF THE COMMUNITY LIVING CAMP

GOVT. COLLEGE OF TEACHER EDUCATION,
THYCAUD, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM
Community Living Camp - 2021
January 20, 21 & 22

Day 1 - 20/01/2021, Wednesday

12.30 - 01.00 PM : Registration

01.00 – 01.30 PM : Inagural Session

Prayer : Jeena Franklin (Maths)

Welcome : Aparna. I. Joy (English)

Presidential Address : Dr.Rajeswari. K, Principal, GCTE

Inauguration : Smt. DhanyaSanal. K, IIS

(Defence Spokersperson)

Felicitations : Sri. Bhuvanendran Nair. V (Advocate & Faculty of Law)
Dr. A. V. Sujith, Associate Professor, Dept. of Geography
Dr. V. K. Santhosh Kumar, Asst. Prof, Dept. of Social Science
Vote of Thanks : Krishna. S. Nalin (N.S)

Session - 1
01.30 – 04.30 PM
Topic : “Gender Justice in Constitution of India”
Welcome : Sreelekshmi. V (S.S)
Resource Person : Sri. Bhuvanendran Nair. V
(Advocate & Faculty of Law)

03.00 - 03.15 PM : Tea Break

03.15 - 04.30 PM : Continuation of the Session
Vote of Thanks : Sheena Krishna. S. O (Mal)

Session 2 – Online
06.30 PM – 08.00 PM
Topic : “Teacher as a Mental Health Educator”
Welcome : Ashitha. T. Kallany (Com)
Resource Person : Dr. Justin Padamadan
(Clinical Psychologist)
Vote of Thanks : Akhil. M. U (SS)

Day 2 - 21/01/2021, Thursday

Session 3
09.30 AM - 12.30 PM
Topic : “മനസ് നന്നാവട്ടെ”
Welcome : DhanyaVikraman (Eng)
Resource Person : Sri. BrahmanayakamMahadevan
(An Eminent Teacher)

11.00 - 11.15 PM : Tea Break

11.15 - 12.30 PM : Continuation of the Session
Vote of Thanks : GreeshmaSujathan (Maths)

12.30 - 01.30 PM Lunch Break

Session 4
01.30 AM - 04.30 PM
Topic : “Theatre as a Teaching Technique”
Welcome : Niya. M. S (Maths)
Resource Person : Dr. J. Thulaseedharakurup
Honorary Director,
Stage India Performing Arts Study & Research Centre

03.00 - 03.15 PM : Tea Break

03.15 - 04.30 PM : Continuation of the Session
Vote of Thanks : Anjana. A. G (Sanskrit)

Day 3 - 22/01/2021, Friday

Session 5
09.30 AM - 12.00 PM
Topic : “കവിതയും ജീവിതമും”
Welcome : Greeshma. R. G (Geography)
Resource Person : Sri. Girish Puliyur
(Poet)
11.00 - 11.15 PM : Tea Break
11.15 - 12.30 PM : Continuation of the Session
Vote of Thanks : Divya. M. K (SS)

12.00 - 01.00 PM Lunch Break

Session 6
01.00 PM - 03.00 PM
Topic : “നാടകമേ ഉലകം”
Welcome : Dhanya. A. R (English)
Resource Person : Sri. JayasagarKottiyam
(Director, The Act NatakaSangam)
Vote of Thanks : Anija (English)

03.00 - 03.15 PM : Tea Break

03.15 - 04.00 PM : Valedictory Session
Welcome : Parvathy. L. S (N.S)
Presidential Address : Dr.Rajeswari. K, Principal, GCTE
Inagural Address : Dr. J. Lidson Raj, Associate Prof. (Rtd), GCTE
Felicitations : Smt. Shiba. T. C, Asst. Prof.
Mr. Vinayakan. V. S, Student Co-ordinator
Feed Back of the Students
Vote of Thanks : Dr. S. Kumar, Camp Co-ordinator

CAMP SESSIONS

The community living camp, which lasted for three days, consisted of 6 sessions.

Inauguration (20/01/2021)

The first day of the camp, began on January 20, 2021 with the registration process of students. The inauguration of the camp, which started at 1.40 pm on the same day, was done by a civil service officer, Dhanya who is renewed as the first women who entered the agasthyarkudam hill. Aparna I joy of 2nd year B.Ed English Department welcomed the gathering. The presidential addressing of gathering was done by Dr. Rajeswari K (Government College of Teacher Education, Thiruvananthapuram). Dr. AV Sujith, Dr. Santhosh kumar also provided felicitations. camp Coordinator Kumar sir  gave a brief description of the camp. Anjana S (2^nd year B.Ed English Department) was the anchor of the program.

Session 1 (20/01/2021)

The first session was on the topic of ‘Gender Equality in the Constitution’.  Adv Bhuvanedran Nair V provided a class on laws against gender discrimination. He provided a clear idea about laws which protects women and children from any kind of violence and exploitation. Abjini Merin roi, Akhil U, vismi V, Suraya V and sreelakshmi V said feedback to the class. Sheena krishna said vote of thanks for the meeting. The session was ended on 4 pm with national anthem.

 

Session 2 (20/01/2021)

 The second session was a topic related to psychology .this session was handled by Dr. Justin Padamadan. He was a clinical psychiatrist and he talked about the topic "mental health". he spoke about the various causes and mental traumas that came along with Covid 19. He spoke about mental well being of teachers, Akhil M U welcomed the online gathering and vote of Thanks was proposed by Aashitha t kallani. The session started at 6.40 ap and ended at 8.15 pm.

Day 2 (21/01/2021)

 

On the second day, the programmes started at 9.45 am, the camp began with the prayer. Report of the first day of the camp was presented by Anija.  

 

Session 3

The theme of the section was “Manassu Nannavatte”. Famous teacher and motivational speaker Sri BrahmaNayakam Mahadevan handled this session. He is a teacher of special education having a good experience in teaching differently-abled children. He was a person with full of positive energy and charisma and he transacted that positive vibe to all his audience. He told his vide variety of stories in his teaching experience which generated an interest in teaching. He provided group activities to all students and all of them have taken part in various group activities. He encouraged students to do a short film on the topic ‘Covid and the child’. At the end of the session, he displayed all the short films to the audience and this was a great experience. The session ended at one o'clock in the afternoon.

Dhanya Vikraman from English department welcomed the session and
Greeshma Sujathan from geography department proposed Vote of thanks.

Rinoja, Vidya Raj, Sreelakshmi A, Sreelekshmi V, Aparna I Joy provided feedback to the session.

 

session 4

The fourth section of camp was handled by Dr. Thulasidhara Kurup who is the Director of an organisation naming Stage India Performing Arts And Study Center. He provided a class on "Theater as a Teaching Technique". 

He discussed about how to use theatre techniques in the teaching method and how to use the subjects in a fully-fledged manner to deal the students in an interesting way. He also transacted about how to improve demonstration skill of certain topics. He had given a number of group activities to transact content such as poems and short stories in languages. Niya M S welcomed the session and Anjana AG provided vote of thanks for the session and Nithin CP and Shibina shared their reviews on the class.

 Third Day (22/01/2021)

Section 5

 The last day of the Community living camp was dedicated to ‘Poetry and Drama’. Section 5 on the subject of "Poetry and Life", Mr. Girish Puliyoor, a renewed poet, started a conversation with students about his poetic life. The talk and poem recitation was much energetic. He performed his poems in a rap-freestyle which encouraged younger generation of student teachers. His talk given emphasis to feminism and female perspective which really encouraged women in the gathering to speak up against all odd practises, exploitation etc. The session which began at 9 a.m. ended at 1 p.m.
Greeshma G R welcomed the session and Divya M K proposed vote of thanks. Blessy B J , Sreenath G, Shibina expressed feedback to this session.

Section 6

The last session of the camp was handled by famous stage performer and theatre artist Jayasagar Kottiyam. He explained us about making of various kinds of improvised teaching materials. He also taught us about he usage of mouth, tongue, face expression, voice etc in real classrooms. At the end of the session he arranged the students in group and directed each group to prepare a mini play on a topic selected from news paper. all the students also took part in collaborative work and it was a great experienc. The session started at 1.40 pm and ended at 4.45 pm.

Valedictory function

The closing ceremony began at 4.45 pm with a prayer service. Sinimol scaria from Malayalam department welcomed the section .Dr. Rajeswari K(Principal Government College of Teacher Education), Backbone and assistant coordinator of the camp Dr.AV Sujith (Assistant Professor, Department of geography) Shaiba (Assistant Professor Department  of sanskrit) Dr. Santhosh kumar (Assistant Professor, Department of Social Sciences) was also present. Vinayakan VS, a 2nd B.Ed student from geography Department addressed the audience. Subsequently, the certificate were issued to all student who participated in camp. Sreenath from social science department gave overall feedback about the camp on behalf of all the students. The function ended at 5.15 am with national anthem.

 

Appendix

Registration Committee

• Sreenath G (social science)

• Ashalatha (social science)

 • Gayathri L (Sanskrit)

 • Sathya J K (Tamil)

• Parvathy.B.R (Commerce)

 

 Finance Committee

• Sahanna S S (Hindi)

• Jeena Franklin (Mathematics)

• Sunitha B (Commerce)

• Aswathy M Nair (Physical Science)

 

 Media and PR Committee

• AbjiniMerin Roy (L) (social science)

 • Athira B Prabhakaran (Geography)

 • Megha Basheer (Mathematics)

 

 Documentation Committee

 • Anjana S (English

• Anija U (English)

• Vismi V (English)

 Food and cleaning committee

• Aswan V S (Physical Science)

• Shaiju (social science)

 • Akhil M U (social science)

• Vijayan E K (social science)

 • Nimisha A (Physical Science)

• Divya (social science)

• Sreeleshmi ( ps)

 • Jayanthi (tamil)

• Sudina P V (malayam)

Duties of each commitee

 Registration Committee: - The function of the Registration Committee is to compile the information about the second year B.Ed student who has been selected for the camp and to provide them with the required details and details.

 Finance Committee: - Their task is to carry out financial transactions related to Kayambu.

Documentation Committee: -They are responsible for compiling and presenting the details of the activities related to camp.

Food and Cleaning Committee: Their task is to deliver food and boats to students and teachers in a timely manner.

CONCLUSION
the three days Community Living Camp provided a different learning experience for all student teachers. The three day community living camp helped students and teachers to build a relationship among each other. Many creative teaching techniques were learned from this camp and it enhanced teaching skills, explanation skills, presentation skills etc.  Cooperation among student teachers developed in a logarithmically increasing manner. The camp provided more friendships, healthy relationships, understanding one’s own strength and weakness and this c amp helped many people to reach their maximum potential.