Name of the student teacher: Tess Elizabath Tom
date of workshop: october 12 ,13
Supervisor:Sr.Gracelin Joseph
Option :Mathematics
Products made : 1)coconut shell show piece
2)coconut shell flower vase
3)Stuffed toy (dolphin)
4)Wall decor from old fiber plate
5)Flower vase from old pen
6)Pen stand from old key board
7)Aroma candle from old wax
8)Decor from old perfume bottle
The Framework and The Need of SUPW:
The present system of education is still predominantly bookish in character and generally irrelevant to the needs of society.
The National System of Education as conceived by our leaders during
the national movement for freedom and as propounded-by Mahatma Gandhi
has its genesis in work-based education. Gandhiji was against education
leading to the search for white-collared jobs. He was of the opinion
that if education is based on socially useful productive work, it would
be an instrument for personality development and social transformation.
Socially useful productive work is to be developed in the light of
the Gandhian philosophy of basic education which was work-centred. In
Basic education as propounded by Gandhiji craft occupied a pivotal
position because by education he meant drawing out of the best in the
child and man-body, mind and spirit.
According to him literacy is no education and the entire curriculum
should be woven around a basic craft. The Patel Committee has used the
expression “education in and through work” for clarifying the Gandhian
philosophy of Basic Education. Socially useful productive work is
primarily a tool of education in work, and this work education should be
imparted through work itself.
It is to emphasise the principle that education should be work
centred. Socially useful productive work aims at developing harmonious
development of the whole man, i e„ his body, mind, heart and spirit. The
programme of work-experience lacked the component of social usefulness
of subjects. But socially useful productive work has social usefulness.
It is a tool for inculcating Gandhian values, viz., truth,
non-violence, self-reliance, dignity of labour, cooperation, classless
society etc.
The Concept of SUPW:
Socially Useful Productive work has been described by the Ishwarbhai
Patel Committee as purposive, meaningful, manual work resulting into
either goods or services which are useful to the community. Manual work
becomes purposive when it meets the educational requirements.
For this purpose, it is necessary to go into the why and wherefore of
every process of the work so that it is performed intelligently and
not mechanically. A curricular activity proves meaningful when it is
related to the needs of the learner and the community to which he
belongs. It becomes more meaningful when it is related to the basic
needs, viz., food, shelter, clothing, health and recreation and
community and social service.
Socially useful productive work should be, as far as possible, be
predominantly manual. Purposive, productive work and services related
to the needs of the child and the community will prove meaningful to the
learner. Such work must not be performed mechanically, but must
include planning, analysis and detailed preparation, at every stage, so
that it is educational in essence. Adoption of improved tools and
material, where available, and the adoption of modern techniques will
lead to an appreciation of the needs of a progressive society, based on
technology.
Aim of SUPW:
The aim of this curricular area is to provide children with
opportunities of participating in social and economic activities inside
and outside the class room, enabling them to understand scientific
principles and processes involved in different types of work and in the
setting in which they are found in the physical and social environment.
To be productive the activities should result in:
(i) Either products which are directly consumable and salable or
(ii) Services having social and economic values.
To be socially useful the work activity should be relevant to meet the needs of the community and the individual child.
The criterion for selection of activities should, thus, be that the
work involved is productive, educative and socially useful. It is felt
that if socially useful productive work is given a central and dominant
place in the curriculum the gap between work and education will be
reduced, the school will not remain isolated from the community and the
gulf that divides the affluent from the weaker and poorer sections of
the community will be bridged. Such a scheme will provide equality of
opportunity for working and learning to all children irrespective of
caste, creed, sex and economic status.
Objectives:
- To give the spirit to student to do something for society and nation.
- To inspire the students to take the responsibility.
- To motivate the student to show their quality and aesthetic quality.
- To realize the student potential.
- To increase the confidence of students and sense of security.
- To know the importance of group work, co-operation.
- To help the needy, self-realisation, self-important, selflessness.
To achieve the educational objectives of this programme the problem
solving approach should be adopted. Children should be made aware of the
problems related to their needs; they should be led to arrive at
solutions by discussing the material, tools and techniques necessary for
performing such work and services.
ABOUT THE WORK I HAVE DONE
When our college suggest the work of supw me as a teacher student opted some products that can be done by reusing the waste materials especially from plastic because we know that plastic wastes is really a threat to our plannet thus as future students we need to encourage our students to reduce the use of plastic and then teach them to reuse the plastic wastes as much as possible.I think the value we as future teachers is to make a sense to our students that by reconverting waste into valuable products for reuse, we could create
further incentives for businesses to invest into such forms of recycling.I think we can't ban the plastic completly but we can manage the use of it If you are like most people, it’s difficult to make it through your day
without acquiring some form of plastic! That’s where reuse comes in.
Once the plastic is in your possession, it is your chance to be creative
and find different usages for it. Reuse plastic produce bags for
sandwiches, plastic grocery bags for small trash bags, and re-use your
plastic silverware! If you can’t find a use for something, donate it!
Not only will you be reducing waste, you’ll be helping others. Most
people skip this step and go directly to recycling, but reusing plastics
can reduce the demand for new plastics to be created.
Thus i tried to make something that can be resued from plastic and other waste products
First product is from old perfume bottle which i converted to usefull decor items with a sweet fragrance too.I think while making this kind of things we can make our home into unique way with unique pieces of decors
materials required: old perfume bottle,old beads,paper flowers
This is a wall decor from very old thrown plastic fiber plate i added a small tree like structure into the plate using maida dough(instead of air dry clay) and coir.materials required: maida dough,black acrylic paint,metalic color ,old fiber plate
This what really useful for students we know that old pens are a waste product for students i tried to make is to something useful.
materials required:old pen,black paint,glue gun ,watch box
We know that electronic wastes are always a threat to environment it is good to teach our students to reuse this kind of things into useful product.
materials required:old key board,glue gun,unused bottle
Reuse of old wax into a decor candle.
materials required: old wax,old maison jar
we know that kerala is a land of coconuts thus in supw i also tried to make something useful from coconut product for that i chose
coconut shell
This is a small show piece from coconut shell and placed it into a small tree trunk.
materials required:coconut shell,small tree trunk,glue gun,black paint,polish,sand paper
This is a flower pot from coconut shell
materials required:coconut shell,maida dough,blackpaint,gum
Next thing i tried is to make a stuffed toy we know that students always love to play with toys thus while doing supw i tried to make a small stuffed toy .
materials required: medium fur,needle ,thread,eye,fabric glue
It was really an amazing experience from our two days supw workshop held on october 12 & 13 really tried to alot of experiments in making different kind of things while taking with other students also i came to know that many of them are doing this kind of activities for the first time and it was a really good exprence and provided oppurtunity for creative self expression .
Video link to all the products mentioned in the report
