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Workshops
AnnuAl RepoRt 2011-12 hands-on component is also available to reassure the students that every one has the capacity to do art and encourage creativity
The CCRT organizes Workshops for in-service teachers of schools from all parts of the country where innovation meets tradition. A

and sensitivity in them. They are introduced to discipline based art education and engage in activities that model successful
implementation. These Workshops helps teachers to integrate the arts across the curriculum and provide methodologies of
cultural inputs in curriculum teaching. The various Workshops organized by the CCRT are as given below:-

• Role of Puppetry in Education
• Role of Schools in Conservation of the Natural and Cultural Heritage
• Socially Useful Productive Work/Work Experience
• Theatre Arts in Education
• Other Workshops

General Activities:

• Preparation of Educational Aids
• Selection and completion of Projects
• Quiz, Educational Games and Slide Shows
• Learning of Crafts
• Learning of Songs in National Languages
• Educational Visits
• Interaction with local school students
• Evaluation(s)

Role of Puppetry in Education

Role of Puppetry in Education is an educational Workshop in which puppets do so more than teach. The teachers are empowered
to talk about really important and sometimes difficult issues, including bullying, child abuse, drugs, autism, health and cultural
differences. These Workshops are recognized nation-wide for their success in teaching specific prevention, leaderships and
problem-solving skills while encouraging children to act pro-socially in their schools and community.

Aims of the Workshop

• To introduce puppetry as an aid to education
• To teach preparation and manipulation of various forms of puppets
• To prepare educational scripts and programmes for teaching curricular subjects through puppetry

• To enable teachers to acquire knowledge about traditional puppet forms of India and to provide them with an
opportunity to interact with traditional puppeteers
• To encourage teachers to improvise inexpensive teaching aids and to make creative activities for students an integral
part of classroom teaching

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