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AnnuAl RepoRt 2014-15 Workshops

The CCRT organizes Workshops for in-service teachers of schools from all parts of the country where innovations meet
traditions. A hands-on component is also available to reassure the students that every one has the capacity to do art and
encourage creativity 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
• Integrating Craft Skills in School Education
• Theatre Arts in Education
• Other Workshops

General Activities:

• Learning of Crafts
• Selection and Completion of Projects
• Preparation of Educational Aids
• Learning of Songs in National Languages
• Quiz, Educational Games and Slide Shows
• Educational Visits
• Interaction with Local School Students
• Evaluation(s)
Role of Puppetry in Education

Puppetry has played an important role in disseminating knowledge in most parts of the world. Puppetry imbibes elements of
all art forms such as literature, painting, sculpture, music, dance, drama and enables students to develop their creative abilities.
Puppetry has been used traditionally in India as a popular and an inexpensive medium to transmit knowledge about Indian
myths and legends. Since Puppetry is a dynamic art form that appeals to all age groups, this medium of communication has been
selected to serve as an aid for imparting education in schools. The CCRT provides a comprehensive and an integrated training
in the preparation, manipulation and production of such puppet programmes which may be used in variety of formal and non-
formal teaching situations.
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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