DIET Survey Visit and Preliminary Workshop - West Bengal
Field Visits
During March 2012, a team of HBCSE members visited 7 DIETs --- Burdwan, Hoogly, Howrah, Murshidabad, Nadia, 24 Paraganas (North), 24 Paraganas (South) --- to assess the ground situation (1-2 March 2012). The team comprised of four senior faculty members, three scientific officers and postdoctoral fellows, three research scholars, one project staff.
A team of two to three members visited each DIET, collected information on the basis of a questionnaire and prior discussions about the needs and requirements, as well as the facilities available. The team members interacted with the principals, faculty and student teachers in the DIETs and wrote detailed discussion reports.
Introductory Workshop
The DIET visit was followed by two-day workshop. In West Bengal the workshop was organized in DIET Hoogly from 3-4 March, 2012. The workshop included components such as analysing classroom teaching, students' thinking, activity based learning in science, connecting science learning with the local environment, learning from problems and hands-on mathematics activities.
HBCSE Team Members: Minakshi Bhattacharya, Arindam Bose, N. D. Deshmukh, Karen Haydock, Meena Kharatmal, Arunachal Kumar, Prajakt Pande, Jayashree Ramadas, K. Subramaniam, Shikha Takker
A map showing DIETs visited in West Bengal. (Source: http://www.msmedikolkata.gov.in/maps/wbdistri_new1.jpg)
