Teacher Education

1. Community resources for social studies

2. Types of Community Resources
Michaelis(1972)

3.  Study or field trips (Industries, Museums)
 Field studies (Housing, pollution, transportation)
 People to interview (Travelers, Police)
 Resource visitors (panel, individuals)
 Service and other organizations(Red cross, clubs)
 Service projects (safety, cleanup)

4.  Local current events(Campaigns, drives)
 Recreational resources (Parks, Museums)
 School Resources ( collections, teachers)
 Publications and visual media (Newspapers
, bulletins)
 Television, radio (Travel programs, news)

5. Classification of Community Resources

6.  Resources of Geographical Interest
 Resources of Historical Interest
 Resources of Cultural Interest
 Resources of Economic Interest
 Resources of Scientific Interests
 Resources of Civic Interests
 Government Buildings
 Forms of Social Control

7. Methods of Utilizing Community Resources

8. Taking the school to the Community
Field Trips
Community Service
Social Survey Clubs

9. Bringing Community to the
School
a. Celebration of Festivals
b. The School as a Social Recreational and
Cultural Centre
c. Adult Educational Centres
d. School Library
e. Resource Visitors
f. Parent-Teachers Association
g. Exhibitions
h. Career Conferences
i. Educational Conferences

10. Role of Teacher in Utilizing
Community Resources

11. • The teachers should show considerable patience
and tact in dealing with parents
• He should not mind facing a rebuff at the hands
of parents
• He should allow parents to talk voluntarily
• He should make a thorough study of the child’s
problems, his abilities, limitations and assets and
discuss these with their parents

12. • He should not let the parents has the idea that the
teacher is prejudiced against his child
• He should offer suggestions to the parents in a
polite and convincing manner
• He should make the parents realize that he is
sincerely interested in the welfare of the child
• He should impress upon the parent that he is also
an active partner in the education of the child