1. The document discusses the importance of utilizing community resources for teaching and learning. It identifies several key community resources like places of civic, cultural, economic, geographic, historical, and scientific interest that can be used. 2. It outlines two main methods for utilizing community resources - taking the school to the community through field trips, and bringing the community to the school through activities like celebrating local festivals, adult education programs, school exhibitions, and educational conferences. 3. Teacher cooperation is essential for effective use of community resources. Teachers should build strong relationships with parents and view them as partners in education. Teachers also need patience and effective communication skills when working with parents.

1. ONLINE
ASSIGNMENT
TOPIC: COMMUNITY RESOURCES
Submitted by,
Reshmi V R
Reg No. 18214303027
PhysicalScience

2. INDEX
Serial No: Content Page No
1 Introduction 3
2 Content 4-7
3 Conclusion 8
4 Reference 9

3. INTRODUCTION
Community resources that facilitate learning include everything in the
community that can used to illustrate a concept or generalization, or to help
children internalise a value. Such resources include every community situation
in which children get opportunity to apply their intellectual, social or personal
potentials and skills. Italso include every experience that allows them to
express their feelings and clarify their values.
SIGNIFICANCEOF COMMUNITYRESOURCESS: Thereare four main reasons why
community resources arevaluable.
1, Teaching and learning became relevant, becausethey can be performed
through the children’s socialexperiences.
2, The community provides excellent opportunities for social action and for the
development of intellectual and social skills.
3, The schooland community can became closer to each other.
4, The children learn more aboutthe community, became involved in its
affaires and thus became better citizens.
Even in accident times educational theorists had argued that using children’s
experience as a stepping stone to newer and newer knowledgewill be more
effective than merely depending upon text books. This is a very sound theory.
Community provides ‘concentric’, ‘visible’ and ‘tangible’ resources which are
‘dynamic’, ‘interesting’ and ‘meaningful’ for the teaching and learning. It is not
enough for a child to have‘knowledge’ about the factories, farms council
sessions museums and social agencies. He musthave direct ‘acquaintance
with’ all these. A community is a child laboratory for having firsthand
experience about the ways of living. A well-planned programmecan bring the
schooland the community quite close to each other. A schoolcannot remain a
forbidden area for the community to enter.

4. CONTENT
IMPORTANT COMMUNITY RESOURCES
Ordinarily weconsider only those community resources which areimmediate
to the school. But there are other resources also, thatcould be considered. The
following important community resources can be profitably used.
1. Place of civic interest: These include the village panchayath, state legislature,
etc.
2. Places of cultural interest: These include art theatres, clubs, emporium,
galleries, kala kedars, museums,radio stations,T.V.centres,zoos,religious
instructions, etc.
3. Places of economic interest: These include agricultural farms, banks, share
markets, commercial centres, factories, telephone exchanges, etc.
4. Places of geographicalinterest: These comprise dams, hills, lakes, rivers,
river valley projects, rocks, springs, tea gardens, waterfalls, wellmanaged
farms, etc.
5. Place of historical interest: These include caves, churches, excavations, forts,
gurdwaras,inscriptions,mosques,pillars,temples, etc.
6. Places of scientific interest: These consists of broad casting stations,
engineering institutes, thermal and hydro-power generating stations,
television centres, etc.
7. Government buildings: These include fire stations, law courts, military
installations, police stations, public libraries, etc.
8. Forms of socialcontrol: These comprisebeliefs, customs, ceremonies,
rituals, traditions, etc.
METHODS OF UTILISING COMMUNITYRESOURCES
There are basically two ways:
I. Taking the schoolto the community

5. II. Bringing the community to the school.
TAKING THE SCHOOL TO THE COMMUNITY
This includes:
1.Field trip to place of civic, cultural,geographical,socialand scientific
importance. These trips are very helpful in integrating diverseideas presented
at the time of classroominstruction. Italso helps in stimulating imagination
and for learning through sensory perceptions. Thepupils can observelife
vividly, learn the artof living with others and expand emotional and
intellectual horizons.
2. Community servicewhich includes cleaning of public places, attending the
sick, social servicein fairs, planting of trees, digging of manurepits. Making of
drains, etc.
The study of the community will helpthe childto:
i. Have a keener knowledgeand understanding of social facts.
ii. Develop a more sympathetic attitude towards other people.
iii. Develop a desire to more active part in community affairs.
iv. Have a greater sensitivity to the need for accepting social responsibilities
v. Have a greater sensitivity to the need for accepting socialresponsibilities
vi. Have a moreintelligent concern for democratic institution, their
functions and contributions.
vii. Develop new interests in the world of work.
viii. Understand the problems of the community in a better way.
ix. Realise the need for playing and important role in enhancing the welfare
of the community.
The study of the community will helpthe teacher to:
i. Correlate his teaching with the life of the community.
ii. Utilise a rich sources of instructionalaides and materials.
iii. Fit the curriculumto the personaland socialneeds of pupils.
iv. Develop better public relations.
v. Co-0peratewith all other agencies engaged in schooland community
Improvement.

6. BRINGING THECOMMUNITY FESTIVELS
1.C celebration of festivals: Our festivals are the ‘visible’ embodiments of our
culture. They forman integral part of community life. They can be exploited for
enriching educational programmes and activities in schools. To quote
T.S.Avinashilingam. “Thesedays, far frombeing declared holidays with school
closed, should be the days when schoolworks in full strength not for the usual
routine work, butfor understanding the implication of the festivals and
reliving them in the lives of children.”
2.Adulteducation centre: The schools should became centres of adult
education both in rural and urban areas. They should conductregular
campaigns againstliteracy and educate the adults of locality. Students should
also be associated in this work.
3. Schoollibrary: Efforts should be made to extend the serviceof the school
library to the community and the many forms: Issuing of books to parents and
other members of the family in the name and responsibility of the pupil,
Issuing of books to the secretary of the old students association. who may act
as liberation to the old students and held responsiblefor returning the books
to the school.
4. Exhibition: On occasions like the ‘schoolday’ , an exhibition may be arranged
for the benefit of the students and the public. This schoolexhibition may
consisting of two sections namely, A united nations posters and charts
Exhibition consisting of UN posters and charts which are possessed by the
schoolUN association.
5.Educationel Conferences: Educational conferences should be organised in
which parents, teachers and representativeof the education department
participate. These conferences help exchange of thoughts, opinions,
experiences, stock taking of the pastand planning for the future.
TEACHER CO-OPERATIONAND INUTILISING COMMUNITYRESOURCES
1. The teacher should show considerablepatience and in dealling with
parents .
2. He should allow the parents to talk voluntarily.

7. 3. He should make a thorough analysis of each child’s strength, weakness,
behaviour problems if any and discuss these intimately and pleasantly
with their parents.
4. He should never give the parent a feeling that the teacher is prejudiced
against his child.
5. He should offer suggestions to the parents in a polite and convincing
manner. He should also gather feedback from the parents about the
student’s familial life in such a way as to providethem better insight
about their own children.
6. He should make the parents realise that he is sincerely interested in the
welfare of the child.
7. He should impress upon the parents that he is also an active partner in
the education.
8. He should convince each parent that the schoolhas the atmosphereand
the apparatus to facilitate the alround development of his child and to
preparethem for an efficient life after school.
In a view of the mass illiteracy in our country, the initiative for the
home-schoolco-operation rests with teachers .

8. CONCLUSSION
Itnecessary that pupils are taught the techniques relevant reference and
resources material quickly. Assignments should begiven in the formof
problems. This would compel the pupil to investigate and examine multiple
sources. In thecourseof all search. Pupilwill assimilate someof the essential
facts concerning the learning unit. Moreover , they will be using these facts in a
creative and productiveway to arrive at their own independent conclusion.
Thereby they will be enriching their knowledgeand developing their abilities ,
skills and interests.

9. REFERENCE