This document presents an assignment on the concept of community-based resources. It discusses how community-based learning connects what is taught in schools to local institutions, history, culture and environments. It argues that using community resources allows students to learn in a more familiar and applicable way, improving retention and preparation for adult life. However, community-based learning also requires more planning from teachers and coordination between schools and outside groups. The conclusion states that if implemented skillfully with sufficient training, the benefits of increased student engagement and learning outweigh the additional requirements.

1. ASSIGNMENT
PRESENTED BY,
ARYA KRISHNAN
MATHEMATICS
REG NO:13973003
KUCTE KOLLAM

2. TOPIC
CONCEPTOF COMMUNITY –
BASED RESOURCES
INDEX

3. Sl.No
CONTENT
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INTRODUCTION
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TOPIC
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CONCLUSION
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REFERENCE
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4. INTRODUCTION
Community-based learning refers to a
wide variety of instructional methods and programs
that educators use to connect what is being taught
in schools to their surrounding communities,
including local institutions, history, literature, cultural
heritage, and natural environments. Community-based
learning is also motivated by the belief that
all communities have intrinsic educational assets
and resources that educators can use to enhance
learning experiences for students.
CONTENT

5. CONCEPT OF COMMUNITY – BASED RESOURCES
Proponents of community-based generally
argue that students will be more interested in the
subjects and concepts being taught, and they will
be more inspired to learn, if academic study is
connected to concepts, issues, and contexts that
are more familiar, understandable, accessible, or
personally relevant to them. By using the
“community as a classroom,” advocates would
argue, teachers can improve knowledge retention,
skill acquisition, and preparation for adult life
because students can be given more opportunities
apply learning in practical, real-life settings—by
researching a local ecosystem, for example, or by
volunteering at a nonprofit organization that is
working to improve the world in some meaningful
way.
Community-based learning is considered a way
for educators to enhance the concepts being taught
by connecting them to personal, first-hand
experiences and familiar, accessible examples. In
this way, community-based learning is often
positioned as an alternative to more traditional
forms of learning in which students may read about
people, places, or events they have never
experienced or to concepts that can only be
understood abstractly.

6. Community-based learning is also promoted as a
way to develop stronger relationships between the
school and or resistance from the local community,
while also increasing the community’s investment
in, understanding of, and support for the school and
the learning experiences it provides.
Educators may also express skepticism or
resistance because community-based learning can
complicate school schedules and require more
planning and creativity, thereby increasing teacher
workloads, or because they are not being given the
planning time, training, or resources they need to
learn and use community-based approaches
effectively. In its more developed forms, community-based
learning can also require a lot of coordination
between the school and outside organizations and
individuals, which can have both financial and
human-resource implications. In some cases,
schools recruit parents or community volunteers to
coordinate programs to reduce costs or burdens on
school personnel.
CONCLUSION

7. Community-based learning needs to be skillfully designed and
in schools—doing too much, too quicklywithout a strong plan
and sufficient training for teachers can greatly increase the
likelihood that problems will arise. They may also argue that
even though community-based learning can require more from
schools and teachers—more funding, more planning, more
work, more professional development—the benefits are well
worth the investment: students will be more excited about
learning, they will learn more, and they will be more able to
apply what they have learned in real-life settings.

8. REFERENCE
 www.google.com
 www.scholastic.com