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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 Centre
for Cultural Resources and Training (CCRT) provides a comprehensive
and an integrated training in the preparation, manipulation
and production of such puppet programmes which may be used
in a variety of formal and non formal teaching situations. |
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The
Workshop on Role of Puppetry in Education aims at the following
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to introduce Puppetry as an aid to education;
2. to teach preparation and manipulation of
glove, shadow, rod, string and other puppets;
3. to prepare educational scripts and programmes
for teaching curriculum subjects through puppetry and to study
the impact of training for evaluation;
4. to enable teachers to acquire knowledge
about traditional puppet theatre forms of India and to provide
them with an opportunity to interact with traditional puppeteers;
5. 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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The
main stress in every Workshop is to introduce puppetry
as an aid to education. An open discussion is generated
among the participants on the effectiveness of puppetry
in the field of education. Puppetry as a teaching-learning
experience in the classroom is viewed in terms of the
objectives achieved, resources required keeping in mind,
time and money constraints. Importance of Puppetry in
the field of education lies in the fact that this medium
helps in developing imagination, creativity and observation
skills in the children. |
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Traditional
artists from different parts of the country are usually
invited to acquaint the teachers with regional traditional
forms of puppetry. Lecture-demonstrations on introduction
to traditional puppet theatre of India are organised
for the participants to introduce the different styles
of puppet theatre in all parts of the country. Participants
are taught to make and manipulate simple paper puppets
like finger puppets, masks and paper rod puppets. The
other techniques of making puppet heads with paper machie
and paper pasting is also taught to the participants.
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The
participants are informed that the Workshops aim at
production of simple puppets out of easily available
and waste materials to convey educational concepts and
create awareness of social issues in classroom teaching.
Manipulation of all these puppets is taught after each
practical session. Teachers learn to produce educational
puppet shows with the help of these different kinds
of puppets. |
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Special
sessions on drawing, movement and mime, creative writing,
creative speech, dialogue delivery, voice modulation
are also organised for participants to enhance their
communication skills.
A good educational message is the core of the puppet
play. Great emphasis is given to the writing of the
script for puppet plays. Suitable themes for puppet
plays are suggested according to the target audience
and few good stories are selected after the discussion
sessions on each story developed by the participants. |
Duration
Participants level
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15
days.
In-service Primary School teachers.
Delhi, Hyderabad,and Udaipur |
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Under
the aegis of Ministry
of Culture,
Government of India
15-A, Sector - 7, Pappankalan, Dwarka,
New Delhi - 110075 |
Centre for Cultural Resources and Training |
Telephone:(011)
25088638,
47151000
Fax: 91-11-25088637,
Gram: CENCULT
E-mail:- dg.ccrt@nic.in |
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