Dr.G.R DAMODARAN COLLEGE OF EDUCATION

Physical Education
	Camp and Community Service
	Guest Lectures and Seminars
	Enrichment Programme
	EZ Vidya
	Placement Programme
	IGNOU B.Ed Study Centre (2556 P)

The students have Physical Education classes on a regular basis every week and are given training in conducting such classes. Aerobics and Yoga, Major and Minor Games and Lectures on Health Education form the components of the Physical Education Classes. Sports meet is also conducted every year by the institution as well as the University wherein team events, track events and athletics form constituents.

Camp and Community Service

The student-teachers undergo a 5 days camp as part of the B.Ed. Curriculum where they gain a first hand knowledge and experience in community living. Various programmes are undertaken during this period so as to imbibe in them the value of community service and help them to evolve into responsible citizens. The student-teachers stayed in the college premises during the five days of the camp and underwent training programmes in focal areas of teaching.

The programme includs sessions on Human Rights, Orientation to Community Service, Interaction with Police Personnel, Manavalakkalai, Behavioural Techniques, Disaster Management, Health Education for School Children, Learning Difficulties among School Children, Differently Abled Children and Managing Children with Behavioural Problems. An Eye Camp is also conducted in association with a famous Eye Hospital in Coimbatore and people from the nearby villages benefit from it. The student-teachers donate provisions and other essentials to orphanages and spend timethree with the children. In the mornings the student-teachers are engaged in Aerobics and Yoga and games and tournaments are conducted in the evening. The camp helps the student-teachers to gain practical experience in community living and team work.

During the camp the student-teachers attended classes in Yoga and aerobics. The camp enabled the student-teachers to become competent to step into the position of conveners of school activities like Junior Red Cross, Road Safety Patrol, Environmental Education and Disaster Management Programmes and so on.

Guest Lectures and Seminars

Dr. G. Thiruvasagam, Vice Chancellor, Bharathiar University at the inaugural of the Workshop on “Classroom Management”

A lecture on “Recent Trends in Educational Technology”

Guest lectures and seminars are arranged periodically to enable the students to gain enriching experience and adequate exposure in the latest developments and techniques of education. Experienced educationists and academicians of high standing bestow on our student teachers, the fruits of their rich experience and expertise and the skill and knowledge, required to render their teaching more effective. In tune with the conventional practice of organizing programmes for school teachers of this area, a two day workshops on varied themes like The Pedagogy of English Communication, Learning Difficulties, Classroom Management, Educational Technology and the like are organized every year for school teachers in Coimbatore area.

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