ASSIGNMENT

TOPIC:COMMUNITY BASED
RESOURCES FOR SCIENCE
LEARNING-SCOPE AND
RELEVANCE
SUBMITTED TO SUBMITTED
BY
SHINEY JACOB ANCE
ABRAHAM
MTTC NATURAL
SCIENCE
YEAR:2013-2014

INTRODUCTION
Communi!-"#$%& '%#(nin) refers to a wide variety of
instructional
methods and programs that educators use to connect what is being
taught
in schools to their surrounding communities, including local
institutions,
history, literature, cultural heritage, and natural environments.
Community-
based learning is also motivated by the belief that all communities
have
intrinsic educational assets and resources that educators can use
to
enhance learning experiences for students. Synonyms include
community-
based education, place-based learning, and place-based
education, among
other terms.
Proponents of community-based generally argue that students will
be more
interested in the subjects and concepts being taught, and they will
be more
inspired to learn, if academic study is connected to concepts,
issues, and
contexts that are more familiar, understandable, accessible, or
personally
relevant to them. By using the community as a classroom,!
advocates
would argue, teachers can improve "nowledge retention, s"ill
ac#uisition,
and preparation for adult life because students can be given more
opportunities apply learning in practical, real-life settings$by
researching a
local ecosystem, for example, or by volunteering at a nonprofit
organi%ation
that is wor"ing to improve the world in some meaningful way.
COMMUNITY BASED RESOURCES *OR SCIENCE
LEARNING
SCO+E
Community based resources learning provide new
information to students
Provide new experience to student
&t helps to develop scientific attitute and s"ills
Community based resources learning helps to develop
creativity and imagination
&t helps to raise #uestions ,doubts and to develop interest in
subjects
&t is low cost
&t helps to develop environmental "noweldge and problem
solving s"ill
&t provide stimulation and encouragement for individual
construction of "noweldge.
'o create interest in scientific "noweldge related to one(s
surrounding
'o create interest in latest invention and discoveries of
science in various field
RELE,ANCE O* COMMUNITY BASED RESOURCES *OR
SCIENCE LEARNING
Community resources for better science teaching and learning are
)uman
resources,*atural resources,+an made resources.
Hum#n R%$ou(-%$
Classroom visits from informed professionals can be a valuable
teaching
tool. ,esource experts serve as role models . ,esource experts
can
provide additional content support to the classroom materials and
should
be encouraged to participate in a criti#uing and debriefing activities
in
which students ta"e on various decision-ma"ing roles.
,esource experts do not give an unrealistically glowing or gloomy
picture of
their area of expertise. -hen dealing with controversial issues,
both sides
should be presented.
.xperts can serve as subject-matter specialists, they can help
students
prepare for roles in a simulation from the point of view of a wor"ing
professional, and using their own experiences, resource volunteers
can
help debrief the activity by comparing the decisions reached by the
students with those reached in the real world.
N#u(#' R%$ou(-%$
*ature study is the main aspects of science teaching.
'hrough observation students learn more from the nature.
/ifferent types of s"ill ,experimentation s"ill,observation
s"ill,manipulative s"ill,drawing s"illetc are developed.
Students get direct experience from the nature
&t inspire to adopt eco-friendly life style
&nitiate concern for protecting and developing natural
resources
0nderstand the interrelationship between plants and
animals
M#n m#&% (%$ou(-%$
&t is a reference file of real objects by which one can varify
and amplify "noweldge
&t is a place where one learns by seeing articles of interest- a
centre of recreation where one learns pleasantly and enjoys
,.1.,.*C.
http233edglossary.org3community-based-learning3
http233www.communityschools.org3