REPORTS - BOBP/REP/29
Towards Shared Learning : An Approach to Non-Formal Adult Education for Marine Fisherfolk of Tamil Nadu, India
by
L.S. Saraswathi
Consultant, Bay of Bengal Programme
P. Natpracha
Sociologist, Bay of Bengal Programme
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REPORTS - BOBP/REP/29 Towards Shared Learning : An Approach to Non-Formal Adult Education for Marine Fisherfolk of Tamil Nadu, Indiaby |
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This document reports on the efforts of the BOBP (Bay of Bengal Programme) at developing a curriculum for a non-formal adult education programme (NFAE) for marine fisherfolk in the villages of coastal Tamil Nadu. It describes the curriculum package devised towards this end, “Towards Shared Learning”, which consists of a number of publications. Two of these publications, the Trainers’ Manual and the Animators’ Guide, were published by the BOBP in English in July 1985. Other publications have been printed in Tamil by the Directorate of Non-Formal/Adult Education, Tamil Nadu. This report also discusses the findings of field testing of the curriculum package. In addition, it summarizes the results of an informal study on the lives of Tamil Nadu marine fisherfolk, and another study on typical learners and “animators” (village-level teachers) in order to acquaint readers with the people for whom the curriculum package was devised. The report includes a project proposal for applying this package among coastal fisherfolk throughout Tamil Nadu. The possibility of adapting the package for use elsewhere in the Bay of Bengal region is also discussed separately. The BOBP’s work on the curriculum package began in 1982 and concluded in 1985. The work was coordinated by a BOBP sociologist, and was executed in cooperation with a number of institutions and individuals whose role is acknowledged below. |
SUMMARY
1. INTRODUCTION
2. TOWARDS
SHARED LEARNING: A NFAE CURRICULUM PACKAGE
2.1 BACKGROUND
2.2 ANIMATORS’ GUIDE/THE CURRICULUM PACKAGE IN PICTURES
2.3 LITERACY PRIMER AND WORKBOOK
2.4 SUPPLEMENTARY READING MATERIALS
2.5 NUMERACY PRIMER
2.6 ANIMATORS’ EDITION OF THE NUMERACY PRIMER
2.7 TRAINERS’ MANUAL
2.8 PRINTING OF CURRICULUM PACKAGE
3.
EXPERIENCES WITH TRAINERS IN NFAE - POINTERS FOR FUTURE
PLANNING
3.1 ORIENTATION FOR TRAINERS OF ANIMATORS ON THE NFAE APPROACH
3.2 TRAINING OF ANIMATORS CONDUCTED BY THE RURAL DEVELOPMENT SEVA CENTRE (RDSC)
3.3 IN-SERVICE TRAINING OF ANIMATORS
FIGURES
1. TOWARDS SHARED LEARNING: EVOLUTION OF CURRICULUM
2 . INTERACTION AMONG INSTITUTIONS AND INDIVIDUALS WHO HELPED PREPARE NFAE CURRICULUM FOR TAMIL NADU FISHERFOLK
1. MARINE FISHERFOLK OF TAMIL NADU : AN INFORMAL STUDY
2. LEARNERS AND ANIMATORS
3A. EXCERPTS FROM PROJECT PROPOSAL : PARTICIPATORY NON-FORMAL ADULT EDUCATION FOR TAMIL NADU FISHER-FOLK
3B. A PROPOSAL FOR ADAPTING THE NFAE CURRICULUM PACKAGE FOR USE IN OTHER COASTAL STATES/COUNTRIES
4. ABSTRACTS OF REFERENCE MATERIALS ON TRAINING