extension services

Department of Extension Service

 

GVM’s College of Education established its Department of Extension Services in 1995. This is the second dimension of the College for the in-service updating of teachers.

Facilities:

It is equipped with a wide range library books and seminar halls with good seating and presentation modes.

Types of Courses:

·         Subject methodology

·         Pedagogical Issues

·         Behavioural concepts

·         C-curricular aspects

·         Thematic holiday camps

·         Content evaluation

·         Unit and Annual Planning

Innovative Practices:

·         Career Cell

·         IGNOU B.Ed. Study Centre

·         Co-editing and Co-authoring learning books

Prized Projects:

·         School Library Mobilisation

·         Adopting rural schools for oral skills promotion

·         Developing the State Human Resource Cell

·         British Council YLE promotion

Collaborations:

·         Directorate of Education: School Complexes

·         Clubs

·         Associations

·         Recognised Institutions

Mega projects:

1. Learning Oral Skills in English (one for V to VII and the other for VIII to X) from November 1998 to May 1999; also planned and monitored state wide orientation of about 1100 teachers of English in 8 different centres during May 1999. The Goa Headmasters’ Association; Forum for English Language Teaching, Ponda Schools Association, and the GVM’s College of Education were involved in these tasks.
2. 140 Training Programmes for 3700 teachers organised in 2002-05 through the cascading model of training master trainers, state level experts and teachers at taluka level. The thrust was on child-centred pedagogy using innovative practices including ICT.