PROGRAM REPORT
Name of Program: Training of Master Trainers on Art Integrated Learning
Name of Organizers: National Council of Educational Research and Training, New Delhi and British Council
India
Dates: 17th to 26th October, 2013
Venue: District Institute of Education & Training, SIEMAT Building, Shymla Ghat, Shimla
Number of Participants: 32
Honorary Director Program : Sh D.S. Rana, SPD SSA, Shimla, HP
Local Coordinator: Dr Manjula Sharma, SIEMAT, Shimla, HP
Coordinator: Prof. Pawan Sudhir, Head, DEAA, NCERT and Ms. Shaguna Gahlot, British Council, India
A ten-day training workshop for the Capacity Building of Master Trainers (MTs) on Art Integrated
Learning (AIL) was organized for the teachers and teacher educators of primary schools and DIETs. The training
workshop was a collaboration of the Department of Education in Arts and Aesthetics, NCERT and British
Council, India. The workshop was inaugurated by Ms. Manjula Sharma, the program co-ordinator at Shimla and
the BCI team of Resource Persons. The main objective of the workshop was to bring quality in primary education
through the integration of arts into the curriculum.
The teachers were trained on music teaching and learning, and its connect with education in the daily
classroom transactions. Children from Portmore School, Shimla were given facilitation to learn two songs, which
they performed in front of Sh. Mohit Chauhan, the brand ambassador of the World Voice Programme (India). The
Principal Secy Education and his team graced the occasion.
The team of Resource Persons from NCERT trained the participants on the pedagogy of Art Integrated
Learning. AIL Resource Persons (RPs), the practicing teachers of Delhi schools shared their classroom
experiences of art integrated learning through narratives and classroom videos. Special emphasis was given to
children with special needs and how classes were transformed into inclusive set-ups with arts integration in
school subjects.
The sessions in the workshop were based on the modules of the Training Package such as Ice Breakers,
Arts in Everyday Activities, Methods and Materials of Visual and Performing Arts, Role of Museums in
Education, Integration of Arts in Subjects, and Evaluation. The sessions were fully interactive and involved brain
storming sessions with participants actively developing exemplary materials and having mock sessions in each
session. Through mock sessions, the participants had hands-on experience on all the art forms and pedagogical
skills.
The participants showcased their artistic skills in organizing the morning assemblies. Apart from this, they
participated in all the activities of visual and performing arts. The training workshop was supported with the
viewing of the video films/ppts from the Training Package to enable participants to develop an understanding of
integrating arts in the daily teaching learning facilitation in the classroom. The field study trip by the participants
was an enriching experience that gave an insight into the varied cultural festivals, local specific arts and crafts,
traditions and places of artistic and historical value in the State, which could also be linked with the school
education.
A special session on performing arts was organized on the last day of the workshop wherein the
participants performed the traditional dances of Himachal Pradesh. The State Project Director (SSA), Director
Education and other officers from the Education department embraced the occasion. The State Project Director
(SSA) also participated in the performing arts session along with the participants. He stated that the art integrated
learning pedagogy would be beneficial in connecting the experiences of children with the curriculum, and also
create a fresh and lively environment in the classroom.
An activity of Performing Arts
A Participant showing his Math concept
Assembly Conduction
Assembly
Children dancing
Children performing a dance
Cultural Show
Discussing lesson plans
Exhibition
Group showing a Science concept
Lesson Presentation
Lesson through a Puppet Show
Lesson with Music Integration
Making Birds out of Paper Making Birds out of Paper
Marble Painting
Mohit Chauhan, brand ambassador of World Voice Program
Muppet Construction
Participant sharing a concept
Participants displaying their Identity Cards
Participant enacting his role
Participants attending the Assembly
Participants having hands-on experience
Participants involved in their work
Participants performing the Natti
Participants trying their hand on Marble Painting
Participants working on lessons