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Community Engagement Services (Practical-Field Work)
This paper has been designed to provide hands on experience to students in delivering community service. Working in collaboration with community organizations will enable students to use and enhance skills, competencies and knowledge in a real world capacity, which leads to an enlarged and more fulfilling educational experience.
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24MTM229 |
Community Engagement Services (Practical) |
CO102: Examine the needs and problems of the community in which they live and work. CO103: Develop solutions to community problems and analyze various issues facing society. CO104: Contribute effectively in course-specific interaction |
Approach in teaching: Interactive Lectures, Group Discussion, Field visit Learning activities for the students: Presentations |
Viva and Presentation |
Methodology:
The students will undertake Community Engagement Services in the semester. Various guest lectures, field visits, campaigns, workshops and seminars will be organized to fulfil the objectives of this paper. Students have to undertake a project related to the areas specified for the semester.
The suggested period of the activity is anytime during the semester during weekends or holidays. The student may choose any activities given below as per their liking. These activities can be spread over the semester, as per convenience of the student.
Every student is required to prepare a project report containing documentary proofs of activities, done by her. At the end of each semester students will be evaluated on the basis of the project report related to the work done in the field of Community Engagement.
Various community engagement activities for the semester are as follows:
- Creation of Local Job Opportunities: Prepare and implement plan to create local job opportunities.
- Improvement of education quality: Prepare and implement plan to improve education quality in rural areas.
- Road Safety Drive: Rallies,Creating Awareness, Survey,Poster Presentation
- Women Empowerment: Prepare and implement plan to create Women Empowerment.
- Water Management system: Developing Sustainable Water Management system.
- Waste Management System: Developing Sustainable Waste Management system.
- Improvement of Health: Prepare and Improve a plan to improve health parameters.
- Sanitation facilities: Developing and implementing of Low Cost Sanitation facilities.
- Promotion of Local Tourism: Prepare and implement plan to promote Local Tourism through Innovative Approaches.
- Energy Conservation: Prepare and implement solution for energy conservation.
E Resources:
- Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). (June 2011). Principles of community engagement. Second edition. http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/communityengagement/pdf/PCE_Report_508_FINAL.pdf
- Fostering Social Responsibility & Community Engagement in Higher Educational Institutions in India, University Grants Commission, January 2020, https://www.ugc.ac.in/e- book/UNNAT%20BHARAT%20ABHIYAN.pdf
- Martha A. Walker, Community Engagement, https://www.uvm.edu/sites/default/files/community engagement_handout.pdf, Virginia Cooperative Extension,
Journals:
- Journal of Community Engagement and Higher Education
- Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement
- International Journal of Research on Service-Learning and Community Engagement
