Friday 2 September 2011

Abhyasika

Under this program, volunteers of Abhyasika visit Phule Nagar (beside IIT) daily, in turns, to teach needy students. Students from the locality gather at Police Chowki Room in the evening. They are supposed to do their regular home work in presence of our volunteers. If students face any kind of difficulty in their studies, then volunteers assist them in realizing the concepts, mistakes and clearing their doubts. Generally students are advised to prepare a list of their weak points in particular subjects and then are guided accordingly. Each group member gets a chance to visit once or twice per week, so that each volunteer gets a chance to contribute equally. At the same time, volunteers are involved in designing some non trivial teaching modules which are aimed at learning science and mathematics concepts practically.
For ex. for a class VI student, it is difficult to grasp the meaning of area of a circle, and students generally prefer to learn all such formulae by heart, rather than understanding the concept behind those. In this particular example, we designed a module, in which we told the students to come out on a ground and fix a center by placing a stone, and encircling it roughly by lime. Then we asked students to run around the marked circumference, then away from it, and towards the center, and asked them what conclusion they had in terms of time, distance etc. After this activity, they were given the formula for area of a circle and asked to solve various simple geometry problems. In this way, we try to make learning more interesting and more fun for them.
This activity is carried 6 days per week.
Enthustatic Junta drop a mail at gra@iitb.ac.in to participate in this noble cause. For more Details contact :
1. Avinash Aher - 9920269017
2. Surendra Meena - 9930519442

5 comments:

  1. Can you update the above post by adding how the activity is running at present?

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  2. The activity is running well and we are in constant need of new volunteers as the number of children coming to Abhyasika grows. Anyone interested in joining us should write to abhyasikaiitb@gmail.com

    thanks!

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  3. Find more on
    http://abhyasika.wix.com/abhyasika

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  4. DEARFRIENDS
    FOR ABHYASIKA ENTRY U HAVE ANY TERMS AND CONDITION FORMAT,AND OTHER MORE DETAIL ARE REQUIRED TO FOR RUNNING SMALL ABHYASIKA CENTER,PLEASE GUIDE ME

    RAVIKANT

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  5. Please send a mail to abhyasikaiitb@gmail.com

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