REPORT OF CONSCIENTIZATION PROGRAMME

Introduction

The concept of conscientization is the process of developing a critical awareness of one’s social reality through reflection and action. The concept conscientization is linked with the work of Paulo Freire and especially his pedagogy of the oppressed. The definition given by Paulo Freire in his cultural action for freedom is that “conscientization refers to the process in which men are not mere recipients, but as knowing subjects achieve a depending awareness both of the social cultural reality which shapes their lives and their capacity to transform that reality. Conscentization means to give conscious awareness to people, on certain issues that need urgent improvement”. The objective of conscientization is to power the knowledge by facilitating a learning   process that would develop critical consciousness. It also aims at developing a critical awareness to that individual can take action against the oppressive element.

Need and Significance

 As a part of our BED curriculum we conducted a conscientization  programme for the eighth standard students of NSMGHS, Kottiyam. An awareness class was provided to the students based on the topic “moral values”.  The topic was mainly selected because the topic is very relevant at present. Today’s youth is tomorrow’s generation. So the awareness at the childhood is very important.

Moral values are the principles that guide us throughout our lives. From childhood to adulthood we keep on knowing and transforming ourselves and so do our morals. Moral values are important in life because

•  Moral values reflect an individual’s character and spirituality

• Moral values help in building good relationships in personal as well as professional lives

•   It helps in eradicating problems like dishonesty, violence, cheating, jealousy from our life.

•   Moral values can be a key to self-motivation.

•   Moral values can counter bad influences in society like disregarding women, child abuse violence, crimes agitations etc.

•   It can help to deal with tough situations in life.

Objectives

•   To develop an awareness about moral values

•  To build up moral values in lives

•  To find out the importance of moral values in a person’s life.

Report

As part of our BEd curriculum, the conscientization programme was conducted for the eight standard student of NSMGHS, KOTTIYAM. The topic I selected was“Moral values”. The programme was conducted on 29^thNovember 2018, Thursday. At first I obtained  the permission from the school headmistress Beena David.The class was  conducted in the afternoon session.The programme started with a prayer song by our classmate Sreelekha.Inauguration of the programme was done by school headmistress Beena David. She gave a small introduction about moral values and also conveys her wishes. Our concerned teacher Linda miss was also present in this session. After the inaugural session I started the awareness class. I introduced the class by pointing out decreasing moral values. Then I briefly explained the different moral  values, its importance, relevance etc. after the lecturing section some pictures, slogans and some videos related to moral values were showed pupil were very interested in seeing videos. After that three students from the class gave reflection about my class. The class ended with the singing of the national anthem.

Reflection

After the awareness class and the presentation of the video students were asked to express their opinion regarding the class about moral values. Three students Asifa, Fathima, and Nakshathra came in front of the class and expressed their opinion regarding the awareness they received. They also mentioned about the moral values they understood from the video.After hearing their reflection, I felt happy about how useful the class was for the students. The students become more aware of the moral values after hearing the class.

Conclusion

For building up a new generation committed to the development and well-being of the society on appropriate training and motivation is imperative. The main aim of  conscientization process is to build a dynamic change force never compromising with the status of the traditional thinking, attitude and habits.

The conscientization programme based on the topic”moral values” was conducted smoothly. The awareness programme had a great effect on the students. Education served as a best instrument of conscientization. Thus the conscientization programme was very effective and relevant to the present scenario.