cocurricular activities
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IMPORTANCE OF CO-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES IN EDUCATIONAL PROCESS
PRESENTED BY
DR. SHAZIA ZAMIR
CONTENTS
• Objectives
• Introduction
• Concept of Co-curricular Activities
• Types of Co-curricular Activities
• Need and Importance of Co-curricular
activities in educational process
CONTENTS
•Effect of co-curricular activities on personality
•Advantages and Disadvantages of Co-Curricular
Activities
•Contribution of co-curricular activities in
national development
After going through this topic, students would be
able to:
Define the concept of co-curricular activities
Discuss the different types of co-curricular activities
Explain the need and importance of co-curricular
activities
Enumerate the difficulties faced in organizing co-
curricular activities
Highlight the importance of CCA in national
development
OBJECTIVES
INTRODUCTION
EDUCATION AND CURRICULUM
“The sum total of all activities planned directly to reinforce the curriculum in those spheres of learning where otherwise it is difficult to teach with in the classroom”
CONCEPT OF CO-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
CONCEPT OF CO-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
“These are the activities through which a learner explores ones abilities, develops the strengths and eradicates the shortcoming through informal guidance, observation and self assessment.”
TYPES OF CO-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
Co-curricular activities can be categorized into following headings
Literary Activities Physical Development Activities Aesthetic And cultural Development Activities Civic Development Activities Social Welfare Activities Leisure Time Activities Pleasure trip Activities
TYPES OF CO- CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
LITERARY
ACTIVITIES
PHYSICAL
DEVELOPMENT
ACTIVITIES
Debates and
Discussion
Quiz Competitions
Literary Club (Poetry
etc)
Games, Sports,
Athletics, Mass Drill,
Parade, Scouting,
Hiking, NCC,etc
AESTHETIC AND
CULTURAL
DEVELOPMENT
ACTIVITIES
CIVIC DEVELOPMENT
ACTIVITIES
Painting, Music, Sculpture, handicrafts, Fancy Dress, Dramatics, Folk Songs, Photography, etc
Students Union, Cooperative Store/Café, Celebrations of Religious and National days, etc
Types of Co-curricular Activities
SOCIAL WELFARE
ACTIVITIES
LEISURE TIME
ACTIVITIES
Working at Hospitals, Civil Defense activities, Fire Fighting. Social Services on Special occasions, Festivals, Cultural Programs…..
Stamp Collecting, Coin Collecting, Floral, Photography, Reading, Needle Work, Knitting….
Types of Co-curricular Activities
PLEASURE TRIP
ACTIVITIES
Picnics, Visits to historical places, Museums, exhibitions, meeting personalities…..
Types of Co-curricular Activities
NEED AND IMPORTANCE OF CO-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
Educational Value• History, Geography, Nature
and Observation
Collection of photographs, stones,
flowers, pleasure trips etc.• Cultural diversity
Tableau, national songs etc• Language and expression
Debates, discussion, symposium etc • Creativity• Participation in fine arts, floral, embroidery etc • Logic and Laws of Science
Science exhibitions, e.g innovate new means of producing energy to meet the energy shortfalls
NEED AND IMPORTANCE OF CO-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
Psychological Value
• Emotional Health
Sports develop spirit that Winning is not
every thing but to play well is every thing
• Interest/Individual differences
Social development
Physical Development
Sports and games help the student to
build a strong physique.
Recreation Values
• Hiking, trekking etc
ACTIVITY # 1
Q#1. Which of the following statements are true?
a) Co curricular activities are part and parcel of educational
process.
b) Co curricular activities are as old as organized education
itself.
c) These activities are not appropriate media to achieve aims of
education.
d) pleasure trip provides first hand experience.
e) Co-curricular activities provide opportunities for better
understanding of our cultural heritage.Q#2. Find out the type of co-curricular activity to which each of
the following belongs
Exhibition, Photography, Mass Parade, Fancy Dress, Performing
Dance, Recitation of Poems, Celebration of Social Festivals
Effect of co-curricular activities on personality
•Intellectual
Development
•Physical
Development
•Social Development
•Moral Development
•Emotional
Development
•Aesthetic
Development
Body and mind coordination
Physical stamina
National integrity and unity
ideological values and cultural
values
Creativity, innovation, novelty,
entertainment
Communication skills
Personality development
Ethics, morality and values
……………
ADVANTAGES OF CO-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
DISADVANTAGES OF CO-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
1) Difficulties faced by students
o Wastage of time
o Lack of concentration to study due to tiredness
o Students are too shy to participate in these activities.
o Students are not economically well off to bear the
extra expenses
o Sometimes students feel that these activities
interfere with their studies.
o These activities are not assessed in the examinations
o ……………………………………
2) Problems faced by the teachers
oTeachers over burdened
oTeacher has lack of knowledge
oTeachers are not competent to organize a
sufficient
number of activities.
o Most of the teacher consider these activities as
superfluous.
……………….
DISADVANTAGES OF CO-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
3) Limitations of the
institutions o In crowded cities, it is generally not possible to
have
spacious playgrounds.
o Activities are not given a place in school time-
table,
during school hours
o Extra Financial burden
o……………….
DISADVANTAGES OF CO-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
Contribution of Co-Curricular
Activities in National
Development
o Pakistan is recognized all over the world for its sports.
o Terrorism has tarnished the image of Pakistan
internationally.
oNeed to reorganize the educational institutions to conduct
the CCA
o Co-curricular activities form the correct forum where the
energies of the youth are directed towards the correct
direction of prosperity, unity and pride.
Hockey-world champions, Olympic champions Squash-World Champions Wrestling-World Champions Kabbadi-Asian Champions Cricket-World Champions Snooker-World champions Badminton-World Champions Boxing-Asian champions, World champion. …………….
PAKISTAN AND SPORTS
ACTIVITY
1. What co-curricular activities would you like to
introduce in your class? How will you organize them
to enrich the daily class work?
2. Without financial help is it possible to conduct co-curricular activities in the educational institute? How?
THANK YOU