{"id":5511,"date":"2012-11-21T13:50:38","date_gmt":"2012-11-21T08:20:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/?p=5511"},"modified":"2012-11-21T13:50:38","modified_gmt":"2012-11-21T08:20:38","slug":"paul-wullenweber-speaks-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/paul-wullenweber-speaks-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Paul Wullenweber Speaks \u2026\u2026."},"content":{"rendered":"

About Me:\u00a0 <\/strong>My name is Paul Wullenweber, I am from Germany and now very close to completing my third month here in India. I left Germany in early August to join FSL India\u2019s home-based-project \u201cEnvironmental Education\u201d in the course of my year in the German IJFD-programme.<\/p>\n

\"\"My Host Family: <\/strong>At the moment and for the next eight months, I am living in a host family a little outside of Kundapura. Although only my host mother Prathiba speaks English quite well, I also get along fine with the other members of my host family. Spoorthy, my younger sister (she is three years old), tends to be a little naughty sometimes, but she is still a pleasure to live with. As long as she is around, there is always something going on. My host mother and the others really help me a lot with any problem that I have and make me feel very well integrated into their family life. I\u2019m looking forward to living with them for a few more months.<\/p>\n

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The Project: <\/strong>The project\u2019s facility, FSL-India\u2019s \u201csmall office\u201d (it really isn\u2019t too big) is situated in Kundapura, Karnataka, about 35 km north of Udupi, the district capital. \"\"<\/strong>This is where my colleague Ferdinand (who is a fellow German and an IJFD-volunteer working in the \u201cEco Clubs\u201d project) spend most of our time working on new and exciting school sessions for students ranging from the age of twelve up to 22. So far, we have prepared and conducted ten sessions in ten different Govt. Higher Primary Schools surrounding Kundapura as part of the \u201cEnvironmental Education\u201d programme and some five more in various Govt. High Schools for the \u201cEco Clubs\u201d project. As of now, we have also hosted two little more sophisticated lessons in the Govt. PUCs of Basrur and Uppunda, teaching students of our own age.<\/p>\n

<\/strong>The Experience: <\/strong>The efforts I put into the project have been very rewarding. It is wonderful to see how the children interact and cooperate with us during our sessions. From my own experience and that of other volunteers working as regular teachers in Indian schools, I learnt that our lessons differ very strongly from the tuition the kids normally receive (or have to endure). It seems to be quite common for children to be beaten in class if they do not follow the teacher-centred approach and therefore often boring and passive classes.<\/p>\n

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In our lessons, we try to make a difference. Our lessons are built around our student\u2019s interests and motivation from the ground up. We rely on a lot of interaction (which is phenomenal especially among the younger students) as well as games and a decent use of \u201cenergizers\u201d, quick games to minimize distraction. The positive response we receive at the end of each of our sessions shows that we do things not only differently, but right.<\/p>\n

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I am very glad to be able to stay here in India for another eight months. There is still so much we want to do, for example the implementation of some basic waste management systems in local schools or our commitment in Gangolli (a village 5km north of Kundapura), where we are currently conducting a survey among the locals about environmental issues deriving from solid waste. We have a lot of work on our hands right now and even more awaiting us.<\/p>\n

Apart from that, Ferdinand and I are also getting some great supervision and support from our Project coordinator Basavaraj, who is not only translating simultaneously during our lessons but also integrates us very well. In my opinion, he\u2019s doing a superb job.<\/p>\n

For further information on both the \u201cEnvironmental Education\u201d and the \u201cEco Clubs\u201d project or if you\u2019d like to stay in touch, feel free to visit our project\u2019s blog<\/span><\/a><\/span> or follow me on Google+<\/span><\/a>
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Paul Wullenweber<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

FSL-India Volunteer from Germany<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

About Me:\u00a0 My name is Paul Wullenweber, I am from Germany and now very close to completing my third month here in India. I left Germany in early August to join FSL India\u2019s home-based-project \u201cEnvironmental Education\u201d in the course of my year in the German IJFD-programme. My Host Family: At the moment and for the next eight months, I am living in a host family a little outside of Kundapura. Although only my host mother Prathiba speaks English quite well,…<\/p>\n

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