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Teachers for Tigers workshop
at Kathmandu, Nepal
Central Zoo, Jawalakhel, Kathmandu --
26-28 June 2007
Twenty
eight teachers from the urban and rural schools of Kathmandu
took part in the WCS funded three-day ‘Teachers for Tigers’
educators training workshop, hosted by the Central Zoo,
Jawalakhel from 26-28th June 2007. The Director
of the Central Zoo, Mr. R.K. Shrestha, during the inaugural
address encouraged the teachers and Friends of Zoo members
to take up similar training which can help them equip to
take part in global level conservation education
initiatives. This programme was conducted by trainers from
Zoo Outreach Organisation and Central Zoo.
On the
first day, portions from Unit 1 of the TFT manual were
covered. Drama from TFT helped the participants to break
their silence and made them involved in the workshop. Games
from HELP manual was also played in between activities. The
first day programme came to close with Tiger Time-line.
On the
second day, activities from Unit 2 and 3 were covered. The
participants actively took part in Citizens debate and role
play. These activities helped them to understand the issues
related to species conservation and the difficulties. They
also learned some games from ZOO education packets and WCS
HELP manual.
On the
third day, they had serious topics from Unit 4 about tiger
conservation that was different from the previous day’s
activities that had fun and active learning tools through
games, drama, songs, and debates. There were also
introduced to Teens for Planet earth project coordinated by
WCS. Many participants showed interest to register their
names as Leaders of TFP. At the end of the workshop the
participants committed to do education programmes utilizing
the teaching tools that they learned in the workshop. All
the participants received a certificate during valedictory
programme.
A group arranging the tiger range map
to understand the historic and present distribution of
tigers in the wild
Active learning about tiger threats
through drama - poaching
Understanding uses of tiger tail -
balancing on pole
A participant leaping to compare with tiger
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