Club activity Article
N URTURING ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS THROUGH ACTIVITY-CENTRED LEARNING: A STUDY OF NATURE CLUB INITIATIVES DURING TEACHING PRACTICE AT HIHS SCHOOL Muhsina M B. Ed Teacher Trainee, HDPY College of Education, N. Paravur Abstract Environmental education has become a central concern of contemporary pedagogy, especially in the context of increasing ecological challenges. Activity-centred learning, rooted in pragmatic principles, plays a vital role in making environmental education meaningful, experiential, and student-centred. This paper documents and analyses a series of Nature Club activities organised by a teacher trainee during her third-semester teaching practice at HIHSS. Three major interventions were implemented: a Medicinal Plant Exhibition, a Poster Making Competition, and participation in the national programme Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam. The present article examines the conceptual basis, planning, methodology, implementation, and educational implica...