St. Thomas Teachers Training College , Thiruvananthapuram

Talks by Resource Persons

Talks by Resource Persons play a very important role in cultivating in prospective teachers the right spirit and essence of the topic handled in the class. The experience of real life situations of veterans in the field also provides for valuable insights. The college was witness to a large number of resource persons and the students were exposed to the words of wisdom and experience. Rev.Dr.Valsan Thampu gave a talk on Value Education and highlighted the role of teachers in imparting values while teaching.

Academic Year 2006 - 2007

Sl.No	Date	Name of the Resource Person	Topic
1.	28/09/06	Shri. S.Krishnan Nair	'Changing role of teachers, changing attitude of students and changing classroom environment'
2.	29/09/06	Dr.Ninan Thomas	'Note taking strategies'
3.	03/10/07	Gandhian K.E.Mammen	'Relevance of Gandhian values in Education'
4.	12/10/06	Dr. Bennet Xylem	Talk on 'Chikungunia'
5.	26/10/06	Dr. Venugopal Reddiar	'Turbo Charging Your Teaching Skills'
6.	20/11/06	Dr. P.Viswanathan Nair	Inauguration of co-curricular programmes
7.	04/12/06	Swami Aswathy Thirunal	College Union Inauguration
8.	04/12/06	Mr. KrishnanUnni	Arts Club Inauguration
9.	12/12/06	Fr. Dr. M.K.George S.J., Principal,( Loyola College of Social Science)	'Principles of Value Education in the present scenario'
10.	07/02/07	Smt. Mariamma Oommen Chandy,Manager, Social Banking-Canara Bank	Women & Career Guidance
11.	25/04/07	Dr. K.V.Kunhikrishnan, Head Boundary Physics, Space Physics Laboratory, VSSC	Science Exhibition
12.	18/05/07	Shri. Jose Thomas, Mr.Kailas & Mr.Sivakumar	'Role of Communicative Skills in Personality Development'
13.	04/06/07	Shri. E.Kunhikrishnan, Dept. of Zoology, University of Kerala	'Biodiversity Conservation in the Western Ghats- Challenges'

Academic Year 2005 - 2006

Sl.No	Name & Designation	Title of the Topic
1.	Dr. N.Shubha, Lecturer in English, Women's College	Strategies of Speaking English
2.	Dr. Indra N. Prof. Medical College, TVM.	'Learning Disabilities and Associated Problems'- a Classroom approach.
3.	Dr. K.Srivatsan, Director, IITMK	Quality enhancement in teaching using IT enabled learning environment
4.	Dr. N.Sadasivan, Rtd.Professor(English), University College, TVM.	Perfect Action to enhance your employability
5.	Ms. Shirley Stewart, Lecturer in English, Mar Ivanios College, TVM.	Necessity for learning English in the present day scenario
6.	Dr. V.Shyamala, Rtd.Professor(English), All Saints College, TVM.	Oral communication skills in English
7.	Dr. T.K.Lalitha Bai, Former Director, IASF,Thrissur.	Diagnostic tests-Construction and Administration
8.	Mr.Josekutty, HAS, SMV School	Grading Techniques
9.	Ms. Soosamma Chandy, Lecturer, Govt.Law College, TVM.	Human Rights-Awareness for prospective teachers
10.	Ms. Betty Varghese, Career, Counselor	Teacher as a Counselor
11.	Prof.(Dr.) K.V.Kurien, Principal, STCS	Sustainable Development-the Kerala context

Internal Workshop / Seminar

An Internal Seminar on Models of Teaching was conducted from 14th August 2006 to August 18th 2006 in the College by the members of faculty of St.Thomas Training College. Remedial instructional materials for the B.Ed course were prepared by the members of faculty.

Competitions conducted by the College

St.Thomas Training College conducted inter-collegiate competitions in connection with 'Suvarna Keralam' celebrations to mark the Golden Jubilee in commemorations with the formation of the state of Kerala.
As part of the 'Suvarna Keralam' celebrations St.Thomas Training College organized the following competitions on 15th November.

1. During forenoon session Quizmaster Koduvazhannoor Murali conducted quiz competition based on
"Kerala - A Glimpse through glorious 50 years".
2. Afternoon session was followed by elocution competition

Participatin by Students & Trainees

Students from St.Thomas Training College also participated in various inter-collegiate competitions conducted by other B.Ed colleges.
A light music competition was organized by BNV Training College in the month of November. Jayahari of Physical Science Optional secured the 1st position in the above competition.
An inter-collegiate Quiz competition was organized by Christ Nagar College of Teacher Education on 23rd May 2006. Two teacher-trainees from the college participated and obtained commendable position in the same.