Building a Portfolio of Interpretation by WaSH Educators

Jal Sutra Initiative

Dr. Pamposh [email protected]

011-26525541, 26590473

NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR S&T COMMUNICATION (NCSTC)D/O SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, GOI

JAL SUTRAin young hands

Building an Impressive & Effective Case by WaSH Science Communicator

Youth Portfolio of Interpretation & Evidence

A Motto/ Tagline for Yourself

Jal Sutra in Young Hands Jal Vigyan Tarangini Jal Vartika Jal Pradipti Water Wizard Daughter of Rivers Godmother of Lakes


Personal AttributesKnowledge Skills Attitude Practic

eEco-WaSH, Diagnosis,

Design, Dialogue Theories

Parameterization Indicator selection

Issues, Regulations, Policies, Social

Conflicts, Traditions, Govt & CSR Schemes, Local context

Listener,Investigative, ConstructiveHuman behaviour, Inter-personal skills Assessment, Critical

thinking, Analysis

Diagnosis, design and delivery

Integrator, Connector

Documenter

Rational, Creative,Caring., Professional, Problem solving, Goal reachingUnbiased, Dreamer,Passionate, Challenge

Seeking-Motto/Tagline

Delivery, Impact-

fulIntegrato

r, Connecto

r


Professional Attributes Science communicator :

Pillar of public guidance through scientific messages

Investigator-reporter :(Eco & WaSH journalism)

Evidence Capture, Documenter – written and visual

Community innovator:

Investigative/creative/foresight/ dreamer

Torch bearer: Inspirational/ exemplarMentor, Counsellor: Co-learner, opinion builderVangaurd: Knowledge led advocacy,

persuasion, consent building, opinion building, conflict resolution, Issues, Regulations, policies, Social Conflicts, traditions, schemes, local context

Jal Samvadak: Culture worker


Learning pathwaysCultural Dialogue/community

dynamics/transactional approaches/ group think,

Media IEC product development, dissemination channels

Pedagogic Teaching, instructional

Research Field/action research, discovery science, scientific interpretation

Menteeship Grasping the content, context and values

Mediation Conflict resolution, consensus building, opinion building


Competencies strengthenedCultural Competency - Intercultural

- Value creation- View point harmonization

Data Resourcefulness - Data Mining- Data Visualization- Data Interpretation

Reporting - Newsworthiness- Evidential value- Controversy clarification

Site assessment - Precision (geo-tagging, temporal aspects) skills- Sense of real-time status- Scientific interpretation skills

Advocacy - Knowledge driven - Value based


Torch bearing

PotentialTorchbearer Noun

a person who carries a torch– a person who brings

enlightenment, truth, etc.

– an inspirational leader, as in some movement

http://websters.yourdictionary.com/


Handling the Torch

"If you hear a voice within you say, 'You cannot paint,' then by all means paint and that voice will be silenced.

-Vincent Van

Gogh


Community mobilization


Evidence CaptureSkills Evidence Captured ToolsBio-monitoring of water bodies

Location, time/season, aquatic life & population, quality of water, diversity of flora, fauna

Instruments: Mobile Camera, Mobile GPS, Technical Drawing Tools-paper, pens, rulers, compasses, and drawing utilities Water & Soil testing kit, Weather Monitoring Kit, Sampler bottles, Handheld Flow Meter, Measurement tape, Hand held laser measure

Recorded data, maps, imagery, publications - scientific, geographical, geo-spatial/Google earth, survey, satellite, meteorological, archaeological etc.

Skill Set: Creative Mindset, Critical Thinking, Foresight, Assessment, Parameterization, Indicator selection,

Archaeological installation

Ingenuity of design, ecology-heritage & current, estimated capacity to handle water,

Watershed Macro/micro-watershed, contours and ecosystem services provided, point source & non-point source pollution, other impairments, signs & scope for restoration, water audit

Sewage system Pollution patterns & different loadings of contaminants, flow rate & volume, efficiency of treatment


Discovery Science Data


Observations: Journaling Day 1 Sessions on …..

provided foundation for higher level concepts; some of them were introduced abruptly and I could not follow; Have readied my queries like -………

Day 2 Sessions on …..Started wondering what role I shall find for me as WaSH Educator; Found a role model in Mr/Ms XYZ; Wrote my goals for long term

Day 3 Sessions on ……I think I need to revise my goals, after SDGs are announced; session on Regulations was detailed, but I am looking for creating my role in restoration of water bodies

Day 4 Sessions on …….I made much more of my exposure visit, could not get good pics, as it was getting dark faster, morning session was a washout, I have to take notes from fellow trainees, Learnt about Ramsar Convention, COP, and got a list of Ramsar sites in India

Day 5 Interactive session, wanted some more hands-on-exercises, would ask on coming days

Day 6 Interactive sessions, games, thought of my own plans for community mobilization, wrote down a couple of them-

Day 7……10


Hypothesis & Validation

Hypothesis # 1 2 days old water has less microbes than fresh water

Found to have 7 mg Dissolved oxygen & 10% less microbes than tap fresh water

Hypothesis # 2 Harvested Rain Water is potable up to 6 months

Checked the stagnant water in the Vaw for contamination, found not suitable for drinking

Hypothesis # 3 Water springs are taller in hills

Atmospheric pressure is lower in hills than it is in plains, so water saturated aquifer throw up water higher

Hypothesis # 4 Waste biodegradation is slower at high altitudes

Low temperature slows down the growth of microbes and so un-decomposed animal bodies found even after long time of their death

Hypothesis # 5 Liquid soap is more germicidal than cake soap

No truth, technique of hand-washing is more important


Conclusions & Scientific InterpretationConclusions Scientific

Interpretation• Water body is like a mirror for its Watershed

All watersheds deliver a variety of pollution to their downstream water bodies, human actions are altering watersheds directly and indirectly

• Wetlands are like kidneys for Earth

Help purify waste, absorb carbon dioxide….

• Water Audit can lower water footprint

Water use efficiency, lessened burden on water supply/distribution, triggers water conservation, promotes water re-use and re-cycling• Water accounting

needs a national strategy

Several unaccounted for contributions, like from vegetation, evaporation, etc. can be estimated


Documentation

Other documentation Art Forms - Folk & Modern Art, Music, Mixed Media

Digital & photo Music, Photo-story, Micro-documentary, Web products, animation

Written Slide-docs, PPTs, Brochures, Practice Papers & Reports, Action Research Papers & Reports, Datasets, SMS, e-mail


Dissemination & Communication of Findings & Experiences

Findings & Experiences

Dissemination & Communication

Feedback

Facts, trends, models gathered & developed

Organization’s Journal, Newsletter

Readers response, citations

Access found and shared knowledge

Media Media mentions, downloads, web clicks, mainstreaming

Diagnosis & applied learning

Community Institutions

Help sought, queries, & solution/learning exchange handled


Goals, Readiness & Commitments for Future

Commitments

360 deg solutions

Foresight

Exchange of learning

Readiness• Ready for message design & development

• Ready for scientific message based communication

• Ready for Advocacy

Goals Reach out to

more than 5 Lakh learner-actors

Adopt a village

Adopt a school

Adopt a water body


Thanks & Wishes.

Building a Portfolio of Interpretation by WaSH Educators

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