The current policyspeak is quality education, improved education & excellence in education but there are no discussions concerning #EqualEducation. We try to address the needs of inequality & equity for female, marginalised, vulnerable & invisible children. @nep2020 This means...
We are working towards enabling their inclusion in the system but we do not facilitate their retention in the system. We are concerned with the concept of giving a ’voice’ but we do not ‘teach how to talk’. @narendramodi#LifeSkillEdu@MinistryWCD
Savage Inequality describes the striking differences between rural school students & their urban counterparts. I found the Why’s difficult to answer, so I decided to ask the question How? We must enact our social imagination to ensure all children have equal education. @NCPCR_
#LifeSkillsEdu is #EqualEduaction, as it is a framework with the critical combo of psychosocial & psychomotor skills-learning balanced in three areas: knowledge, attitude & skills.
Knowledge secular or spiritual is in the human mind. It may not discovered...
...knowledge may remain obscure & when the covering is slowly taken off we say 'we are learning'. #LifeSkillEdu has similar values as we are all born with life skills; they need to be enhanced, & practiced to make them effective & health giving. @EduMinOfIndia@nep2020
Learning through experiences / active learning is imp to develop core life skills such as critical thinking, creativity & problem solving. Drama & ART are natural vehicles for active #ExperientialLearning. They are multisensory mode of learning & can increase awareness of self...
Art education is one with life, the only education that can give us real freedom-Tagore. #LifeSkillEdu thru drama & Art is #EqualEducation, is hope.
Silence in the classroom & the invisibility of the students must be broken. We need a pedagogy of hope for the oppressed-Freire.
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STEM represents science, technology, engineering & math.
STEAM = STEM + the arts, languages, dance, drama, music, visual arts & new media.
STEAM education gives students the opportunity to learn creatively, using life skills such as problem solving & creative thinking. @nep2020
These abilities are vital for an able workforce that grasps the potential of “what if” when problem solving in real life. Rather than ‘learning’ as an observer or receiver of knowledge
ARTS allow you to learn as a participant having an actual experience within a ‘what if’ frame
‘What if’ frame makes me wonder If there is STEAM as a more effective version of STEM. Is there a more effective version of ART...maybe SMART-Science and Math & Arts? But no, ART is action reflection transformation the most efficient way of learning. @narendramodi@EduMinOfIndia