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Personalized Education for Global Citizenship

GTPS 2024

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Commencement of Teacher Training Programme in Marathi.

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Commencement of Teacher Training Programme in Marathi.

GTPS 2023

  1. Formed a Consortium of Schools to implement the ideas derived from:
    1. Dr. Vevaina’s book Redesigning Education: 5 Steps to Becoming Enablers for Change
    2. The ideas on Teaching Sustainability through the Arts gleaned from GTPS 2023
  2. Workshops on TECHNOPOIESIS for Teachers in Urban and Rural areas
  3. Publication of the Marathi edition of the book Redesigning Education – 5 Steps to Becoming Enablers for Change by Dr. Coomi S. Vevaina – Translated by Kanchan Joshi and supported by Learning Space Foundation
  4. Publication of a book on personal development entitled Amplified Living – 21 Days of Inner Work for a Conscious, Joyful Life by Dr. Coomi S. Vevaina
  5. Zamasama, our partners, collaborated with the hearing impaired children of Akshar Trust, Vadodara, India under the guidance of their Art Teacher, Jaydev Biswal to create illustrations for Shamim Padamsee’s children’s book “Ringluia learns to dance”, a story about Ringluia, a hearing impaired girl who succeeds in learning to dance the traditional Cheraw dance of Mizoram, India
    [read book on www.zamasama.com]

GTPS 2022

Action Project 1

50 Personalised Education for Global Citizenship Learning Plans

  • DESIGNING 50 JOY-FILLED TECHNOPOIETIC LEARNING PLANS based on the aspirations of NEP, the Sustainable Development Goals of the UNITED NATIONS and UNESCO’s Pillars of Learning
  • PERSONALISED 360 DEGREES LIFE SKILLS ASSESSMENT RUBRIC to emphasise the importance of Social and Emotional Learning.

Action Project 2

Workshops on TECHNOPOIESIS for Teachers in Urban and Rural areas

Numerous workshops were conducted for teachers in both urban and rural areas. Since Technopoiesis is an approach to teaching-learning and does not seek to change the ‘content’, we could conduct workshops in SSC, ICSE, IGCSE and CBSE schools. Third party assessment by ‘Social Lens’ validated the effectiveness of Technopoiesis in Wada, Palghar, Vikramghad and other rural areas.

Action Project 3

Publication of a book on the professional development of teachers

Redesigning Education – 5 Steps to Becoming Enablers for Change by Dr. Coomi S. Vevaina which is an outcome of the earlier GTPS Summits, is ready for publication in October 2023.

About the Book

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations highlight the pressing need for a shift in education to address global challenges like AI and promote sustainable development. This book proposes a comprehensive approach to transforming education, aligning it with scientific research, educational principles, and global initiatives such as UNESCO’s Four Pillars of Learning and the 17 SDGs.

Rather than overwhelming educators, the book seeks to integrate existing best practices into a cohesive and thoughtfully-designed “learning ecosystem.” It introduces the concept of “Technopoiesis,” which combines various approaches like art-based, nature-based, thinking-based, play-based, and experiential learning, along with social and emotional learning and global citizenship education.

By adopting an interdisciplinary perspective, Technopoiesis aims to break free from disciplinary silos and emphasises the interconnectedness of human existence with the planet. The book aims to inspire collaborative efforts among educators to create a transformative learning environment that aims at the development of head, heart and hand to make our beautiful planet a better place for ourselves and for the generations to come.

Action Project 4

Publication of a book on the personal development of teachers

Amplified Living – 21 Days of Inner Work for a Conscious, Joyful Life by Dr. Coomi S. Vevaina which is an outcome of the earlier GTPS Summits, is ready for publication in October 2023

About the Book

This book is a labour of love and encapsulates the experiential knowledge and wisdom I have acquired so far. It is for any reader, anywhere and of any age, as long as the reader is interested in personal growth. It seeks to answer some essential questions such as, ‘’Why do some individuals possess very little in life yet remain peaceful and content while others are ‘successful’ in worldly ways, with well-paying jobs, beautiful homes, ideal partners, cars, financial stability and frequent holidays, still experience deep disturbance and discontentment?’’ Moreover, ‘’why are we constantly being told that by 2030, more people will suffer from chronic depression than any other disease?’’ ‘’What measures can we take to prevent this ‘pandemic’? ‘’

GTPS COLLECTIVE

Anahita Lee – Teacher, Teacher Educator, Author and Curriculum Designer

Dr. Coomi Vevaina – Professor and former Head, Dept. of English, University of Mumbai, Education Futurist, award-winning Writer, international Speaker, Storyteller and Founder Director, GTPS

Donna Reen – Visiting Faculty at the University of Mumbai and DGCA certified Trainer and Examiner for Airports Authority of India for English Language and Communication

Preeti Takle – Educator, Environmentalist, Curriculum Designer, avid Trekker and Urban Farmer

Sudarshan Sonawane – Facilitator of various projects like ‘E-Tech’, ‘English Language development in vernacular primary schools’ and ‘Education at your doorstep’ run by the Learning Space Foundation in rural Maharashtra

GTPS 2020-2021