THE GLOBAL TIPPING POINT SUMMIT
GTPS Action Project
Personalized Education for Global Citizenship
GTPS 2024
A Global Nationwide Mental Wellness Project
[Initiated as a GTPS Project by Professor Emeritus, Dr. Coomi S. Vevaina and supported by ISAC, a National Cybersecurity Database Agency and CERT-In, Indian Computer Emergency Response Team]
Educators and psychologists worldwide are increasingly concerned about the rise in mental health issues caused by social media. Project Scroll Control, is a Social, Emotional and Ethical Learning (SEEL) project which seeks to empower tweens globally to proactively combat cyberbullying using Narrative Therapy through the creative medium of digital storytelling. The aim is to promote mindful responses among youth to the dark underbelly of the digital space and empower them restore balance in their lives.
Schools and Colleges in India will be encouraged to participate in Project Scroll Control. Participating schools will engage students in creating digital stories, culminating in a video that portrays their protagonist(s) transitioning from a Magic to Manic to Toxic relationship with social media. As facilitators, we will provide support by outlining effective strategies of getting their protagonists out of the challenging situations they find themselves in the narratives created by them.
Some of the good videos will be uploaded on prominent national digital platforms as well as our own website gtps4change.org. They will be freely available to viewers everywhere and serve as powerful tools to raise awareness about the responsible use of technology.
Teacher Upskilling Certificate Programme in Marathi based on Dr. Vevaina’s book, “Redesigning Education: 5 Steps to Becoming Enablers for Change” in collaboration with Learning Space Foundation and Patuck Institute.
Collaboration with the Inner Development Goals [IDG] organisation in Stockholm, Sweden, to promote inner development for outer development for global development.
Leveraging youth with a newly created wing of GTPS -Youth for Evolutionary Education [YEE]
Commencement of an online programme – Personal Wellness: Life Skills for Social, Emotional and Ethical Competencies based on Dr. Vevaina’s book, “Amplified Living – 21 Days of Inner Work for a Conscious, Joyful Life” in collaboration with The University of Mumbai.
GTPS 2023
Formed a Consortium of Schools to implement the ideas derived from:
- Dr. Vevaina’s book Redesigning Education: 5 Steps to Becoming Enablers for Change
- The ideas on Teaching Sustainability through the Arts gleaned from GTPS 2023
Workshops on TECHNOPOIESIS for Teachers in Urban and Rural areas
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
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]
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
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
