{"id":1782,"date":"2021-02-28T18:11:06","date_gmt":"2021-02-28T18:11:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/silverpi.com\/blog\/?p=1782"},"modified":"2021-05-20T13:06:38","modified_gmt":"2021-05-20T13:06:38","slug":"diy-learning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/silverpi.com\/blog\/index.php\/2021\/02\/28\/diy-learning\/","title":{"rendered":"DIY Learning"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

“The \u2018A for Apple\u2019 framework in which our education system is entrenched in (even in higher education), needs a strong wallop… Maybe we can start by not telling how and what to learn. By not teaching \u2013 the way it stands now.”<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Let me start with a firsthand story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Long ago, still a kid, I participated in a summer workshop on theatre. We were a group of may be 20 kids \u2013 10-15 years old newbies to theatre. Our \u2018Coach\/Director\u2019 was\/is a very well-known theatre personality, started the workshop with a grand \u2018let us do a play\u2019 announcement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of course, we were good students, well entrenched in the way Indian education system works. We waited for her to identify a play, identify the roles and assign to each of us, and, decide how the play will be enacted. We waited very obediently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then she threw a googly. She said \u2018So, who has a story of our play?\u2019. We didn\u2019t know what to say. We looked at each other silently \u2013 a definite outcome of obedience. Unfazed, she continued, \u2018we need a story and that will be our story and our play\u2019. We were there because \u2018parents wanted us to\u2019, \u2018get out of the house\u2019 or, \u2018get a certificate\u2019.  This was something new! We were part of the story making and doing a play!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some one said, \u2018there was this girl who sings well and one day loses her songs and her voice\u2019. That was it. Imagination let loose. Ideas poured in. Conversations, arguments.  Each one brought in new bit of the story. And then the structuring of the play. The roles were not assigned but collectively worked out who will do what. We figured out what kind of props the play needs. Our coach\/director was an enabler and a participant in all this. There were no right or wrong. The story took different paths and finally took shape and was made into a play.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Of course, we had a successful show.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is not a new thing. It has existed for a long time in various parts of the world and continues to exist. There are many examples in India as well. And in the formal education sector (the first 12 years), policy makers are trying to bring in changes. Frameworks such as Continuous and comprehensive evaluation, Experiential learning, Immersive learning and so on. But finally, when it gets implemented, it is still within the framework of standard \u2018by rote\u2019. Or, the structure is imported (IGCSE and the like) and is elitist and expensive in terms of availability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is not to say that the \u2018DIY Learning\u2019 example is the only way go. It is one part of a new way of thinking that Indian education system needs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The \u2018A for Apple\u2019 framework in which our education system is entrenched in (even in higher education), needs a strong wallop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maybe we can start by not telling how and what to learn. By not teaching \u2013 the way it stands now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“The \u2018A for Apple\u2019 framework in which our education system is entrenched in (even in higher education), needs a strong wallop… Maybe we can start by not telling how and what to learn. By not teaching \u2013 the way it stands now.” Let me start with a firsthand story. Long ago, still a kid, I…<\/p>\n

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