The Progressive School Vol 01 Issue 04
The Progressive School is a quarterly magazine for school leaders, school owners, management, administrators and principals. It is set out to provide 'thought leadership' for progress and performance in schools.
The Progressive School is a quarterly magazine for school leaders, school owners, management, administrators and principals. It is set out to provide 'thought leadership' for progress and performance in schools.
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their understanding improves. Interacting<br />
digitally with students may bring better<br />
bonding. However, in Indian scenario,<br />
teachers should be given adequate time<br />
to do research and delivering these<br />
responsibilities instead of being given 28-<br />
35 periods per week to do the monotonous<br />
practices. Digital teaching community<br />
should be created.<br />
Q: How do smart schools empower<br />
learners for learning beyond a routine<br />
curriculum?<br />
Captain Alokesh Sen (Retd): Smart<br />
schools’ educational technology helps the<br />
students go beyond the routine curriculum<br />
and explore and research further on<br />
the topics discussed in classes. Smart<br />
schools integrate international learning<br />
to the curriculum which percolates to<br />
the learning objectives and learning<br />
outcomes. Smart schools ensure learner’s<br />
autonomy. Through blogging, video<br />
conferences and taking up project works<br />
in collaboration with the students of<br />
schools across the world’, they not only<br />
enrich their knowledge of academic topics<br />
but also learn to accept the diversity,<br />
respect it, develop ability to interact with<br />
people across the globe, learn to work<br />
in collaboration and understand other’s<br />
perspective on global issues. Students of<br />
smart schools prepare themselves to be<br />
useful global citizens.<br />
Manila Carvalho: Practical learning<br />
takes place outside confines of the<br />
classroom. <strong>The</strong> learners need to be<br />
prepared to take up the challenges of the<br />
society in which they are going to lead<br />
the rest of their life. Along with academic<br />
intelligence it is essential to teach the<br />
children the essential values that are<br />
required though examples or situations<br />
than in a disciplinarian style. Smart<br />
schools organise various team building<br />
activities which will enable the students<br />
to work in teams as well as develop<br />
mutual respect. Visit to the old age home,<br />
orphanages, remand homes will create a<br />
sense of understanding and responsibility<br />
among the students. Making the students<br />
accustomed to watch TED TALKS will<br />
bring in language fluency, aspect of self<br />
–confidence, aspiration for drive towards<br />
goals and dignity of labour. Encouraging<br />
sports and fine arts while providing<br />
required support from school will help<br />
them blossom in their talent. Introducing<br />
the learner to the global world through<br />
exchange programmes or virtual visits will<br />
enable them to respect each other’s culture<br />
and plan their career. A lot of learning<br />
takes place during the school excursions<br />
and camps. Introducing NSS, NCC, Scouts<br />
and Guides bring about bountiful learning<br />
through discipline among the learners.<br />
Project work and internships too bring<br />
about a high degree of learning. Children<br />
are made to think and ask questions.<br />
R. Srinivasa Raghavan: Certainly smart<br />
learning will develop good researchers and<br />
professionals in their own field as they<br />
connect well with the rest of the world.<br />
Smart students will be able to develop<br />
right attitude and be able to bring things<br />
better than their best.<br />
20 THE PROGRESSIVE SCHOOL jul-AUG-SEP 2<strong>01</strong>7
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