Nai Talim as experiential learning 16-10-24.pptx

What socio-ecological activities can you introduce in learning spaces that speak to the Gandhian framework of Nai Talim? This slide set shows you examples of actual work done by children and youth in schools and outside schools from different contexts in India that helps them to do useful work but also learn through it.

1. Imagining Nai Talim For today and tomorrow Sujit Sinha and Pallavi Varma Patil [email protected] [email protected] Art: Swetha Nambiar Sujit and Pallavi 16/10/2024 1

2. “You see things, and say why? But I dream things that never were, and I say why not” ---Bernard Shaw Sujit and Pallavi 16/10/2024 2

3. EDUCATION Through Productive Work for Swaraj Our One Line Definition of Nai Talim स्वराज के लिए- काम के ज़रिये शिक्षा Sujit and Pallavi 16/10/2024 3

4. What Productive Work ? The Zakir Hussain committee (1938) elaborated on three mediums: Basic Craft Social environment Natural environment Sujit and Pallavi 16/10/2024 4

5. Anand Niketan, Sewagram, 2017 Sujit and Pallavi 16/10/2024 5

6. Basic Crafts in 1938 ? i) Spinning and weaving ii) Carpentry iii) Agriculture iv) Fruit and vegetable gardening v) Leather work vi) Any other but contextual Sujit and Pallavi 16/10/2024 6

7. 1948, Anand Niketan Sewagram, School garden Sujit and Pallavi 16/10/2024 7

8. 1940 onwards Nai Talim schools had: Village cleaning and sanitation programme Organization of student assemblies Practicing conflict resolution methods Designing school level budgets Organizing and cooking meals Observation of local biodiversity (plants, trees, birds, animals, and insects) Examination of local geology (soil, rock, and minerals) Sujit and Pallavi 16/10/2024 8

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10. Assessments in Nai Taleem schools and by whom? Devi Prasad, 1988 My health; Social Life; Kitchen work; Community cleanliness; Looking after guests; Looking after the sick; (CARE) Festivals; Cooperative store; My behaviour in the hostel and in my family Village work; Craft and self-sufficiency; Spinning and self-sufficiency in clothing; Building work; Gardening; Work in the printing press; Language and literature Industrial and agricultural science; Social science; Self study; My aptitude and future studies/work. Sujit and Pallavi 16/10/2024 10

11. NCF (2005)’s Position Paper on ‘Work and Education’ listed 105 work-activities under 10 broad themes Today? What Work to include in schools? Our list of Productive Work themes for today? But For What???? Sujit and Pallavi 16/10/2024 11

12. EDUCATION Through Productive Work for Swaraj स्वराज के लिए- काम के ज़रिये शिक्षा One Line Definition Sujit and Pallavi 16/10/2024 12

13. SWARAJ Sujit and Pallavi 16/10/2024 13

14. 1. Of immediate use 2 . Linked to school subjects and curricula 3. An important local and livelihood issue 4. Done in school and at home 5 . Eco sensitiv e 6 . Fun and democratic 7.Linked to the community 8. Linked to local self government Productive work today ? Sujit and Pallavi 16/10/2024 14

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16. Nai Talim Examples of Productive work Collected by Pallavi and Sujit-theme wise Sujit and Pallavi 16/10/2024 16

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19. Food Agriculture Animal Husbandry Sujit and Pallavi 16/10/2024 19

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23. Grafting training Sujit and Pallavi 16/10/2024 23

24. Kul ( Ber) tree grafting Sujit and Pallavi 16/10/2024 24

25. Papaya N ursery Putting in seeds Watering through mulch Sujit and Pallavi 16/10/2024 25

26. Papaya nursery Transplanting Distribution Sujit and Pallavi 16/10/2024 26

27. Compost Preparing vermicompost Making liquid manure Sujit and Pallavi 16/10/2024 27

28. Seed ball training Sujit and Pallavi 16/10/2024 28

29. Azolla Making the Pit Watering Azolla Sujit and Pallavi 16/10/2024 29

30. Azolla Harvest Sujit and Pallavi 16/10/2024 30

31. Health – Hygiene Sujit and Pallavi 16/10/2024 31

32. Handpump/Tubewell disinfection Sujit and Pallavi 16/10/2024 32

33. Cleaning village of Plastic Waste Sujit and Pallavi 16/10/2024 33

34. Malnutrition measurement in school Weight and Height BMI chart Sujit and Pallavi 16/10/2024 34

35. Geography Sujit and Pallavi 16/10/2024 35

36. Measurement Temperature Rainfall Sujit and Pallavi 16/10/2024 36

37. Making Rainfall & Temperature Monthly Graphs Sujit and Pallavi 16/10/2024 37

38. Village Map Making Sujit and Pallavi 16/10/2024 38

39. DRCSC : ENRE ( Environment and Natural Resource Education) series Trees 2. Insects 3. Birds 4. Water 5. Fuel 6. Herbs 7. Rice 8. Fish 9. Garbage 10. Vegetables Collecting information; Organizing & Analyzing; Experiments; Presentations; Action Sujit and Pallavi 16/10/2024 39

40. Environment Activity Books produced by DRCSC, India in Bengali and English Sujit and Pallavi 16/10/2024 40

41. Uttarakhand Seva Nidhi(1987--) Sujit and Pallavi 16/10/2024 41

42. National Children’s Science Congress (NCSC) started in 1993. One of the most significant all India programmes for “school practical projects” Approximately 8-9 lakh children participate each year. A team of experts sits and makes a manual of possible projects which is then translated and circulated to each state resource team (mostly NGOs ). People’s Science Movement(PSM) Sujit and Pallavi 16/10/2024 42

43. National Children’s Science Contest topics 1993 – Know your Environment  1994 & 1995 – Clean up India  1996 & 1997 – India of our dreams – Let’s go for it  1998 & 1999 – Nature – Let’s conserve, share & Care  2000 & 2001 – Indigenous scientific knowledge for a better tomorrow  2002 & 2003 – Food systems towards nutrition for all  2004 & 2005 – Harness water resources for better future  2006 & 2007 - “Biodiversity’: Nurture Nature for our Future”  2008 - 2009 - “Planet Earth: Let’s Explore, Care & Share.”  2010 & 2011 - Land Resources: use for Prosperity & Save for Posterity  2012 & 2013 : Energy: Explore, Harness and Conserve. 2014 & 2015 : Understanding Weather and Climate. Sujit and Pallavi 16/10/2024 43

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45. THANK YOU! Sujit and Pallavi 16/10/2024 45