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Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIM-A) Post Graduate Program Students Exposure Visit to
Elizabeth Koshy, Director of Chaitanya School addressing the IIM-A PGP students on synchronicity and fundamental principles needed for successful collaboration.
Gautam Patel, co-founder of the Sajeevta Foundation presenting details of Indias education system and a scalable approach for inclusive learning.
Instructions and a CV making format were given to each student (see annexes for the full-size formats):
Over one hundred Chaitanya students of classes 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 interacted with the thirty IIM-A students and each of the Chaitanya students wrote about their learning and the future aspirations. A selection of what was written is given below:
About learning The visit to the Surya Press was illuminating and interesting as we learned how books are printed, cut and bound together. Constructed a model of land and water pollution. Reading story books makes me happy. I like Karate because of self-defence. I like chess because my brain is very sharp in chess. I enjoyed the dance of Dasavatar as it gave knowledge about ten avatars of Vishnu. I like reading literature because it is the most useful and mind freshing hobby. I liked to learn about why we fall ill. To open any electrical thing gives me excitement. I like Mathematics and algebra. We visited the Surya Press. It was a nice visit because it is a nice thing to know about the books we read today and how it is printed. I like collecting plants and leaves and I learn about Science. I like gardening as I feel light and peace when I do gardening. I got the award of best model maker in 2013 when I made the model of hydraulic energy.
I want to become and IAS or an IPS officer because I can help a person who is having problems. I can solve their problems.
I want to change the mind of people against corruption and I want to spread health and education awareness. I want to win awards as the best officer and environmentalist.
My dream job is police officer because I like police officer job. I want to get awards in my police officer job.
There was an interactive discussion at the very end of the visit, after which the IIM-A students wrote down their feedback and impressions of the exposure of the inclusive learning collaboration between Chaitanya School and the Sajeevta Foundation, some of the feedback is listed here: Impressed with the methods of pedagogy for ensuring participation of each and every student of the class in the process of learning. I was blown away by the enthusiasm, knowledge, communication skills and general aptitude of the students. I was most impressed with the dedication and determination for the cause of inclusive learning. I was most impressed with the diversity of economic and social backgrounds in the classrooms. The methods of taking direct feedback from all children in classrooms. I really like the methods used to implement the all-class response systems and differentiated teaching. The ways devised to teaching children from zero level to meaningful communication is commendable. A lot of effort has been put into this noble cause, this is highly inspirational. The quality of facilities and exposure provided by the school including the chess class, field trips and experiments.
Annexures:
1. Schedule for exposure visit, 7th December 2013 2. CV-making instructions for students 3. CV-making formats for students
Exposure visit for IIM-A PGP-I Students Chaitanya School and Sajeevta Foundations Collaboration for Innovation in Inclusive Learning Schedule for Saturday 7th December
The exposure visit for IIM-A Post-Graduate Program year one (PGP-I) students is to learn about Chaitanya School and Sajeevta Foundations collaboration for Innovation in Inclusive Learning. This is part of the IIM-A course titled Socio-Cultural Environment of Business (SCEB). The aims of the SCEB course is to make the IIM-A students aware of various facets of public life that impinge on business in direct and not so direct ways so as to make them better managers, business leaders and citizens.
Time
Activity
10:00
10:30
Presentation on Inclusive Learning Initiative: collaboration between Chaitanya School and Sajeevta Foundation Question and Answer session Interaction between Students of IIM-A and Chaitanya School (standards: 5 and 6):
Activity Hall
11:00
11:35
Interaction between Students of IIM-A and Chaitanya School (standards: 7, 8 and 9):
Working groups of two IIM-A students with four Chaitanya students IIM-A students will present their CVs as model examples. Chaitanya students will prepare a CV of their educational performance and a Dream CV (format will be given) Chaitanya students will then return to their classes
13:00
14:00 14:30
Tasks to complete:
1. Introduce yourself to your group and find about the other members of your group. 2. Ask the IIM-A students about their CV: use Why? and How? and Where? and Who? and What next? questions. 3. Use the format on the other side of this page to make your own CV. Ask the IIM students to help you with this. 4. If you complete the first three tasks then take a blank sheet of A4 paper and begin making your Dream CV for what you hope to achieve by the year 2023 (ten years from now). You should write on this dates and details of:
10 minutes
10 minutes
10 minutes
The address you dream to live at. The exam results you dream to work for. The college you dream to get admission at. The university you dream to get admission at. The job you dream to have. The awards you dream to win.
Curriculum Vitae
Your Name
Address line 1 Address line 2 Mobile Number Address line 3 Email address Address line 4
Education: Give details of most recent exam results. List your favourite subjects. Write about the best piece of work you produced this year. Write about which lesson you enjoyed most. Write about your favourite school trip.
Awards - list the awards here and write the reason you won, example: 1st prize for best Rangoli: I practiced at home first. 2nd prize for Karate: we have Karate lessons at school every Wednesday. Hobbies and interests - list your hobbies here and give the reason you enjoy them, example: Cycling: makes me healthy. Collecting old coins: I learn about history.