Education

In this issue, we also carry an interview with Eklavya, an organization that has been experimenting with plural ideas and practices of learning centers for more than two decades. It has used its experiences in these spaces for building deep engagements with the communities and people it works with, for improving learning-related processes in governmental schools, and in developing its grounded thinking about democratic education.

We also carry a review of her book ‘The Open Classroom’ in this issue. This volume captures her decades-long journey of working towards meaningful and democratic learning of children, often of marginalized backgrounds. It also discusses her efforts and experiences in running a learning center for children in the Tilaknagar area of Bengaluru.

In a gathering of adults training to be facilitators, there was an invitation to reflect upon and share a memory of a moment when they experienced learning something. Among the many sharings, the following situations were included. While baking a cake with an aunt, when on a bird walk a bird was identified by its […]

Aastha Maggu, in her article titled “Learning spaces outside schools,” highlights resources that aid educators in guiding students to explore their environment beyond classrooms. These materials focus on nature education, heritage conservation, and engaging students as citizen scientists.

In this ‘Ground Zero’ piece, we talk to four organizations whose interventions outside the classroom are redefining their understanding of learning.

Vinita Gursahani Singh and Neha Yadav, in their article titled “Learning spaces for active citizenship,” reflect on their experiences in making citizenship education robust through real-world, project-based, civic action by students.