from classroom lessons to community lessons
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Abhilash RavishankarCo-founder, yofa.org
www.abhilash.name
India, youth & social change
Youth
Social Consciousness
Why youth?
This is about
Where did it go?
Extra-curricular
Integrate with the curriculum
How do we get it back?
Case Studies
๏ From: Community Lessons – By Julie Bartsch
๏ http://doe.mass.edu/csl/com-lesson.pdf- Massachusetts Dept. of Education- Massachussets Service Alliance- Learn and Save America
Kindergarten Case Study
It is all about learning!
Middle School Case Study
It’s all about learning!
Extra hourBrownie points
Certificate
An evaluation component ( x %) of regular courses/subjects
What is different?
What does it serve?๏ Multiple School-Community Interactions
- Imagine!
๏ Students- Not thrust on them- Grow up to be Socially responsible
๏ A grassroots approach to social awareness
Sir Ken Robinson, TED 2006on Creativity
… the process of having original ideas that have value …
comes about through the interaction of different disciplinary
ways of seeing things.
Scale
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1 project per class per year10 classes per school5 schools in a locality10 localities in a city
=
500 projects every year in each city