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Alumnus helps Salesian School embrace educational innovation

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S.T.E.A.M: An innovative educational method

Alumnus helps Salesian School embrace educational innovation

13 August 2023

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News written by: Fr. C. M. Paul sdb

The St. Anthony’s School of Jaigaon on the Bhutan border, run by Salesian Sisters, partnered with International S.T.E.A.M. Research (ISR) to conduct a 3-day DaVinci Innovation Camp for teachers and students from July 30 to August 1. The S.T.E.A.M is an educational approach with hands-on-model in learning science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

International STEAM Research founder-director and Don Bosco Kolkata alumnus Dr George Panicker facilitated the camp. “The camp gives an insight into the much-needed paradigm shift from traditional education philosophy, based on standardised test scores, to a modern ideal which focuses on valuing the learning process as much as the results,” said Dr Panicker.

Through the Camp, Dr Panicker explained, “Both students and teachers got to understand the new teaching and learning ecosystem model for Experiential Learning, aligned to National Education Policy-2020.” New Education policy promotes invention literacy through the 4Cs of the 21st Century, namely Critical Thinking, Communication, Creativity and Collaboration and develops students as Future-Ready Problem Solvers.

The 3-day camp had 200 participants, both teachers and students. The first Salesian school to conduct such a camp was Don Bosco Puthuppally in Kerala in 2022.