Riverside School teachers Neena Mehta, Jahnavi Mehta, Mira Thomas & Ranjhani Iyer take us on a walk around the school campus in Ahmedabad, sharing the unique pedagogy of one of India’s most successful schools, and discussing the value of alternative education models.
The Riverside School has been demonstrating a child-centred learning model since its inception in 2001. Built on the principle of putting common sense to common practice it creates a nurturing environment in which every child can thrive. As a sector focussed on learning and creating environments that facilitate learning, we have a lot to learn from Riverside’s 15 years of experience. Continue reading “A Growth Mindset at The Riverside School”
Ashutosh Tosaria is a Senior Programme Manager at Quest Alliance, overseeing the growth of the seminal blended-learning employability program, MyQuest. Here, Ashutosh reflects on his own career journey, and his close encounter with unemployability.
Let’s start with my story. In 2004 I was in Delhi desperately looking to work and earn, while I completed the final year of my engineering degree, a B.Tech in Electronics & Communication, to be precise. Continue reading “The Rainbow of Unemployability”
A year-long course in welding at an Industrial Training Institute in Bangalore laid the foundation for former Quest Alliance employee Archita Sisodia to turn entrepreneur.
“I didn’t feel like I was making enough of an impact, and I knew that I needed to learn more before I could offer more. I joined not to learn welding, but to understand the ecosystem of an ITI”
Nine-times world billiards champion Geet Sethi shares why finding your passion, honing your focus and following your heart is at the root of success
What does it mean to talk about a mastery mindset? For me, it’s about truly understanding something. Because learning is a mindset, and a lifelong process, we need to focus on that understanding, rather than rote learning, or committing facts to memory. Ultimately, learning is not information, but this process of understanding.
As Quest’s State Head in Biar, Amitav Nath has been instrumental in the development and implementation of Anandshala, a program which works closely with the district education system to create stronger relationships between students, teachers and parents. Here he shares his insights on partnership, and working within existing government frameworks.
Working on Quest Alliance’s Anandshala (literally translated: joyful schools) program in Bihar, our job is to define the theory of change for the program. Our team ensures that the design strategy functions on the ground, and works out how plans get translated into action at the field level. One very important aspect to achieve this is making sure that the program is institutionalized by the district through advocacy.
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