Editor’s Note
Progressiveness is a state of being which translates into actions and initiatives leading to all round excellence. This warrants for courage & conviction for experimentation leading to the precipice of disruption. The community of Progressive Principals of India comprises of these very personalities who have made up their mark on the aforesaid contours.
An in-depth questionnaire was posed in front of the entire school community of the country and responses were sought on their personal take on the various aspects of Progressive Aspects of Education such as
How have you facilitated Learning by Doing – Hands-on Projects, Expeditionary Learning, Experiential Learning at the Schools principled by you?
In what all ways have you been Championing Integrated Curriculum Focused on Thematic Units by synergizing the inter-disciplinary expertise of your faculty members?
How have you Planned & Steered through the Integration of Entrepreneurship into Education through your Faculty?
How have you laid Strong Emphasis on Problem Solving & Critical Thinking amidst the Faculty of Schools you have served?
What has been your personal contribution in terms of accentuating Group Work and Development of Social Skills amidst the Faculty of Schools you have led?
In which all ways have you been able to Thwart Rote Knowledge and Introduced Understanding & Action based Learning?
Have you been able to Introduce Collaborative & Cooperative Learning Projects for Faculty Development? If Yes, Do Elaborate.
To what extent do you believe that Education accentuates Social Responsibility and Safeguards Democracy as in Expressing dissent & Difference of opinion boldly without fear of retribution. Have you been able to deploy this belief in action. Please Elaborate.
Have you been able to design & deliver a Learning Ecosystem whereby Highly Personalized Learning Accounting is done for each Individual’s Personal Goals?
Have you been able to experiment with Integration of Community Service and Service Learning Projects into the Daily Curriculum? If Yes, to what extent and in which all ways.
To what extent have you been able to contribute/influence the Selection of Subject Content by looking forward to Ask what Skills will be needed in Future Society – Local, Regional, National, Global?
As a Progressive Principal What Emphasis do you lay on the Lifelong Learning and Social Skills of your Faculty Members? In what all ways to you steward this?
Do you Follow an Assessment Regime for your Faculty Members whereby they are Evaluated out of their Innovative Projects & Productions?
What’s your personal philosophy when it comes to Faculty Empowerment?
The quality of responses was so profound that we thought of publishing it in the form of a valuable publication so that references can be made to the eclectic experimentations going across the country.
Raghav Mittal
B.Tech + M.Tech, IIT Kharagpur
Editor, ReTHINK INDIA