Progress is impossible without change; and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything - George Bernard Shaw
Change is inevitable, change is constant and change is a necessity. The 80s, 90s followed by the turn of the century have left us all elated and puffed up with ‘change’. It sure is a great feeling to be ‘updated’ versions of what we would have otherwise been. The ‘generation next’ is indeed a progeny of this process of change.
However, there is another perspective of ‘change’ that is happening alongside. These are the intangibles that are either changing, or getting influenced by the elaborate progress that is happening all around us. From talking about sundry things with the unassuming kiryana wala bhaiya to getting greeted by a somewhat English speaking attendant at a big store - has not our approach towards shopping changed?
How are relationships today – within homes, amongst friends and most importantly at school? Does the sanctity that marked a teacher-child relationship remain still? Or are we experiencing a change there just in many of the other things?
One look at schools, arty classrooms – and you can say that ‘we have changed’. Preschools today look bright, pretty and all done up. At a senior school level, ‘digital media’ is infusing newer techniques into the teaching and learning process. With technology, consumerism, exposure, media, the change is happening at express speed. What we see as a result of this is – a student who belongs to the ‘generation next’.
Inspire is all set to explore this phenomenon of ‘change’ and its impact on the child today. We question - are we changing with a direction and purpose? Is change getting transferred in to a teaching and learning style where rote learning ceases to exist? Is change happening in the teachers approach towards the over informed child of today?
Are we ready for the change we are inviting?
Change is inevitable, change is constant and change is a necessity. The 80s, 90s followed by the turn of the century have left us all elated and puffed up with ‘change’. It sure is a great feeling to be ‘updated’ versions of what we would have otherwise been. The ‘generation next’ is indeed a progeny of this process of change.
However, there is another perspective of ‘change’ that is happening alongside. These are the intangibles that are either changing, or getting influenced by the elaborate progress that is happening all around us. From talking about sundry things with the unassuming kiryana wala bhaiya to getting greeted by a somewhat English speaking attendant at a big store - has not our approach towards shopping changed?
How are relationships today – within homes, amongst friends and most importantly at school? Does the sanctity that marked a teacher-child relationship remain still? Or are we experiencing a change there just in many of the other things?
One look at schools, arty classrooms – and you can say that ‘we have changed’. Preschools today look bright, pretty and all done up. At a senior school level, ‘digital media’ is infusing newer techniques into the teaching and learning process. With technology, consumerism, exposure, media, the change is happening at express speed. What we see as a result of this is – a student who belongs to the ‘generation next’.
Inspire is all set to explore this phenomenon of ‘change’ and its impact on the child today. We question - are we changing with a direction and purpose? Is change getting transferred in to a teaching and learning style where rote learning ceases to exist? Is change happening in the teachers approach towards the over informed child of today?
Are we ready for the change we are inviting?
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