50% of Indian Students don't have 21st Century Skills required for Jobs by 2030. Critical thinking, curiosity, collaboration, communication, SDGs, sustainability, and hands-on learning are missing in education. We require makers and DIY approach for STEAM, as it is important for student’s employability and social development. But our curriculum misses this, thus our youth face several challenges.
Participants explore, tinker, and invent, using videos, board games, and card games for experiential, hands-on learning. After various sessions, students showed better understanding of topics. All activities are based on school curriculum that improve knowledge, engage, and encouraged students to raise thinking skills. They further develop youth's skills such as growth mindset, leadership, decision making, and be a change maker. They become drivers of change, social innovators, and solution provider.
Games are effective tools for students, youth, and everyone for building knowledge of complex concepts. Research shows how games and hands on learning are effective tools for integrating, understanding STEAM, learning sustainability and their importance in our life. Further, participants gain understanding to explore and design their career through real-life scenarios and project-based learning.
Research Short Paper: https://tinyurl.com/26wa9wcd
Blog: https://tinyurl.com/yckpfrzd
Games and Hands-on approach encourage exploring surroundings and build teamwork skill to understand basic Science of Sustainability with STEAM. We signed a MoU with Department of School Education, Government of Uttarakhand for implementing 21st Century Skills and Sustainable School program in 30 schools in 2019-20 to empower students and 32 schools in 2022-2025. Apart from these we are conducting online events, courses, and workshops.
UN HLPF Side Event 2022: https://tinyurl.com/2y64w5sp | 2021: https://tinyurl.com/5b49kp7p | 2023: https://tinyurl.com/yw3s3f6a
#TeachSDGs Blog: https://tinyurl.com/4fvpcsz6
App Inventor Foundation Article: https://tinyurl.com/ytpm4cmy
Apps @ Google Play Store: https://tinyurl.com/4z7s2pk7
https://www.hrdef.org/blog2
IC-SD: https://tinyurl.com/56d8z79c
Schools, teachers, individuals can write to us for workshops, teachers training, student development opportunities. We will provide various games and hands-on kits for further distribution, and please contact us at manishag@hrdef.org
Apps @ Google Play Store: https://tinyurl.com/4z7s2pk7
