Agastya : Improving Critical Thinking and Leadership Skills

Many of India’s disadvantaged youth are apathetic about their education from the formal schooling system, resulting in high dropout rates. Lack of interest and perceived value of education often cause low retention and dismal learning outcomes, whi...

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Main Authors:	Tinsley, Elaine A., Navarrete Moreno, Cristina
Format:	Case Study
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2017
Subjects:	SCIENCE EDUCATION LEARNING CRITICAL THINKING LEADERSHIP EDUCATION POLICY DISADVANTAGED YOUTH
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/216831495096544025/Agastya-improving-critical-thinking-and-leadership-skills http://hdl.handle.net/10986/27660

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spelling	okr-10986-276602021-05-25T09:50:32Z Agastya : Improving Critical Thinking and Leadership Skills Tinsley, Elaine A. Navarrete Moreno, Cristina SCIENCE EDUCATION LEARNING CRITICAL THINKING LEADERSHIP EDUCATION POLICY DISADVANTAGED YOUTH Many of India’s disadvantaged youth are apathetic about their education from the formal schooling system, resulting in high dropout rates. Lack of interest and perceived value of education often cause low retention and dismal learning outcomes, which can perpetuate poverty and contribute to the socio-economic divide. In India, however, creative learning is a privilege of the rich few. To remedy this situation, Agastya operates a hands-on science education program, equipping disadvantaged students of government schools in rural areas with tools and learning that foster confidence, creativity, teamwork, and leadership. Agastya’s learning methods take the form of activity - project and demo-based learning, peer-to-peer learning, and learning from nature. Agastya uses a variety of delivery channels: science center’s serve as a hub for activities in a region, teacher trainings, science fairs, and summer camps; mobile science labs and lab-in-a-box programs deliver education to students’ doorsteps and classrooms; government schoolteachers receive training in creative learning methods; and selected students obtain additional education on scientific concepts to become peer instructors. 2017-07-31T21:58:16Z 2017-07-31T21:58:16Z 2017-04 Case Study http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/216831495096544025/Agastya-improving-critical-thinking-and-leadership-skills http://hdl.handle.net/10986/27660 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Working Paper South Asia India
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description	Many of India’s disadvantaged youth are apathetic about their education from the formal schooling system, resulting in high dropout rates. Lack of interest and perceived value of education often cause low retention and dismal learning outcomes, which can perpetuate poverty and contribute to the socio-economic divide. In India, however, creative learning is a privilege of the rich few. To remedy this situation, Agastya operates a hands-on science education program, equipping disadvantaged students of government schools in rural areas with tools and learning that foster confidence, creativity, teamwork, and leadership. Agastya’s learning methods take the form of activity - project and demo-based learning, peer-to-peer learning, and learning from nature. Agastya uses a variety of delivery channels: science center’s serve as a hub for activities in a region, teacher trainings, science fairs, and summer camps; mobile science labs and lab-in-a-box programs deliver education to students’ doorsteps and classrooms; government schoolteachers receive training in creative learning methods; and selected students obtain additional education on scientific concepts to become peer instructors.
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author	Tinsley, Elaine A. Navarrete Moreno, Cristina
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title	Agastya : Improving Critical Thinking and Leadership Skills
title_short	Agastya : Improving Critical Thinking and Leadership Skills
title_full	Agastya : Improving Critical Thinking and Leadership Skills
title_fullStr	Agastya : Improving Critical Thinking and Leadership Skills
title_full_unstemmed	Agastya : Improving Critical Thinking and Leadership Skills
title_sort	agastya : improving critical thinking and leadership skills
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2017
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/216831495096544025/Agastya-improving-critical-thinking-and-leadership-skills http://hdl.handle.net/10986/27660
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