Women Rock Wednesday: Kiran Bir Sethi Teaches "I Can"

I love when someone takes a simple concept and turns it into an incredible teaching tool...one that leads to empowerment.

Ever heard of Kiran Bir Sethi?

No?

I hadn't either until a friend shared a link to Sethi's recent TED talk (video below). Once I watched, I was smitten. This woman gets it...and is sharing it.

Who is she?

She's the director of a school in Ahmedabad, India, and yowza, she's doing great things for and with the students. This woman rocks our Wednesday.

The philosophy of Riverside School (taken from the website) is:

"COMMON SENSE IS COMMON PRACTICE Riverside is the amalgamation of an approach to learning that is embedded in common sense. It is a vibrant research center for school education, where insights from cutting-edge research are turned into working models of pedagogical practices with a single-minded focus: student wellbeing. Over the last 9 years, Riverside has developed, implemented and shared a unique curriculum that is proving to be the benchmark for providing a no-compromise school education of the highest quality. By developing and sharing such a research-based, practical curriculum, Riverside is providing schools with an alternative model which focuses on excellence and still works in different economic and cultural contexts which make it possible for children all around the country to have access to a true education."

Broke down, it looks like this:

AWARE                ENABLE             EMPOWER

It's a hands-on, get-dirty, express-your-thoughts, get-involved, turn-those-thoughts-into-action kind of practice. When considering how to improve education in the United States (especially in inner-city schools), we should pay attention to this.

Want to learn more? Visit Riverside School.

As Sethi says, "Get infected!"

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