New Delhi, August 04, 2016: British Council organized a professional development programme for educators at Hotel Surya in New Delhi on Friday. Close to 200 educators from private schools across North India participated in the Introduction to Core Skills workshop as part of the British Council’s ‘Connecting Classrooms’ programme. The day long workshop had two parallel sessions; ‘Introduction to Core Skills for Leaders’ addressed for Principals and Schools Management representatives, and ‘Introduction to Core Skills for Teachers’ addressed for teachers, coordinators and teacher trainers.
The Core Skills journey has three modules—Introduction, Advanced, and Reflection; spread over a period of five months. The programme is aimed at preparing teachers to work in a global environment by bringing in cross curricular teaching techniques and embedding the 21st century skills which have been broadly identified as critical thinking & problem solving, communication & collaboration, creativity & imagination, citizenship, digital literacy and student leadership &personal development.
The Core Skills programme is based on the findings of a research conducted by education experts and academicians at British Council, which identified a need for young people to be equipped with core skills that supplements the traditional curriculum and subject-focussed approach of our education systems. British Council consulted a range of stakeholders, drew upon research on the deep pedagogies framework and UNESCO’s transversal skills and then decided to focus on supporting teachers develop their pedagogy in the six core skills and competencies mentioned above.
Corporate Comm India (CCI Newswire)
