educational scaffolding: empowering adolescent girls dr. mintu sinha principal bombay teachers’...
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Educational Scaffolding: Empowering Adolescent Girls
Dr. Mintu Sinha
Principal
Bombay Teachers’ Training College, Mumbai
Reflections
MALALA YOUSAFZAI (17) – RECIPIENT, NOBEL PEACE PRIZE
Role Model for the Youth
Role Model for the Youth
New Age Movement
“A woman is the full circle. Within her is the power to create, nurture and transform.”
~Diane Mariechild
Q’s to think about…. How can a teacher nurture
& fulfil the aspirations of adolescent girls?
How can we ensure enabling environment for optimum development of adolescent girls?
How can we tap the potential of adolescent girls to empower them?
How can we address the issues like safety & security for adolescent girls?
SHIFTING THE FOCUS FROM IQ TO THE FOUR QUADRANTS
EMOTIONAL QUOTIENT
SOCIAL
QUOTIENT
CULTURAL QUOTIENT
TECHNOLOGICAL QUOTIENT
How can we address the issues like safety & security for adolescent girls?
Women’sWomen’s Safety Audits Safety Audits
Gender Responsive Gender Responsive BudgetingBudgeting
Delineating InterventionsDelineating Interventions
TECH SECURITY
TECH SECURITY
Educational Interventions
Curricular
• Include Adolescent & Gender Education
• Adolescent education infused with all school subjects
• Eradication of gender bias in textbooks.
• Methods of teaching like case based teaching and experiential learning
Co -curricular
• Sports Activity• NSS/NCC• Creating Social Networks• Martial arts
• Mandatory After school activities
• LENS series• Cultural Kaleidoscope
• Entrepreneurship and business training (Create Age-Appropriate Financial Services)
• Financial Literacy Programs (through Schools and Colleges and NGO)
More importance to co-scholastic than scholastic experiences
More importance to co-scholastic than scholastic experiences
ENABLING ENVIRONMENT
• Infusing gender education with all the school subjects • Preventive Health Care
Programmes
• Collaboration with stakeholders
• Case based and Experiential Learning
(Lessons in the Dark)
Adolescent/Gender Education
Best Practices in MaharashtraSchool Adolescent Life Skills Education
Programme (SALSEP) Initiative
THE 3 PRONGED MODEL FOR YOUTH OF TOMORROW
Recommendations
Recommendations
Recommendations