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Harvard professor conducts workshop for Pune city teachers

ByHT Correspondent
Mar 05, 2022 11:27 PM IST

Doris Sommer guided teachers on how to make students feel that education is not only about learning but a joyful journey

PUNE Doris Sommer, Professor of Cultural Agent Initiative (CAI) at Harvard University, guided teachers on how to make students feel that education is not only about learning but a joyful journey throughout their lives.

Doris Sommer emphasised that teachers should use a new art-based training programme called Pre-Texts. (HT PHOTO)
Doris Sommer emphasised that teachers should use a new art-based training programme called Pre-Texts. (HT PHOTO)

Sommer’s guidance was part of a workshop organised by (TAS) The Academy School, Pune, on Saturday.

Sommer emphasised that teachers should use a new art-based training programme called Pre-Texts. She said that the programme’s aim is to employ reading and critical thinking skills by making art based on challenging texts. Pre-Texts facilitators noted remarkable learning outcomes, unique ways of evaluating students, as well as time-saving strategies for preparing lessons and reaching their objectives.

Saroj M Raman, principal, TAS, on this occasion said, Prof Doris, through her interaction, demonstrated the nuances and exact form of Pre-Texts, which serves as a compelling pedagogical tool in inculcating democratic governance paradigms within the class, promotes student’s voice, and creates avenues for an art-driven journey of learning. “Being a versatile tool, Pre-Texts can promote sustenance and preservation of various forms of arts, and that in itself is powerful,” he said.

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