ebhle (experience based holistic learning environment) august 15 th, 2014 hasmukh sapnawala
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EBHLE
(Experience Based Holistic Learning Environment)
August 15th, 2014Hasmukh Sapnawala
Agenda
Why –The need
The big picture
The details
How you can help
Every Child is a MiracleWe tend to disrespect what we can’t
comprehend
Holistically we are all born with equal abilities
E.g. It is just that we FAIL to understand the strengths of an autistic child.
EBHLE will an environment which respects the abilities of every child
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Why English?
The primary language of every child will always be the childs mother tongue
English is the world’s second language
Learning Throgh Creativity
The current education system LIMITS creativity
EBHLE will an environment which LIBERATES creativity
Why – The need
The current education systemKills creativity
Is job oriented & industry driven
Moves from facts to research
Focused on ownership
Speed and short term based
Why – The need
The current education systemIgnores individual talents and needs
Fit the system or be an outcast
Common measurement criteria
Does not cater to Life Long Learning
More one way – teacher to student
The Big Picture
Inspiring quotes for the vision“The best way to predict the future is
to create it.” – Peter Drucker
“Truth is a pathless land.” – J Krishnamurthy
“Sorrow can be endured alone. But to get the true benefit of joy one must share it.” – Mark Twain
The Big Picture
The Big Picture
MissionTo create an environment where
children can nurture a majority of their innate, intuitive and instinctive abilities through holistic experiential learning.
To help retain well over fifty percent of brain cells in children older than 10 years of age.(current retention levels are estimated at fifty percent by the time a child reaches 10 years of age).
The Big Picture
ObjectivesTo create an environment that
stimulates the five sense organs and five motor organs of learners.
To create an environment where learners are encouraged to ask questions and guides will suggest options for finding answers.
The Big PictureObjectives
Learning begins with research and ends in facts. Patent filing capability will be available to all learners.
Learning transitions through the phases of dependence to independence to interdependence.
The environment will be operationally self-sufficient by 2025.
The Big PictureGoals
To have the ability to have 300 residential learners at 25 learners per class from Jr. KG to 10th grade by 2020.
To provide a family environment with host-parents and host grand-parents such that the needs of each child are met at individual, family, community and society levels.
The Big PictureGoals
To provide holistic learning which includes arts, sports, academia, ecological sustenance and economic sustenance.
To guide the leaner to attain self-awareness, self-sustainability and self-integration by the age of 15 years.
The Big PictureGoals
To provide an environment of “Forgiving Design” where learners look at mistakes as an opportunity to learn.
The DetailsInfrastructure
Total land coverage – 50 acres6 acres for learning environment
30 pods each with learning area for 25 learners, living area for 10 learners, host-parents, host-grandparents and visitor/volunteer. 12 pods @ one for each grade and remaining 18 pods for arts and sciences – like pottery, theatre, painting, carpentry, physics…
The DetailsInfrastructure
Remaining 44 acres for farming, animal husbandry, eco-tourism, management training centre etc to help generate revenue to attain operational self-sufficiency.
Eco-energy solutions will include solar water heater, solar PV cells, wind turbines, Bio-gas for cooking and energy generation.
June 2019June 2019Phase 5: Class Jr-9
Phase 3: Class 3 to 7June 2017
Phase 2. Class 5/6June 2016
Phase 1: prototype
2013-Sept 2015
Phase 1 (complete): Creation of prototype at Sapna Ranch (see slide ..Phase 2: Classes 5 to 6 > 50 learners > 5 residential pods > primarily fee paying Phase 3: Classes 3 to 7 > 125 students > 13 residential pods
June 2018June 2018
Phase 4: Class 1-8
Phase 4: Classes 1 to 8 > 200 students > 20 residential pods
Phase 5: Classes Jr to 9 > 275 students > 28 residential pods
June 2020June 2020Phase 6: Class Jr-10
Phase 6: Classes Jr to 10 > 300 students > 30 residential pods
The Details: timelines
What Have We done So Far
Successfully held 5 Woekshops to test the concept
Accepted volunteers over 90% of them international
What Have We done So Far
ConstructedGeodesic domeGeometry DomeGeothermalCompost toiletsVertical Axis Wind Turbine (VAWT) Organic farming and permaculture
based food forest
How you can helpBy helping with these skills
Carpentry/Construction (especially with eco-friendly design and building)
Welding Plumbing Masonry Electrical JCB Operation Organic Farming/permaculture
How you can helpBy helping identify candidates for
AdministratorHouse ParentCookGuide/teacher
Eco-immersed Experience based holistic learning environment
Operationally self-sufficient in food, energy and capital
A model for blossoming creativity in children.
Summary
Please send your feedback to [email protected]
Thank You
The DetailsHigh level timelinesEvolutionary approach
June 2016 - The learning environment starts with two classes: Grades 5 and 6
Total size of EBHLE - 50 Learners Total number of residential pods - 5 Single sex living (due to age) Primarily fee-paying students
The DetailsHigh level timelines
June 2017 - Three grades added: Grades 3, 4, 5, 6*, 7* (* - Founding class)
Total size of EBHLE – 125 Learners Total number of residential pods – 13
June 2018 - Three grades added: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7*, 8*
Total size of EBHLE - 200 Learners Total number of residential pods - 20
The DetailsHigh level timelines
June 2019 - Three grades added: Jr K, Sr K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8*, 9*
Total size of EBHLE - 275 LearnersTotal number of residential pods – 28 June 2020 - One grade added: Jr K, Sr
K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9*, 10*Total size of EBHLE - 300 LearnersTotal number of residential pods - 30
How you can helpBy helping with these skills
Animal husbandry Tourism management Biogas Systems Web design Cloud systems 3G/4G Google SketchUp