Masterclass 2025, cohosted by Gurdeep Kaur and Sandeep Dutt, focused on reading, reflection, and building meaningful relationships with teachers from 15 schools. We brought insights from the book "Productive Failure" by Manu Kapur into our classrooms, engaging educators from the Sunbeam Group of Educational Institutions, The Doon School, and our Good Schools Alliance members, prompting them to think critically.
In The Doon School classrooms, we were inspired by a community-based initiative that explored Productive Failure and addressed a common question among educators: How do we design it collaboratively, week after week?The Good Schools Alliance (GSA), a network dedicated to joyful and rigorous learning and teacher agency, established The Teachers Academy to tackle this question. Every Saturday evening, educators from GSA schools convene for a focused 45-minute master class—not to follow a script, but to explore ideas collaboratively. This series began with a shared reading of "Productive Failure" and has evolved into a community of practice in which teachers read, experiment, reflect, and adapt the concept to their unique contexts. The guiding principle is straightforward: try tomorrow, stumble safely, learn publicly.
From this community, three micro-cases emerge, each demonstrating how a slight design adjustment can transform confusion into competence. For more details, visit www.HappyTeacher.in
Read more in the Indian Edition of the book by Dr Manu Kapur.
The Jugaad version is now available!
