“Productive Failure” (PF) pedagogy and its AI application

Learning Forward Saturday with Aloysius Alfred and Rahul Chug of Learn PF.

To introduce the “Productive Failure” (PF) pedagogy and its AI application.

Key Takeaways

• PF Reverses Learning: PF flips the traditional model (instruction → practice) to problem-solving → instruction. Students first struggle with a concept in a safe environment, preparing their minds to deeply absorb the formal teaching that follows.

• AI as a Scaffolding Tool: Learn PF’s AI is designed to guide students through PF rather than provide direct answers. It uses targeted questions to help them discover solutions, avoiding the “direct instruction” trap that many AI tools fall into.

• PF’s “3x Effect”: The pedagogy yields a “3x effect” on learning, improving conceptual understanding, resilience, and the transfer of skills to new contexts—a key goal of India’s National Education Policy (NEP).

• Teacher’s Role is Critical: Teachers must create a safe space for failure, guide exploration, and reinforce the value of every learning experience.

Topics

The Problem with Direct Instruction

• The traditional model (teacher explains → student practices) often leads to shallow, rote learning focused on passing exams.

• This approach hinders the transfer of skills to new subjects or real-world situations, a key goal of India’s NEP.

• Analogy: Being ferried across a river in a boat vs. learning to swim across it yourself. The latter builds a deeper experience.

Productive Failure (PF) as a Solution

• Core Principle: Intentionally design learning experiences where students struggle and fail in a safe, controlled environment.

• Process:

  1. Problem-Solving: Students tackle a problem without prior instruction, activating their cognitive abilities and exposing common misconceptions.

  2. Instruction: The teacher provides formal instruction after the struggle.

• Rationale: The initial struggle prepares the mind to receive and deeply understand the formal teaching, creating a “3x effect” on learning.

• Outcomes:

  • Deeper conceptual understanding.

  • Improved resilience and reduced anxiety around failure.

  • Enhanced transfer of skills.

LearnPF’s AI Application

• LearnPF, a Singapore-Swiss startup, applies PF pedagogy using an AI platform.

• Design Principles for Educational AI:

  • Purpose: Clearly educational, not just gamification.

  • Pedagogy: Grounded in a proven learning model like PF.

  • Evidence: Backed by scientific research (e.g., Prof. Manu Kapoor’s 20+ years of work).

  • Function: Scaffolds learning through questions, avoiding direct answers.

  • Quality: High-quality design and content.

• Teacher Support: The platform handles content design, freeing teachers to focus on classroom facilitation and student guidance.

Q&A and Discussion

• AI’s “Human-like” Behaviour: An AI’s need for iterative feedback (asking questions) is a design feature to refine its output, not a flaw. Users must be patient and provide guidance.

• PF for Languages/Social Science: PF is most effective for conceptual learning, not for memorising facts.

  • Languages: Research is ongoing to apply PF to language acquisition.

  • Social Science: Useful for teaching critical thinking and analysis (e.g., evaluating sources), but less so for recalling specific dates.

• Teacher’s Role: The teacher’s role is to create a safe space for failure, guide exploration, and reinforce the value of every learning experience.

Next Steps

• All Participants:

  • Reflect on the concept of “productive failure.”

  • Post questions in the WhatsApp group to initiate discussion.

  • Share personal classroom examples where students learned from struggle.

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The Problem and Its Solution: What stops us from Learning?

Recording Summary

Sandeep discussed the importance of live streaming on YouTube, the need for structured research and experimentation, and the concept of memory and its implications on learning. He also emphasized the importance of embracing mistakes as learning opportunities, the use of pen and paper for better thinking and memory retention, and the need for acknowledging AI assistance in assignments. Lastly, he provided information about various resources available to participants and encouraged them to attend the Global Educators Fest in August.

Part I – The Problem and Its Solution | Chapter 1: The Problems of Learning

It is very important to define the problem before we think of its solution. This is the hardest part.

In this session, we explored the core problems that stand in the way of effective learning:

🔹 Failing to Remember – Struggling to retain information over time.

🔹 Failing to Understand – Struggling to make meaningful sense of what we learn.

🔹 Failing to Transfer – Struggling to apply knowledge and skills to new situations.

We discussed forgetting things in detail during this session.

Trick to remember: Learn ➔ Forget ➔ Retrieve ➔ Relearn ➔ Repeat over time.

We will explore failing to understand and failing to transfer in our next session.

I'm looking forward to continuing our journey of deeper learning together!

Gurdeep Kaur
Ambassador The Teacher's Academy

What Makes A School? - Paul Puthvenveetil Variath

I would look at schools as holistic well-being centres where children are taught how they wish to learn, addressing not only academic needs but also mental health, physical fitness, and social development. This approach fosters a healthy and balanced lifestyle, personalised teacher-student solid learning, fostering strong teacher-student relationships and a sense of community. 

Schools must be cultural exchange centres, connecting students globally through virtual classrooms and exchange programs promoting a deep understanding of diverse cultures and perspectives. Teachers play a pivotal role in the moulding of children into responsible citizens. I can summarise what a classroom should look like with the following analogy. 

In a garden, seeds are planted carefully, providing the right conditions for growing. Similarly, in a child-friendly classroom, educators plant the seeds of curiosity and love for learning. The environment is nurturing and conducive to the natural growth of each child's inquisitive mind. Just as plants thrive in sunlight, children flourish in an atmosphere of positive reinforcement.

Recognition, praise, and rewards act as the sunlight that encourages their intellectual and emotional growth. A garden is where diverse flowers bloom, each with a unique colour and fragrance.

A child-friendly classroom cultivates various interests and talents, allowing each child to bloom in their own way. Just as solid roots support plants, supportive relationships between teachers, students, and peers form the foundation of a child-friendly classroom. These roots provide stability and nourishment for emotional and social well-being. Gardens experience different seasons, each contributing to the life cycle of plants. 

Classrooms embrace changing "seasons" of learning, incorporating diverse activities, themes, and approaches that keep education dynamic and engaging. Just as a garden yields a harvest, the classroom aims to cultivate students' unique strengths and contributions to a rich harvest of knowledge. Teachers, Parents, and Students, like eager gardeners, participate in the joyous process of reaping the rewards of their learning efforts. In a garden, weeds can hinder the growth of plants. So it is in a child-friendly classroom. 

Teachers work to identify and eliminate obstacles to learning, creating a space where children can thrive without unnecessary hindrances. Like fertiliser enhances soil fertility, a positive classroom environment acts as the nourishment that fuels a child's academic and personal growth. Encouraging positivity and mutual respect creates a fertile ground for learning. A diverse garden is visually appealing and ecologically rich. Similarly, a child-friendly classroom celebrates diversity, recognising each student's strengths and contributions and creating a vibrant and inclusive learning community.

PAUL PUTHENVEETIL VARIATH
ADDITIONAL DIRECTOR-QCR&D
Email:qcghead@sunbeamschools.co.in

The Masterclass 2024 opened on the 7th day of January 2024, and this is the maiden Reflection by Paul.

REFLECTION - Food for thought!

Word Association: List 5 words that come to your mind when hearing the word, school? (Building, books, admin, teachers, work, students, learning, break, competitions, exams.)

If the school is the body, then the admin, buildings and rules are the bones, and the people (teachers, students and others) are the flesh and blood.

So, can we say that the School is a Community, Place of Work, Place of Learning, Sharing and Conscious Engagement… a mini version of the play of life with everyone involved playing their role?

If yes, can we say that the lead of each person’s role in the school is, in some ways, in their hands by how they fulfil their role?

How does that make you feel? (Liberated? Renewed? Burdened? Responsible? Afraid? Excited? Curious?)

Responsibilty and Cooperation - Shalini Solanki

Responsibility is an essential value as it makes us more focused, goal-oriented, confident and accountable. One cannot succeed without having this quality. It makes a person sorted, away from chaos. Even in challenging situations, a responsible person knows how to stay calm and deal with them. They invest more time in finding solutions and fixing mistakes instead of blaming the time, situation and others. Responsible people motivate not only themselves but also everyone around them.

Making students responsible in school:

Students learn values not by reading, listening or talking about them but by experiencing an environment where they get to live them. Teachers are critical in every student’s life; their teachers are always right and know everything. 

I remember an instance in my class from this session. Children used to keep their other subject books/ notebooks every morning on my table in a very casual manner that would scatter the entire table (I sometimes had to remind them to keep the books on my table). I would then bifurcate them according to different subjects and keep them in the designated cupboards. My students observed for a few days and got an idea of being responsible for their own things. They gradually started keeping the books, not on my table but in the cupboard in the most organised manner without reminding them. Now, they clean their own table before each period or go out of the class for any activity. They saw, they learned.

Cooperation Culture:

Shalini Solanki

Gyanshree School
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Arpan Rai: Challenging times demand challenging measures

A message from a Teacher/Parent/Citizen

As the country enters into the 2nd day of the nationwide lockdown, one cannot help but wonder, 'What on earth are the children going to do?'

Then one realises that the digital platform has provided everyone with an interface to proceed with classroom learning.

Actually 'these days' that children can stay at home will indeed be a blessing because they have access to not just the digital world but also to their families, 'their own institution'. Probably every child who lives in a residential school couldn't have dreamt of a better opportunity than this 'lockdown'.

Yes, they might not be able to 'hang out' with their friends 'physically' but they do 'hang out' with their peers online, so much fuss about 'social distancing'.

For the parents who are wondering, ' How will we keep our children engaged at home?', I believe the best answer can be found in Roald Dahl's famous poem, 'The Television' which encourages parents to replace the Television with a bookshelf, but we all can do better than that.

Parents could use these 21 days or whatever number of days that might be necessary to combat this 'pandemic', to 'listen' to children, plan 'a future together'. 

We all could use this enforced lockdown to 'listen' to our children, encourage them to meditate, teach them basic survival skills, teach them about money that is very important.

We could talk to them about age-related issues, such as infatuation, hormonal changes in the body, aggressiveness, drug-related matters, dangers of physical intimacy, or all those things that we have always wanted to talk about, but haven't or didn't have the time to do so.

We all know that children in classes 9-12, already know their syllabi. They could proceed with their content.

Children could mark out the difficult concepts, try and identify chapters they would need help from their teachers. So that when they do return to their schools, the lesson plan could be arranged to accommodate difficulties first, prioritise the challenges.

Thereafter, children could ask the school to help them to get through to their respective teachers who in return could help with those chapters, either online or offline.

Children in class 8-12 could use this time to 'iron out' the difficulties that they had in their lower- classes. They could try to revise those lessons/ chapters that were challenging, confusing or difficult. Since they all have access to different digital platforms.

Children in the primary half of schooling could focus on foundational principles, such as: 
For maths-addition, subtraction, multiplication, for eng-parts of speech, tenses, one word for many, HCG- maps of the world, timelines in history, identification and differentiation in science, etc.
Children should draw, dance, sing, make a craft.

But most importantly, children should learn and be taught manners, courtesy, discipline. 

Please ask children to help with household chores, teach our daughters to ride a bicycle or drive while teaching our sons to cook, wash dishes, clothes etc.

Children should be handheld through religious discourses,  but ensure they can differentiate between 'a truth' and 'a lie'.

Kindly encourage children to stay fit, eat right. Read a book before they go to sleep. Encourage them to sleep early and wake up early.

Assign duties to children, such as fixing their bed, giving medicines to their grandparents, feeding the pet, watering the plants, etc.

Additionally, encourage them to maintain personal hygiene.

We all understand that children will fray our nerves but be patient, treat them with kindness. Be forgiving. Be encouraging, make them feel loved, appreciated and wanted

As teachers, we all want to return to schools, children too, but this pandemic is life-threatening, so hold on.

We have heard stories of how resilience works, this might be our great flood.

I am sharing what was shared by a cousin, hope it won't violate any copyright issues:

1- When the flood came, where were Noah and his family?
At home

2- When the three angels visited Abraham, where was he?
At home.

3- When the two Angels went to Sodom and Gomorrah, where was Lot?
At home

4- When the Angel killed the firstborn of Egypt, where were the Israelites?
At home.

5- Where were the apostles of Jesus when they received the Holy Spirit?
At home

6- Where are we because of the coronavirus?
At home.

Pray, Believe, Repeat.

- Arpan Rai <mozaisarp@gmail.com>

Connecting The Dots

Pic courtesy themachinemaker.com

Visited the office of CTD (Connecting The Dots) – www.ctdedu.com – an education startup of Mr Rajesh Rao, an ex-Infy techy. He has built this company with a great vision and has been successful in providing structured academic education to class 6 ~ 10 through webcasting using his own unique teaching methodology for subjects like Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Maths and English. 

He is able to connect with 15000 from 70 schools every day through 8 digital classrooms. These schools are a mix of govt. schools and budget private schools spread across Karnataka as well as Telangana, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh. His vision is to reach out to 40000 students by next year taking the tally of schools to 250 or so. He is looking for funding as well as connects that could enable him to augment his reach. 

He has 25 teachers working as his employees, to whom he pays a decent salary, enabling them to relish the teaching profession akin to a software engineer. I viewed and listened to a recorded class of Physics and was very impressed with his methodology of teaching using real-time experiments and white-board teaching technique.

- Manoj Kabre <Manojkabre@gmail.com>

Do you remember me, Teacher?

A young man saw his primary school teacher at a wedding.
He went to greet him with all the respect and admiration.

He said to him:
"Do you remember me, Teacher?"
The teacher said: "No, please introduce yourself."
The student said: "I was your student in the 3rd Grade, I am the one who stole the watch of a child in the classroom. I will remind you but I am sure you remember the story."

One of the boys in my class had a beautiful watch, so I decided to steal it.             
He came to you crying that someone had stolen his watch.
You asked us to stand so as to search for our pockets.   

I realized that my action would be exposed in front of Students and Teachers.
I will be called a thief, a liar and my character will be shattered forever.

You asked us to stand and face the wall and close our eyes completely.
You went searching from pocket to pocket, and when you reached my pocket you pulled the watch out of my pocket, and you continued until you searched the last student.

After you finished you asked us to open our eyes and to sit on our chairs.   
I was afraid you will expose me in front of the students.

You showed the watch to the class and gave it back to the boy, and you never mentioned the name of the one who stole the watch. You never said a word to me, and you never mentioned the story to anyone.

Teachers are the true 'value creators'.
We can help you do this better

Throughout my school life, none of the teachers nor the students talked about me stealing the watch.     
I thought to myself you saved my dignity that day.

The teacher said: "I can't remember who stole the watch that day because I searched the pockets of all of you while my eyes were also closed."

Education needs wisdom. We should be able to be such Teachers, such Parents, such Leaders and be able to be for people in such circumstances.


We should always calculate the consequences of our actions. Protecting and reforming is tougher than exposing and expelling.

- Thank you, Siddarth Singh, for forwarding this most to us.  Siddarth is a professional photographer and a wonderful human being. 

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What Will I Learn? 
Our immersion program will show you how, why and by whom the traditional model of education is being disrupted. It will also teach you how to capitalize on the trends and technologies driving this digital transformation so that you can achieve innovation within your own organization. We cover topics such as:

Why Should I Join?
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Meet the Silicon Valley innovators passionate about using the latest technologies to create new value. Learn the frameworks and methodologies of the experts and embrace innovation with confidence.
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Apply newly learned innovation skills to your own company to ensure its survival and prosperity in times of technological disruption.
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See the disruptive power of the latest technologies and learn how they are being applied to solve humanity’s greatest challenges.
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Challenge your thinking on what it means to run an enterprise in the 21st century. Make innovation part of your personal mission and commit to the future of your business 

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Nonie Bagga - Founder The Magic Door Centre

“If They Don't Learn the Way You Teach, Teach the Way They Learn”

Image: LifePage

This quote perfectly encapsulates Nonie's passion for teaching as a profession as she truly adheres to it. Soon after completing her first year of teaching at Welham Boys’ School, Dehradun it was very clear to her that she has a special bond with kids that have emotional and behavioural issues. Now with over 20 years of experience, her insights about people & situations and analysis of human nature make her one of the most sought-after trainers in the educational forum.

Teaching comes naturally to her and gives deep her a  sense of personal satisfaction. Undeniably, watching students make improvements and sharing positive praise with parents are her most rewarding moments of teaching. She has worked with a diverse range of emotional, physical and cultural backgrounds and often consider herself an autodidact. She is a true lifelong learner who loves to teach and learn, unlearn and relearn.

Ms Bagga is the founder of The Magic Door Centre which is a learning centre working with students with learning gaps in reading, spelling & Comprehension.

The Magic Door Centre also provides life & soft skills training.
https://www.facebook.com/pages/category/In-Home-Service/Magic-Door-1572677796391035/about/

Nonie is an instant hit amongst hundreds of students she passionately delivers coaching to. Her connect and enthusiasm is highly infectious and makes learning a fun endeavour.

Please feel free to reach out nonie_bagga@yahoo.co.in | +91 9837503900

THE EAR SPECIALIST

This is a unique topic which has a hidden meaning. Normally teachers go into the classroom and teach. They ask the students some questions and expect particular answers. They listen to what they want to hear, but there is always some unheard part which all teachers do not hear.

An educator can alone understand when the certain child is having some problem. The educator looks at a child and can find out if the child is behaving in a normal way or not. There may various reasons for this either the child is having some problem related to family or peer pressure or maybe he/she is not interested in the topic taught or maybe is not able to understand the topic taught.

An educator must find out the reason by communicating with the child and find solutions to solve his/her problem. This will help to build a better communication and also the child will be motivated to speak up and share his/her problems with the educator. He/she must be motivated to face all problems bravely and also try to find solutions on his/her own. This will help him/her to face the outside world in a better way. An educator must also develop this habit of listening to the inner voice of the students. If this happens then the students will be successful in their life. Thus one must listen to the voice of heart and mind and we can become good human beings.

Our learning from ‘Can You Teach A Zebra Some Algebra’ -by Debashis Chatterjee.

- Aysha Tak, Prerna Rathod & Suresh Singh Negi

The Fabindia School

Good Teachers Explain, Great Teachers Enliven

A good teacher goes to the classroom and explains the lesson or his/her topic. The teachers' aim is to make children aware of that topic and children should learn the answer for their assessments and secure a good position in the classroom.

The great teacher teaches in the classroom with live examples of their life and with the clear aim of explaining that topic. The children can then use their experience in future and the knowledge in their daily life.  For an example, if a teacher teaches them Electoral Politics she can show the children complete process of voting in the classroom.  Thus, in future they can use their voting writes properly and can become a good citizen of democratic India.

Our Learning from the book Can You Teach A Zebra Some Algebra, by Debashis Chatterjee
- Ishu Chouhan, Kusum Sharma, Urmila Rathore and Rajeshwari Rathore.
The Fabindia School

Can You Teach A Zebra Some Algebra

Speaking for the topic Can You Teach A Zebra Some Algebra, if we talk about a zebra which is an animal, it’s mind is not able to develop the skill of concentration and intellect to learn something. But a human mind is able to develop the skill of concentration and intellect. So that's why we are able to learn things but not a zebra. If we connect this topic with our classroom, there are so many students and they all are different from each other, our purpose is that every child should learn. Learning will be possible when they will concentrate and intellect.  So, to develop and increase the skills of concentration and intellect, we need to focus on following things. 

• Teaching should be interesting and use of audio-visual aids
• Better interaction with the students
• Asking thinking based questions
• Connecting the topic with real life.
• Group discussions 
• Focus on basic knowledge  
• We should give then chance to think and come to the conclusion for the given topic so that they could develop their own opinion.

Our learning from “Can We Teach A Zebra Some Algebra” by “Debashis Chatterjee”

Gajendra Mewara, Monika Vaishnav, Jaffar Khan, Hirender  Lal - The Fabindia School

गुणवत्ता ग्राहको द्वारा परिभाषित होती है

सही शिक्षा की पहचान बालको के द्वारा ही की जा सकती है । बालको के द्वारा ही शिक्षा की गुणवत्ता को पहचाना जा सकती है । शिक्षको को इस बात का ध्यान रखना चाहिए कि वे बालको की न्यूनतम उम्मीदो को पूरा कर सके । बालको की हर छोटी बडी उम्मीदो को पूरा करना शिक्षक की जिम्मेदारी है । शिक्षको के पास बालको के हर प्रशन के उत्तर होने चाहिए । बालको की समस्याओ को शिक्षक को हल करना चहिए । शिक्षक बालको को विवधता प्रदान करे । बालको के लिए हर पल आनंददायक हो । शिक्षको को बालको को आनंद प्रदान करना चाहिए । बालको मे शिक्षा प्राप्त करने मे आनंद आए । बालको को शिक्षा प्रदान करने के लिए नए नए तरीको का प्रयोग करना चाहिए जिससे उनका ध्यान आकृषित हो ।उन्हे कुछ अलग प्रदान करे जिस्से बालको का ध्यान शिक्षा की ओर आकृषित हो सके ।

हमारी  सीख "आइसक्रीम  मेकर" by सुबीर  चौधरी 

शर्मिला विजयरागी  , भारती राव  , ऊषा पँवार  & कृर्तिका राव

The Fabindia School

Transmission Loss Between Teaching and Learning

Every teacher tries to prepare her lesson in the best way to teach in the classroom but still, there are some children who can get everything which is taught in the classroom. It is teachers duty to understand each and every child and connect with them for better learning. All children are different and their area of interest is also different. So first we have to find out why they do not pay attention in the classroom.

The reasons which we discussed among the group:

• Each child has different level.
• Every child has a different mood in the classroom like some want to play, some want to eat, and others want to draw and have fun etc.
• All children have a different way of understanding like some understand the picture, some understand by discussion, some understand by explanation, practical etc.
• Some children do not feel free while asking about their confusion 

Photo credit: Neha Parmar

These are the solution by which we can be established more connectivity between teacher and student to make the lesson effective.

• The teacher has to understand her children’s way of understanding so that she could prepare her lesson accordingly.
• The teacher has to make interesting in every possible way so that he or she will be able to draw their attention towards the chapter.
• The teacher should have to friendly behavior so that she could connect with them easily and the children will not be hesitated to ask about their confusion. It also creates a happy environment.
• The teacher should appreciate the children for every good thing they do. It motivates them and builds trust towards the teacher.
• The teacher should give more chances to the children to communicate with him or her. Communication helps us to understand someone and making better connectivity.

Our learning from “Can We Teach A Zebra Some Algebra” by “Debashis Chatterjee”
- Monika Vaishnav, Prerna Rathod, Usman Gani & Vinit Kumar

The Fabindia School

SKILLS: boundaries to your growth!

In today's globalized world, competition and technological change require continuous skill development. Skills development is a necessary step in getting to where we want to be. With every new result you want to achieve, there are new skills you need to learn, new skills you need to develop. There is really no ‘magic’, ‘miracle’ or ‘quick fix’ behind it. If you try to skip the stage of learning, you become limited in what you can achieve. You will end up failing or achieving mediocre results.

For example, if you want to be an English writer, you need to master your fundamental skill first – your command of the English language. You can’t go far in your ambitions if you have problems with fundamental tenses, grammar and vocabulary.

The skills which you have define the boundaries you operate in. The more skills you learn and the more developed you are in those skills, the greater your capacity to perform. This means better results. By developing your skills, you literally expand your own boundaries. These boundaries can be as big as you want – they are defined by you.

BUT  HOW TO START DEVELOPING SKILLS?

Break it down into smaller steps.

The process of skills development can be a daunting task, especially if it’s a new, high chunk skill. For example,  starting a new business. Business management involves a whole series of different skills, such as project management, time management, leadership, problem solving, and so on. If that’s the case, break this down into mini steps. What is the first step you need to take to embark on this? Direct all your efforts into getting that first step into place, then move on to your second step. You will find things are much easier to handle that way.

Learn from the best.

It’s easiest to learn from the people who have been there before. Identify the people out there who are already experts in the skills you want to develop. Observe them. Model them if you want an exact same output. If you know them, approach them for assistance. Ask them to be your mentors. Seek guidance. 

Research – Read up.

There is tons of excellent material out there with information waiting to be lapped up. Start off by researching on the internet. Read books related to the subject. Watch related videos.

Attend trainings.

Trainings, seminars and workshops are great sources to quickly develop skills. Depending on the quality of the training, trainings can sometimes be a one stop shop for the kind of skills you are developing. They serve as concentrated sources of information that is already organized and structured into a series of programs. The intensity of such events and the combined common intentions of the participants enable you to move forward much faster than if you were to do it alone.

Get into action – Do it.

There is no better way to learn than to get right into thick of things and do it. Strategizing and planning are important, but at some point you need to start executing the plans. When you start doing, you get immediate feedback on your progress and whether it fits with your expectations. Until you try it, it will always remain in your mind as a hypothesis. Doing things closes all the ‘what ifs’ and creates momentum to move forward.

TRAVEL TO LEARN

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We have along with our International Partners developed ‘integrated programme’ combining interactive and interesting class tuition with a range of exciting onsite activities, including excursions & sightseeing opportunities.

During the programme, the student practices his social skills and critical thinking abilities outside of the controlled class room setting thus providing an uncommon opportunity to benefit from hands-on learning of the practical real-world lessons.

All our programme are designed to create a safe and enjoyable environment in which to learn, have fun and make new friends from different cultures.

A new World awaits you...