World Education - Arts, Sciences and Education Culture
Conference Theme Evolving "Education Culture" in Facilitating Holistic Individuals and Societies
Online, December 24, 2011 (Newswire.com) - World Education - Arts, Sciences and Education Culture
IInd WE ASC World Education Culture Congress
12th - 15th January 2012, New Delhi, India
www.we-asc.org
www.shrutifoundation.org
Conceptualised and Organised by
Shruti Foundation
In collaboration with
Indian Council for Cultural Relations
About the WE-ASC Congress
The World Education Culture Congress, WE-ASC 2011 adopts a two-pronged approach:
1. To influence the evolving culture of education and educational pedagogy, with the objective of deep systemic change.
2. To examine representation and application of cultural/traditional knowledge and their dissemination in education systems with a view to developing practical solutions and formats for training, application, sustainable development and human empowerment.
The current system of education, adopted under colonial rule in the 19th century, has served to separate the mind from its local environmental and cultural roots. This has encouraged the formation of a "top down", structured society, directly opposed to child-based organic human development. Through this excessive control creativity and the growth of innovation and improvement have been stifled. Thus the educational has been distorted.
Delegates from over 40 countries convened in Delhi at the groundâ€breaking WEâ€ASC World Education Culture Congress, from 12th to 15th January, 2011. This fourâ€day meet will explore the Relevance of Integral Systems in Formal "Education Culture", with a special focus on Soft Skills and traditional knowledge systems, and their role in human development and socio†economic empowerment.
Initiated in Delhi, the WEâ€ASC movement promoted 'mainstream' development of holistic teaching methods. It is with this objective in mind that Shruti Rana initiated this movement for crossâ€cultural debate, consensus and dynamic action on the evolving "education culture and "culture in education", by revisiting traditional and modern ways of pedagogy, curriculum development, skills training as well as evaluation and accreditation paradigms.
For more details please visit our website www.we-asc.org
Contact: lady.shruti.rana@gmail.com; shrutifoundation.info@gmail.com
Venue
12th and 13th January: Indian Council for Cultural relations(ICCR), Indraprastha Estate, New Delhi
14th and 15th January: India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road, New Delhi.