Bringing the Arts into the curriculum
The British Council’s arts education programme brings the
World Voice Project and Drama in Classroom to Mumbai from 16 to 18 March 2015
As
part of a three-year project in arts education, the British Council,
UK’s international organisation for cultural relations and educational
opportunities
will host the first series of workshops with school teachers in Mumbai
to help nurture the use of music and drama to teach the curriculum. The
workshops, including the World Voice Project (WVP) and an introduction
to the Drama in Classroom Project (DCP),
will be held at the British Council office in Mumbai from 16 - 18 March
2015.
The
3-day training aims at promoting an art-integrated learning approach
through music and drama with the World Voice Project (WVP) and the Drama
in Classroom Project (DCP) respectively. It will present singing and
drama as additional pedagogical tools in the resource kit for teachers
to facilitate wider-curriculum learning; in addition to, re-introducing
arts into the everyday lives of students. The
training aims at nurturing more teachers to promote Arts Education and
Art Integrated Learning (AIL) approach in their respective educational
institutions and the state (at large).
The
workshop is being organised in collaboration with the Kendriya Vidyala
Sangathan and will be attended by 50 teachers from KVS and another 10
independent teachers and trainers, further about 60 students (class
3-5) from the KVS schools will attend a special session on 17th March 2015.
The workshop will also be attended by well-known musician and singer
Mohit Chauhan who has been championing the World Voice Project in India on the second day of the workshop on 17th
March 2015. A widely acknowledged singing icon, Mohit will be singing
WVP songs with the students and speaking about his WVP
journey since its launch in March 2013. He will be joined by
well-known singer - musician and the World Voice Champion from Senegal
Metzo Djatah.
The
World Voice Project, launched in 2013 in the UK, is the British
Council’s pilot arts education programme which nurtures cultural
understanding
through a sharing of folk music. The project supports young people to
develop musicality and contributes to wider learning through singing as a
fundamental global expressive art. The Project is currently being
implemented in 12 countries across the globe
and is championed by well-known musicians and singers in each country.
So
far, around 1500 teachers have been trained across India in the states
of Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Delhi, Bihar, Sikkim and
Meghalaya.
The states have further cascaded the programme to another 500 teachers
and integrated the training module with their own state’s early learning
(reading, writing and arithmetic) campaigns. An estimated 200,000
children have been exposed to the programme through
their teachers. This is the first time the workshop is being conducted
in Mumbai, with the aim to expand the programme in West India.
The
Arts Education programme of the British Council through the WVP and the
DCP, is a pioneering endeavour of the organisation to support the
government
in its efforts to promote education for all, in the most creative and
effective manner; especially with reference to the RTE Act and NCF 2005.
Through
this programme the British Council along with its partners NCERT,
SCERT, RMSA and SSA encourage children to enjoy their school with more
opportunity for engaging with the arts. Arts provide the opportunity to
children to build skills such as communication, leadership, confidence
and team builiding. In today's competitive world arts brings about a
well rounded personality of a child and are
as important as English, Math or Science. The three- year project hopes
to reach out to ten states in India and to about 20 countires across
the world including in Africa, Asia and America.
Media queries on the project and workshop may please be directed to
Renuka Reuben, Senior Manager Marketing & Communications, West India British Council at
renuka.reuben@in.britishcouncil.org or on 098208 43608
Vandana M, Senior Manager, LinOpinion GH on
vandana.m@linopiniongh.com or on +91 9999479947
Notes to the editor
About the Workshop Leaders:
Shubhangi Tewari,
the Lead Trainer for World Voice Project India, is an independent
music trainer and performer. Shubhangi is a vocal instructor at the
Bridge Music Academy and Rthymicity School of Music. In the past, she
has been a vocal instructor at Gargi College (University of Delhi) and
Blue Bells School, New Delhi. She is a vocalist,
lyricist and co-composer with Stereo Buddha (an electronic,
experimental, electro-acoustic music band).
Shubhangi
has been associated with the WVP since its launch in March 2013 and has
undergone intensive trainings with resource persons from United
Kindgom (UK), Mr Richard Frostick and Dr Ian Thomas Young. She has
conducted trainings across all our partner states in India. Her
understanding of our Arts Education programme through the World Voice
Project (WVP) together with her music training as well
as, experience in teaching music makes the workshop sessions
interesting and lively. Shubhangi holds masters in Political Science
from the University of Delhi and a diploma in popular music performance
(vocals) from the University of West London. In addition
to this, she is trained in Hindustani classical music (vocal) with a
senior Diploma (five years) from the Prayag Sangeet Samiti, Allahabad
and a training in Piano (Associated Schools of Royal Schools of Music
[ABRSM] London - grade five).
Kimberley Rodrigues,
Assistant Trainer for World Voice Project India, is an independent
music performer, with a keen interest in sociological evolution and
community development. A vibrant young singer and a student of Sociology
(LSR College, University of Delhi), Kimberley was a member of the
Western Music Society of LSR College during her bachelors
and is a founding member of a music group, The Balcony Harmony (gospel
genre). She has conducted field research in Delhi and Gangtok (Sikkim)
as a part of an assignment from the Department of Sociology, LSR
College. In addition to this, she has worked as a
volunteer with an NGO, Four Steps and is experienced at handling
special children (age group 4 - 13 years).
Kimberley
joined the WVP in August 2014 after attending a workshop conducted by
Dr Ian Thomas Young and has been further supervised by Ms Shubhangi
Tewari [ Lead Trainer, WVP India ]. She has assisted Shubhangi in
conducting WVP sessions and has recently conducted training in Shillong,
Meghalaya independently (December 2014). She is a promising and dynamic
young professional with a vision to use music
and singing to bring communities closer.
Regards,
BENJAMIN BAMNOLKAR
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