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Blog entry by Aditi Mathur

Aarohi  - Open Learning Community

Aarohi - Open Learning Community


Imagine  a learning community for children (and adults) where there is no curriculum - because we believe that children can decide what they want to learn, how much they want to learn. So children effectively choose what they want to do or learn from whatever is worth doing or learning in this world.
Imagine  Aarohi where there is no teaching - because we believe that children can decide how they want to learn - on their own, with each other and from various resources, etc. We are there to guide them, where they need us.
Imagine Aarohi where there are no classes - because we believe that when children learn and teach each other - there is no need to separate them based on ages. All simply learn from whomsoever we can.
Imagine Aarohi where there are no tests and exams - because we believe that children can assess themselves, can reflect on this work on an ongoing basis. Also because children do not need to learn for some external objective (marks) but for their own love for learning.
Imagine Aarohi, a life education, where learning happens because children want to learn from their life - for their life.
Imagine  Aarohi which does not make the learning easy. Children like it challenging.
Imagine  Aarohi which does not make the learning obvious. We make it confusing.
Imagine aarohi which guarantees one definitive outcome - that learning will be self-discovery.

Imagine aarohi which does not need to make the learning interesting, since children work from their interest.

Imagine aarohi that is not a restaurant, rather a kitchen.

We have no dish to offer. We do not serve our children any learning on a platter. We aren't cooking to satisfy the children.

We're like a kitchen: Raw material and tools (resources) of all kinds are available. Children are challenged to cook for themselves, to create own learning, to explore, experiment for own reasons, to satisfy own hunger.



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