A two day International Webinar will be organised on 20th and 21st January 2022, with the aim of rediscovering the role of toys in cognitive development of children and to promote the art of creating toys with help of low/no cost material which are environmentally sustainable and which ignite creativity, collaboration and problem-solving skills in children. During two days of the Webinar, focus will be on different aspects of toys at all stages of school across all subjects and their mapping; pedagogical implications of toys; toys and games as learning through play and make; living/ local tradition of toy making; courses for designing toys and games as skill courses in school Education. Each Session of the Webinar will have Panel Discussions by experts from India and other countries and paper presentations. On both the days, parallel events will be held for teachers as demonstration workshops by practitioner teachers on making toys and presentation of good practices in schools. The outcome of the Webinar will lay a roadmap for infusion and integration of toys and games in education at all stages
The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) is an autonomous organisation set up in 1961 by the Government of India to assist and advise the Central and State Governments on policies and programmes for qualitative improvement in school education. The major objectives of NCERT and its constituent units are to: undertake, promote and coordinate research in areas related to school education; prepare and publish model textbooks, supplementary material, journals and develop educational kits, multimedia digital materials; organise pre-service and in-service training of teachers; develop and disseminate innovative educational techniques and practices; collaborate and develop a network with state educational departments, universities, NGOs and other educational institutions; act as a clearing house for ideas and information in matters related to school education; and act as a nodal agency for achieving the goals of Universalisation of Elementary Education. In addition to research, development, training, extension, publication and dissemination activities, NCERT is an implementation agency for bilateral cultural exchange programmes with other countries in the field of school education. The NCERT also interacts and works in collaboration with the international organisations, visiting foreign delegations and offers various training facilities to educational personnel from developing countries. *https://ncert.nic.in*
Education plays a significant and remedial role in balancing the socio-economic fabric of the country. Since citizens of India are its most valuable resource, our billion-strong nation needs the nurture and care in the form of basic education to achieve a better quality of life. This warrants an all-round development of our citizens, which can be achieved by building strong foundations in education. In pursuance of this mission, the Ministry of Education (MoE) was created on September 26, 1985, through the 174th amendment in the Government of India (Allocation of Business) Rules, 1961. Currently, the MoE works through two departments:
While the Department of School Education and Literacy (DESL) is responsible for the development of school education and literacy in the country, the Department of Higher Education takes care of what is one of the largest Higher Education systems of the world, just after the United States and China.
The DESL has its eyes set on the ‘universalisation of education’ and making better citizens out of our young brigade. For this, various new schemes and initiatives are taken up regularly and recently, those schemes and initiatives have also started paying dividends in the form of growing enrolment in schools.
*https://www.education.gov.in/en/about-moeps://ncert.nic.in*
Inauguration 10:00 am-11:00 am |
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Technical Session 1 11:00 am – 12:45 pm |
Toys in Different Civilizations and Cultures |
Chairperson Sadchidanand Joshi Moderator Seema S Ojha |
Paper Presentations
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About the Session: |
The world over, toys and games in different periods of history, were made from different materials. Even today, we find globally, many forms of indigenous toys and games as living traditions, specially in most parts of India. Traditionally, they are made from sustainable and local materials which are available locally. Students in schools learn from them, through play, by making them as well as in the secondary classes they can document the toy making processes and different aspects related with them. |
Hands On Presentation 12:45 pm-1:15 pm |
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Technical Session 2 2:00 pm – 3:45 pm |
Learning Different Concepts with Toys: Toy based Pedagogy |
Chairperson Kim Insley, Associate Moderator Ranjana Arora Professor & Head, Department of Curriculum Studies and Development, NCERT |
Paper Presentations
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About the Session: |
Toys and games have immense scope for learning different concepts across the subjects and age groups. Children start playing with them and in later years, they can make them out of any material available to them, in school or at home. Making toys itself is a learning process and students learn a lot of things |
Hands On Presentation 3:45 pm-4:15 pm |
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Technical Session 3 4:15 pm – 5:15 pm |
Toy Design Education: Courses and Careers |
Chairperson Ravi Poovaiah, Professor, Moderator Jyotsna Tiwari Professor & Head, Department of Gender Studies, NCERT |
Panel Discussion
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About the Session: |
Design thinking, skill development, creativity and innovation are some of the inherent aspects of education, which start from the earliest years and can continue, establishing linkages between School, Higher and Skill Education. How different educational institutions can address these is the key concern. |
Technical Session 4 9:45 am-11:15 am |
Toys to Play, Make and Learn |
Chairperson Harshad P. Shah Moderator Suniti Sanwal |
Paper Presentations
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About the Session: |
Toys can be for all age groups, to play, to make and to learn. Students in the Foundational stage can play and explore them, they can make toys from anything from paper to straw to bangles or whatever is easily available. They can make them in schools with low cost/no cost environmentally sustainable materials with the help and guidance from parents or teachers. |
Presentation: Hands On 11:15 am-11:30 am |
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Technical Session 5 11:30 am-1:00 pm |
Toys to Address Different Societal Concerns |
Chairperson Praveen Nahar Moderator Anupam Ahuja, |
Paper Presentations
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About the Session: |
Usually, toys and games are designed, keeping in mind a ‘normal’ child, but playing with toys can also be a therapy for inclusion of differently abled children as well. Many initiatives have taken place to design toys and games for children with special needs to enjoy and learn… |
Hands On Presentation 1:00 pm-1:15 pm |
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Technical Session 6 2:00 pm-3:30 pm |
Innovative Toys and Technology |
Chairperson Abhay Jere Moderator Dinesh Kumar, Professor |
Panel Discussion
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About the Session: |
Developing App Based Toys and Games (including board games, robotics, puzzles, etc.) can come through developing desired skills, creativity, innovation etc. from early stages where students can reinvent toys in different media. This can lead to Entrepreneurship and Start-ups in later years contributing to the country's economy. The Session will address some of these issues. |
Hands On Presentation 3:30 pm-3:50 pm |
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Valedictory 4:00 pm-5:00 pm |
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Mrs. Anita Karwal, Secretary, Department of School Education and Literacy, Ministry of Education, Government of India
Prof. Sridhar Srivastava, Director, NCERT
Ms. L. S. Chansang, Joint Secretary, Department of School Education and Literacy, Ministry of Education, Government of India
Prof. Sridhar Srivastava, Director, NCERT
Dr. Harshad P. Shah, Vice Chancellor, Children’s University, Gandhinagar
Prof. Ravi Poovaiah, Industrial Design Centre, IIT Bombay, Mumbai
Mr. Manish Jain, Principal Coordinator, Creative Learning Initiative Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar
Ms Gayatri Menon, Toy Innovation Center, National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad
Mr. Abhay Jere, Chief Innovation Officer, Government of India
Ms Anju Kauwr Chazot, Mahatma Gandhi International School, Ahmedabad
Prof. Anupam Ahuja, Head, IRD
Prof. Pawan Sudhir, Head, DEAA
Prof. Dinesh Kumar, Department of Education in Science & Mathematics
Prof. Ranjana Arora, Head, Department of Curriculum Studies & Development
Prof. Suniti Sanwal, Head, Department of Elementary Education
Prof. Seema Shukla Ojha, Department of Education in Social Sciences
Prof. Jyotsna Tiwari, Head, Department of Gender Studies (Overall Co-ordinator)
Prof. Amarendra P. Behera, Joint Director, CIET, NCERT
Dr. Rejaul Karim Barbhuiya, Assistant Professor, CIET, NCERT
Head, Department of Gender Studies
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Professor, Department of Education in Arts & Aesthetics
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