Got an opportunity to attend an 'International Conference on American Native Games - 2013' which was held at 'Salish Kootenai College' in Montana, United States from 26-28 June as a Key note Speaker on 'Physics and Indian Traditional Games: Does learning through games develop a parallel approach of education'.
Theme of Conference: World Native Games: Culture
& Play
In the old tribal cultures, life’s lessons
were taught through ways that reinforced kinship and survival skills. Modern education tends to be classroom
centered. It removes youth from nature,
from multi-age social interaction, and it restricts them from active, physical
expression. Traditional native games
provided tools for social and emotional health, action for all ages, fun and
humor, and spiritual contexts that evolved out of respect for the earth’s
gifts. Native Americans had thousands of
years of survival based on a complex learning system that assured continuance
of family/kinship support in balance with nature. Recovery of the ancient games has created new
frameworks for understanding, truths that resonate for modern humans throughout
the world.
Abstract
The presented study
focuses on evolution of learning styles with the evolution of traditional games
and advocates motivating children to reveal fundamental
principles of physics through their surrounding games. Moreover it zeroes on how to
overcome with traditional teaching methods, how to connect classroom teaching
with real life experiences and how to educate students through values based
instructions. It also develops a parallel approach of education
which enriches traditional culture and strengthens mutual understanding among
global citizens.
It was a part of my Fulbright Alumni Grant in 2013 and I would like to thank Institute of International Education, US for financial support.
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In the old tribal cultures, life’s lessons
were taught through ways that reinforced kinship and survival skills. Modern education tends to be classroom
centered. It removes youth from nature,
from multi-age social interaction, and it restricts them from active, physical
expression. Traditional native games
provided tools for social and emotional health, action for all ages, fun and
humor, and spiritual contexts that evolved out of respect for the earth’s
gifts. Native Americans had thousands of
years of survival based on a complex learning system that assured continuance
of family/kinship support in balance with nature. Recovery of the ancient games has created new
frameworks for understanding, truths that resonate for modern humans throughout
the world.
The presented study
focuses on evolution of learning styles with the evolution of traditional games
and advocates motivating children to reveal fundamental
principles of physics through their surrounding games. Moreover it zeroes on how to
overcome with traditional teaching methods, how to connect classroom teaching
with real life experiences and how to educate students through values based
instructions. It also develops a parallel approach of education
which enriches traditional culture and strengthens mutual understanding among
global citizens.
Gulli-Danda (a popular Indian game) is (will be)
used as demonstration tool to create active learning environment. It is also
proposed to record physics ideas evolved during demonstration of Gulli-Danda along
with the revelation of other popular Indian traditional games like Gulel, Kanchey
and Dhanush - Baan.
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