Pedagogue.21: Teaching and Learning in the 21st Century

January 8, 2022January 8, 2022 selvam Current Activity

This is one of the flagship programmes of Don Bosco Youth Educational Services, Nairobi. The programme is a brain-child of Sahaya G. Selvam, sdb.
We have trained 184 teachers in Kenya and Tanzania – in 7 workshops.
Recently (5-7 January 2021), we trained some of the teachers of Kiambu Loreto Girls High School. Thanks to the enthusiasm of Mr Paul Kioi, the chair of the School Board the we were able to reach out to the school.
OUR PROCEDURE in Implementation of Pedagogue.21

Step 1
(Optional)
Needs Assessment
We visit your institution, sit in some of the classes and interview some teachers, carryout an online survey among your staff, and propose a tailor-made training content.

1 day

Step 2
Registration of participants (teachers) on LMS
Learning in a flipped classroom model commences for your teachers!

Step 3
Three-day Face to Face Training
An interactive, […]

Train the Trainer for Youth Ministry

August 12, 2021August 12, 2021 selvam Current Activity, Scaffoldings Life-skills Training

Train the Trainer in Youth Ministry
DBYES, Nairobi, 2nd to 6th August 2021
“Train the Trainer in Youth Ministry” has been one of the flagship programmes of Don Bosco Youth Educational Services (DBYES, Nairobi) right from its beginning, in the year 2000. Frs Glenford Lowe, Tom Kunnel, Sebastian Kodalyil, and Joe Prabhu, supported by Fr Tony Fernandes, launched this programme, and replicated it in different ways across East Africa. Fr Sahaya G. Selvam, who learnt at the feet of these great giants of Salesian Youth Ministry in Eastern Africa, consolidated this initiative in the Scaffoldings Programme: Training Youth in Christian Life Skills. The manual of which was published by Paulines Africa in 2008.
In Tanzania, Chuo cha Maisha has been running since 2006 in Dar es Salaam Archdiocese and currently being run […]

Elan – The Secret of Life

June 2, 2021June 2, 2021 selvam Current Activity, Religious Life

Spirituality and Personal Energy
Sahaya G. Selvam

This reflection has a simple thesis: the secret of affective maturity consists in the ability to maintain an equilibrium of inner energy level. One might call this inner state: serenity, peace, and equanimity; however, it is not a passive serenity but an energised vitality. Using insights from contemporary psychology and the classical Christian spirituality, I will explore the dynamics of our inner energy. I will point out the relationship between spirituality and stable energy levels, and the adverse impact of energy-swings on spirituality and affective maturity.
What is personal energy? Physics defines energy as the quantitative capacity of a body to work on another. There are different types of energy such as heat, light, sound, gravity, etc.
In the human being, ‘personal energy’ is the inner […]

Training in Teaching and Learning in 21st Century

March 3, 2021 selvam Current Activity

Pedagogue.21
Teaching and Learning in the 21st Century
Dates
30th March to 1st April 2021
(3-day face to face training – from 8.30am 4.30pm)
Ideal for teachers, lecturers, professors, seminary lecturers, and educators!

Cost: Ksh. 6000/-
(includes lunch+2 teas+
3 days face to face training +20 hours self-paced online training)

Assorted Topics

Competencies for 4th Industrial Revolution
Intellectual agility
Self-learning skills
Cornell Note-taking Technique
Flipped Classroom
Technology Enhanced Learning
LMS: Google Classroom
E-Portfolio
Constructive Alignment
Personal teaching philosophy
Information Literacy
Socrative, PollEverywhere, Menti, etc
Visualising Techniques in PowerPoint
Educational Institutional Culture
Hidden curriculum
Assessment Rubric
Capstone Exercise/Projects
Core Concepts and Threshold Concepts
Creating & Using Case Method
Service Learning
Kolb’s Experiential Learning Cycle
Appreciative Enquiry
Graphic Organisers
National and Regional Qualifications Framework

Certificate of participation will be provided for those who complete the online training (20 hours) following the face to face training (20 hours).
Residential option: Add Ksh.1300/- per night
Due to COVID restrictions we are taking about 25 people in a hall that can contain 65 […]

Foundational Course in Positive Psychology Online

February 22, 2021 selvam Current Activity

PPAK001 – Foundational Course in Positive Psychology
offered by Positive Psychology Association of Kenya (PPAK).
www.positivepsychologykenya.org
Dates: From 1st to 5th March. Time – 5pm to 8pm – ONLINE
(Using a Learning Management System and Zoom live classes)
Costs: Ksh.5000/- | Ksh.4500 for members and returning students.

Certificate of participation will be provided for those who submit some simple assignments.
This is a basic course for a future Certificate in Positive Psychology.
Topics covered:
1.1. History of Positive Psychology
1.2. Models of Wellbeing:

Subjective, Psych, Social wellbeing, PERMA

2.1. Naming feelings & Layers of Affective States:

Feeling, Mood, Feeling, Emotions, Appetite

2.2 Correlates of Happiness:

Wealth, Age, Gender, Education, etc

3.1. Response to Negative Affect:

Stress, Coping, Resilience, Burnout

3.2. Posttraumatic Growth
4.1. Character Strengths as Ingredients of Wellbeing

Various models of Values and CS; Schwartz, Linley, African models, and VIA

4.2. Character Strengths Interventions

Mindfulness, Savouring, Gratitude, Forgiveness.

5.1. Positive Affective States 1:

Positivity, […]