Charu Mathur, Founder and Managing Director, Socrates Foundation for Enhanced Learning, describes how her training stints in US institutions introduced her to contemporary teaching methodologies needed for the 21st Century learner
Pune-based Charu Mathur began her career as a high school teacher teaching science and maths, using long-established classroom teaching methods. 2008 to 2012 turned out to be a watershed period for her. “I was selected to attend both the Basic and Advanced educators’ training at NASA in 2008 and 2011 respectively, where I learnt to use space science as a tool to develop interest in basic sciences among students. In 2011, I was selected for a Fulbright Scholarship program, undertaking a 6 month long ‘International Leaders in Education Programme’ from a prestigious university in the US, where I studied innovation in teaching and leadership in contemporary schools,” Mathur informs.
These three training programmes validated her resolve to make the…