Once Upon a Story: Divaswapna and the Gijubhai Method

The book will be released on 25th of February 2019. it will be dispatched only after the 25th. You can book your copy now.

All the new-age practices that are being talked about/ introduced/ welcomed in schools today are something that a young man put into practice, more than 100 years ago, in India.

Gijubhai Badheka’s pedagogical input was the evolution of a system of education that was instinctual, intelligent and suitable to every classroom and school. Gijubhai believed that schools ought to implement a democratic system of teaching children that encourages changemaking, critical-thinking and freedom.

It is time to celebrate Gujibhai and learn how he used stories, music, dance, travel, and the play-ground to create a unique pedagogy that was intuitive and child-prioritised.

How much of this can we put into practice or re-learn? This and more in a book that tells his story with today’s lens. Authored by pedagogista, educational activist and changemaker Dr Swati Popat Vats and author, editor and storyteller Vinitha.