A Festival of Thinking
AustraliaFest 2018 draws to a close. 2 visits, 3 cities, 4 programs, 100 educators, 1000 students. Supported by the Australian High Commission in New Delhi, and The National Council Of Science Museums (NCSM) of India, I was able to contribute to the Science and Education component of the AustraliaFest cultural exchange program. The collaboration was to share innovative approaches to mathematics education, especially in the area of computational thinking, problem solving skills and maths engagement. The outcomes from the collaboration were to include prototypes of interactive exhibits for replication and distribution across India, as well as a cohort of educators with new skills and approaches to maths engagement. Bangalore - 2018 In October 2018, I returned to Bangalore from Kuppam after working with the great educational Foundation Agastya International. Hosted by the team at VITM - Visvesvaraya Industrial & Technological Museum - I facilitated a...