About me :
Hi, This is Mihir Pathak aka learningwala
I am passionate educator.
I never been to formal school after completing 10th grade. Later, I completed my 12th grade and pursued a BA in Sociology as an external student. I am working with children since the age of 18.
Instead of going to school, I spent time exploring website & software development, sales & marketing, theater, writing, design, technology, entrepreneurship and many more interests.
I started working with children through sharing how to use computer, exploring ‘MIT Scratch’ , making Arvind Gupta toys, telling stories, playing games and more.
Slowly after lots of experimentation I realized that :
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I like being with children & young adults, I can be my self.
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and I can do creative experiments & explorations with them, which I can’t do in school or university.
I started volunteering in different schools, meeting inspiring, passionate educators and children, visited different learning spaces across India, read books & attended workshops.
And that’s how my journey started as an educator, which is evolving every day.
During this decade long journey, I worked in a formal & informal learning spaces across india. Did friendship with many children & educators.
I create transformative learning journeys for children, young adults and educators using experiential methodologies, including theater, nature-based explorations, and interdisciplinary projects.
My programs, workshops and intervention are just an anchor. My strong intention is to create a space of healing, acceptance, and co-creation.
A space which act as an incubation center for everyone.Where we learn, experiment, challenge ourselves, and thereby break barriers and grow in our lives.
My current core interest areas are
- Understanding the role of love & Relationship in education
- Self directed learning & non formal learning spaces
- Child development & learning
- Language pedagogy and children literature
- Life skills education and ecological consciousness / nature education
My work is deeply inspired by the philosophies of J. Krishnamurti, Martin Buber , and the science of brain, learning, and child development.
I am part of the faculty team for the ‘Child Development, Learning & Special Needs’ course at Eklavya Foundation, Bhopal. And a proud recipient of the Earth Educator Fellowship (2022-23), supported by the Youth Conservation Action Network.
As an amateur writer, I enjoy crafting poetry and aspire to write stories, poems, and plays. So far, I have self-published two books in Gujarati.
When I’m not with children or educators, I immerse myself in writing poetry or documenting my ’learning experiments’.
Music, long walks, bird watching, singing, and sketching are my favorite time accelerators.
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