Nature Detective (Workshops for Children age 3 to 11yrs)

It’s outdoor science, arts, nature based exploratory program for young children

[Art , Theater , Nature, Inquiry based program]

Local khoji (Workshops for Young Adults age 12+yrs)

It’s an trans-disciplinary program where young adults make films about the place they belongs to with the the environment and civic lens.

[Geo inquiry project | Citizen Science | Experiential learning | Place Based learning]

For NGOs, Schools, learning centers, homeschooling groups

• I do tailor made workshops, residential camps, capacity building sessions
• I help to develop curriculum & activity modules

Topics

• Understanding the role of love & Relationship in education / Dialogue in education
• Project based learning, Self directed learning
• Non formal learning spaces, development of ’third’ space
• Child development & learning
• Language pedagogy, children literature & theater in education
• Life skills education and ecological consciousness / nature education
• Citizen Science Projects, Environment, Civics, Cultural projects for larger good

Work with young people / youth :

I love working with teenagers / young adults to co create their ‘self designed learning journey’ / Gap Year

learning objecteves

Affective domain | Language | Creativity | Socio Emotional learning | System Thinking - Complexity | Integrated learning | Environmental Consciousness

Know your facilitator :

Mihir Pathak

Experiential Educator

{Nature - Theatre - Project based learning}

Hi, I am Mihir - passionate Educator based in Ahmedabad - Gujarat. I am working with formal and informal learning spaces for the last 12years.

I Facilitate, Experiential learning journeys For Children & Young Adults

I believe that Transformative learning emerges through authentic relationships between children and adults, shaped by shared, powerful experiences.

Tools I use

Theater, Storytelling, Nature Exploration, Music, Movement, Art, Tinkering, inquiry projects, citizen science, film making, Creative Writing, Travelling

My Background

• Studied Child Development, learning & Special Needs (At Delhi University & Eklavya Foundation - Bhopal)

• Studied Applied Theatre & Theatre in Education (At Theatre Professionals , Rangbhumi - Mumbai)

• Studied Storytelling, Children literature writing, Waldorf Education (With Dr Ankit Dwivedi, Sheetal Paul, Aban Bana)

• Earth Educator Fellow 22’, Studied Green Educator Course & Facilitating Geo - Inquiry Projects (At Youth Conversation Action Network, Green School Bali, National Geographic Society)

• Studid ‘Facilitating Creative learning’, ‘Development of Educational Technology’, ‘Fundamentals of Tinkering’ & ‘Creative Coding / Computing’ (With Eric Klopfer, Mitchel Resnick, Mike Petrich & Karen Wilkinson - MIT Media Lab & Explpratorium)

• Fellowship & Grants : Earth Educator Fellowship 23’ , Gaur & Chopra Escape Velocity Grant 2024 - 25, Hacking The Education System Fellowship 2017, Nagarathna Memorial Grant 2025

My Experience

• 12 years of practice as an Educator (Read my journey )
• Facilitated ‘Child Development & learning’ course at Eklavya Foundation
• Facilitated ‘Experiential learning’ course with Tata Trust
• 50+ workshops with Educators
• 50+ workshops with children (work log)
• My articles are published in educational magazines like Teacher Plus, Farbas Gujarati, Sandarbh, Pathshala Bheetar - Bahar. (Read my writings & blog.)
• Collaborated with Gov educational bodies like GCERT, NCERT
• Collaborated with artists, researchers, educators from MIT Media lab, Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education, Nature Conservation Foundation, Srishti Manipal Institute of Design, Maharaja Sayajirao University.

Notable Work ( media coverage )

• Food Camp (3 day residential camp with children to explore science, sociology, art - culture of central theme Food. Transdisciplinary Approach)
• Voice of Vishwamitri (Group of teen age children studied vishwamitri river in Vadodra, Gujarat and presented their work in Climate Festival, BLR as Geo inquiry Project) (Collaborator - Nidhi Pal)
• Hoshangabad Sarita Mahotsav (3 day festival to explore science, sociology, art & culture of Narmada river | Place based learning)
• Time Exhibation (Art installation - Exhibition ‘A Matter of Time - an exploration to see time beyond clock and money’ 11th Feb 2024 | Project based learning) (Collaborator - Nidhi Pal)

Get in touch

+91 9537068736 | [email protected] | learningwala.in