Integral Education
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Samatva Integrated Certification Course

This program is a journey of growth, reflection, and becoming. Across three immersive modules, you’ll rediscover the joy of learning while developing the art and heart of teaching.

Samatva Academy 10 Units 60.00 hrs Online Aspiring Teachers, Fresh Graduates, Pre-service Teacher Trainees, Early-Career Educators, Career Changers, Education Volunteers, Learning Facilitators, NGO Educators, Homeschool Educators, Child Development Practitioners
Samatva Integrated Certification Course

About this Programme

This program is a journey of growth, reflection, and becoming. Across three immersive modules, you’ll rediscover the joy of learning while developing the art and heart of teaching.

Rooted in the philosophy of Integral Education, the program invites you to see teaching not just as a profession but as a calling  where knowledge, compassion, and creativity come together to nurture every child’s potential. Through a blended model of online, hybrid, and in-person sessions, you’ll experience the perfect balance of flexibility and meaningful connection. Guided by experienced educators and mentors, you’ll gain practical teaching skills, real classroom insights, and the confidence to grow as a thoughtful and inspiring educator.

Programme Highlights:

  • 12-week comprehensive certification programme tailored to contemporary teaching practices.
  • Consists of 10 weeks of structured training sessions and a 2-week internship.
  • Training sessions are held every Saturday and Sunday.
  • 8 weeks of training cover essential pedagogical skills and up-to-date educational methodologies
  • 4-week internship requires compulsory physical attendance and provides practical classroom experience.
  • Integrates both theoretical knowledge and practical exposure for aspiring educators.
  • Offers an immersive professional preparation experience to build confidence and capability.
  • Each participant gets a copy of the book– ‘Five Dimensions of True Education-Empowering Educators for the Future’, worth Rs. 800/-.

Course Highlights:

  • Duration: 10 weeks (Online classes) + 2 weeks (10 working days)
  • Number of Hours: 10 weeks x 2 days (Sat & Sun) x 3 hours per day : 60 hours
  • Number of Units: 10 Units
  • Certification: Jointly by SAMATVA ACADEMY and SANSKRITI UNIVERSITY
  • Mandatory: 10 days of Internship (physical)

Certification

Issuing Authority: Samatva Academy

Course Curriculum

Content is gated behind registration and purchase. You can preview the curriculum structure below.

1 Echoes of the Past and Present 3.00 hrs
Indian School Education
Three Key Historical Periods - (Vedic & Medieval—Colonial (British)—Post-Independence)
Three Distinct Characteristics of Indian Ancient Education System (Medieval—Colonial (British)—In Pursuit of Perfection)
Colonial fragmentation of knowledge
Rote learning, mechanical instruction, exam-centrism
NEP 2020 | Salient Features | New Pedagogical Structure
Limitations of Modern Education
Modern Educational Priorities
The Fundamental Shift Required
True Aim of Education
Need for a New System of Education-Integral Education
2 Integral Approach to New Education System 5.00 hrs
Aim of Integral Education as a New System of Education
Necessity of Integral Education as a New System of Education
Free Progress System | Salient Features
Tenets of Integral Education | Nine Key Elements of Education
Holistic Education vs. Integral Education
Beyond Blooms Taxonomy (Basics)
Child as an individual in evolution
Understanding Five-fold development (Physical, Vital, Mental, Psychic and Spiritual) - Panch-kosha Vikas as per NEP 2020
3 Three Principles of True Teaching 5.00 hrs
1. Nothing can be taught; the teacher is a guide and helper
2. The mind must be consulted in its own growth
3. Education must proceed from the known to the unknown
Learning as self-unfolding
Interest and freedom as foundations of concentration
Nature as carrier of innate intelligence (seed analogy)
From concrete to abstract, experience to concept
Eleven Goals of Education
4 The Ideal Teacher 3.00 hrs
Age-wise Development—Cognitive—Language—Physical—Emotional—Social—Moral—Academic
Growth vs. Learning Process; Martin Broadwell’s Four Stages of Learning
21st Century Skills
Guru–Shishya Parampara vs colonial instructor model (Teacher as—Facilitator and mentor—Observer of psychology—Consciousness-holder—Gardener, not sculptor)
Role Model Conflict (1. Teaching through: Observation—Suggestion—Sensitive intervention, 2. Refining instruments of knowledge: Curiosity—inquiry—Reflection—Critical thinking)
Required Competencies
Psychological sensitivity (Emotional intelligence, Ethical integrity, Cultural grounding, Technological awareness, Lifelong learning orientation, Rubrics for being a successful Teacher)
5 Five Dimensions of Integral Education 10.00 hrs
Dimension 1: Physical Education - Education as harmonisation of human faculties
Dimension 1: Physical Education - Five Goals of Physical Education
Dimension 1: Physical Education - Muscle Memory and Body Consciousness
Dimension 1: Physical Education - Physical Dimension (1. Body as the primary instrument of learning, 2. Health, movement, rhythm, coordination, endurance)
Dimension 1: Physical Education - Developing Mind chart for Physical Education
Dimension 2: Vital Education - Emotions, energy and motivation, Nature of Vital
Dimension 2: Vital Education - Development of Sense Organs and Possible Defects—Sense Improvement—Training of Senses
Dimension 2: Vital Education - Attention and Concentration
Dimension 2: Vital Education - Values, Virtues, Character Strengths and Habits
Dimension 2: Vital Education - Going Beyond Martin Seligman Chart—Value Chart—Wheel of Virtues
Dimension 2: Vital Education - Progressive Awareness and Character Control
Dimension 2: Vital Education - Developing Mind chart for Vital Education
Dimension 3: Mental Education - Concept of Mind—Layers and Functions
Dimension 3: Mental Education - Developing Mental Faculties (Attention and Concentration, Comparison and Contrast, Imagination and Visualisation, Judgment and Syntactical)
Dimension 3: Mental Education - Developing Mind chart for Mental Education
Dimension 4: Psychic Education - Understanding Psychic Education
Dimension 4: Psychic Education - Psychic Education and its characteristics
Dimension 4: Psychic Education - Happiness Motivates
Dimension 4: Psychic Education - Fear is dangerous
Dimension 4: Psychic Education - Pathway to Self-discovery
Dimension 4: Psychic Education - Tenets of Psychic Education
Dimension 4: Psychic Education - Implementation
Dimension 4: Psychic Education - Developing Mind Chart6 for Psychic Education
Dimension 4: Psychic Education - Inner being, self-awareness
Dimension 5: Spiritual Education - Harmony, purpose, unity, service
Dimension 5: Spiritual Education - Spirituality as consciousness, not religion
Dimension 5: Spiritual Education - Finding the Inner Key
Dimension 5: Spiritual Education - Integration of all five dimensions in teaching and learning
Dimension 5: Spiritual Education - True Sustainable Education as Education of the Future
6 Classroom Management 7.00 hrs
Time Table is the Key
Integral Learning Ratio (ILR)
Crafting Effective Time Table
Writing Effective Lesson Plans
Creating Joyful Classrooms and Corridors
Scholastic and Co-scholastic Integration
Activity Based Experiential Learning
Competency Based Learning
Project Based Learning
Ancient integrated curriculum: arts, sciences, skills, values
Critique of fragmented modern curricula
Fewer subjects, deeper engagement
Integration of theory and practice
From known to unknown; concrete to abstract
Learning beyond classrooms and textbooks
Classroom as: Living ecosystem, Guided environment and Space for character formation
Cooperation over competition
Freedom to question, err, and explore
Balance between freedom and care
7 Subject Enrichment Programs 7.00 hrs
Crafting special co-scholastic programs
Circle Time, Assembly Time
Teaching Aids and Special Labs
Integral View of Competition (Competition as self-measurement, Emphasis on discipline, resilience, sportsmanship)
Recognition (Best Effort—Best Progress—Best Attitude—Excellence in Performance)
8 Towards Integral Assessment 7.00 hrs
Moving Beyond Traditional Assessment
Understanding Modes of Individual’s Nature
Understanding types of Temperament
Understanding types of Learners
Understanding Multiple Intelligences
Methods of comprehensive assessment
Generalised assessment Parameters
Adding extra dimensions to Bloom’s Taxonomy
Integral Action Verbs
9 Teacher Counselling 3.00 hrs
Wellness and Mindfulness
10 Internship / Practicum (10 Days) 0.00 hrs
Classroom observation
Facilitation of enrichment programs
Mini-project design and execution
Community engagement
Reflective journaling

Review & Certification

  • Final Interaction — Worksheets
  • Assessment and Evaluation
  • Certification

Learning Objectives

  • Integral pedagogical competence | Effective Lesson Plan writing | Adopting ILR |Transformed Classrooms

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