Apr 24 2008
TREAMIS World School: A Global Education Model
According to Thomas Friedman, author of The World Is Flat, we now live in a “flat world” where technology has broken down the borders and we can literally travel through time and distance. It is a world where geography and language differences no longer are insurmountable barriers to communication.
With the “flattening” of our world, parents and educators are now asking the same questions: What will it would take to effectively prepare today’s students to be global citizens in a “flat world?”
Yesterday, I shared coffee and conversation with Mr. Venkatesh Koravadi and Dr. Krishna Jayaraman and learned about one school, located in Bangalore, India, that is off to good start to become a global education model. Mr. Koravadi is the Managing Director of TREAMIS World School and Dr. Jayaraman is a biotech executive and promoter of TREAMIS.
TREAMIS World School opened almost a year ago and established its mission as fostering independent thinking and self-discipline. Along with academics, art, music and sports, TREAMIS teaches the universal values of teamwork, respect, responsibility, ethics, etiquette and service. You can learn more about TREAMIS World School by clicking on the link in the blogroll.
With connections to Lake Forest Academy and Morgan Park Academy and plans for technology-based collaborative projects for the students here and in India, TREAMIS World School has established itself already as a leader pursuing global learning for its students.
It’s amazing to contemplate what might happen if every school in every country had such a focus on universal values, a well-rounded curriculum designed for the whole child, implementation of best practices for maximum student achievement and the inclusion of global learning opportunities. Perhaps, we would be raising students who would be truly equipped with the skills to live in peace, serve others, create, innovate and work productively.
Without a doubt, the students at TREAMIS World School and others with a similar focus will be ready for global citizenship and ready to succeed and compete in a “flat world.” How about the students in your school? Will they be ready?
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Based on what I have read about them so far (on their website) Treamis definitely appears to conciously address the educational needs for today’s global flat world.
It will be interesting to see how the global and local parents take to the school when compared to all the other “international” schools in Bangalore.
Zeeksha
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Thank you for visiting my blog! I definitely agree with your comment about Treamis and its conscious efforts to meet the needs of its students in today’s flat world. I wonder how our educational system in the U.S. would be impacted if more “international” charter schools were created here using a similar model. Perhaps we would move more rapidly towards helping our students become global thinkers and citizens equipped with 21st century skills.
It will be an interesting experiment indeed. Which will naturally lead to the question of “what does it mean to be an international school”. Is it just about exposing them to the “principles” of the new flat world or does it involve more than that.
Today, at least in India – the international schools are defined by lesser student to teacher ratio, a lesser (rigor) emphasis on academics and to provide a more “rounded” form of education. To a large extent the concept of international schools have also been picking up in a few cities where there are more expats.
More often than not the international schools are focused on the expat community and hence that much more expensive and not necessarily “mainstream”
-Ganga
Great. I just stumbled upon this website. I was in Bangalore last month and admitted my two children as boarders at Treamis World School. I never expected that I would come across some one who had met with the Treamis folks.
The school is going to be in its third year now. They have made tremendous progress in a short span. I loved their philosophy of informal education. combining art, music and sports in their curriculum. Their newly built residential hall is great. My children loved the campus environment.
Yes…the world is so small and it’s amazing how we all share many experiences – even though we live around the world and not just around the block from each other. I was impressed with Treamis World School after my conversations with some of the folks from Treamis and after visiting their website. I wish your children the best that Treamis has to offer!
While a comment on my blog by Ganga in December of 2008 indicated that he felt there might be less rigor at an international school, it seems as if Treamis has definitely created a curriculum to prepare its students to succeed on all the necessary tests they will face as they advance in their educational pursuits in India and around the world.
Wonderful article. I been looking for one on a similar note. I guess you always have something up your sleeve.