Exploring STEAM: Competency-Based Micro-Learning with Creative Doodle Art

Iconography in art encompasses the visual symbols, images, and motifs that are employed to express concepts, literacy, awareness, deeper meanings, narratives, or cultural values. It serves as a visual language, enabling practitioners to grasp the hidden or underlying themes of an artwork beyond its surface appearance.

As per an AI overview, Dr. Lalit Kishore is an educator, researcher, and advocate for alternative education based in Jaipur. He is recognized for his innovative work in developing competency-based micro-learning frameworks in India. His teaching methods emphasize structuring education to be accessible and easily understandable, especially for small, under-resourced, and single-teacher schools located in rural regions.

"Dr. Kishore's approach integrates experiential, bite-sized learning models to build practical student competencies... He advocates for breaking down complex subjects into small, focused learning modules. This increases student retention and allows individuals to absorb specific concepts or skills at their own pace... He champions a progressive instructional flow that transforms passive students into self-reliant master learners." informs the overview.

His micro-learning class sessions through a structured learning sheet follow a three-stage learning approach as follows.

• Teacher-Directed Learning: Initial guidance and introducing core concepts.

• Peer Group Learning: Collaborative problem-solving and peer instruction.

• Student-Led Learning: Independent exploration and execution to demonstrate mastery over the material.

It has been thought to do action research on the learning experience and write a report "STEM Awareness Through Playful Iconographic Doodles for Upper Primary Children" for wider sharing.

Here is his micro learning sheet (see inset picture) on art-integrated STEM literacy prepared for students at CEC, Jaipur - a single-teacher set-up. It took 5 hours to research and prepare the sheet for primary kids

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