History and Overview of Activities
Institute of Sathya Sai Education, Australia
The Australian Institute of Sathya Sai Education was established in 1998 with the appointment of Dr Pal Dhall as the Director. The Institute has a Sai School in Murwillumbah established in 1997and the U-Turn Training School in Gympie. The ISSE is located in Canberra where Diploma and Advanced Diploma Courses are delivered. Regular seminars and workshops are held at this location.
The Institute of Sathya Sai Education Australia conducts many programs and has delivered many presentations in Australia and Overseas to Educational Institutions. The following is a summary of the activities of the Institute, locally and overseas.
PARENTING PROGRAM
One of the first functions taken up by the ISSE was the development of Education in Human Values Program for Parents.
An International Workshop on Values Parenting for Trainers was hosted by the ISSE Australia in Prashanti Nilayam in 1999, attended by 450 delegates from around the world. This was the beginning of Human Values Program for the Parents around the world. Sri Sathya Sai Baba gave an inaugural and a valedictory address and blessed the books published by ISSE, Australia as resource based on the teachings of Sathya Sai Baba. These books have been translated into several languages.
Student in Sri Lanka receives a certificate of completetion in the Sathya Sai Parenting Program from Dr Tehseen Dhall
Subsequent workshops on EHV for Parents and training workshops for facilitators were held in many countries in addition to Australia - New Zealand, Sri Lanka, Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Indonesia, Taiwan, Thailand, Malaysia and Canada.
Update Session for Sathya Sai Dynamic Parenting Workshop Facilitators in Canada
Parenting workshops are held in the Sathya Sai School, Murwillumbah, Australia.
Dynamic Parenting Workshop at Sathya Sai Primary School, Murwillumbah
DIPLOMA AND ADVANCED DIPLOMA
The Diploma of Education in Human Values course was commenced in 2001. Initially the Australian graduates received their Diplomas and Advanced Diploma from Sri Sathya Sai Baba on Human Values Day.
Graduating Diploma Students in Prashanti Nilayam with Dr Pal Dhall and Dr Tehseen Dhall, after receiving certificates from Sathya Sai Baba
To date over 200 students have graduated with Diploma from ISSE Australia and the Course is conducted at three sites: Canberra, at the Sai School in Murwillumbah and in Perth.
Diploma students at the Institute of Sathya Sai Education, Canberra
Diploma students with staff of the Institute of Sathya Sai Education at Murwillumbah
Eleven students have completed Advanced Diploma studies. Currently six students are at various stages in Advanced Diploma research studies. The Diploma Course is delivered through experiential workshops and seminars.
Diploma students in sessoin at Institute of Sathya Sai Education, Canberra
The Diploma and Advanced Diploma of ISSE gained recognition towards the postgraduate degree of Master of Learning Management by the University of Central Queensland in 2004.
One student has completed his Master of Learning Management in Human Values from the University of Central Queensland.
Sathya Sai Education in Human Values (SSEHV) Programs
ISSE Australia hosted a 5 day workshop for the Heads of Departments in the University of Goroka, Papua New Guinea, in June of 2001. Following this workshop the University of Goroka adopted a Values Education Program for training all the teachers throughout the country.
Director of Institute of Sathya Sai Education, Dr Pal Dhall, with the Vice-Chancellor of Goroko University, PNG
SSEHV workshops have been held by the ISSE in many State Schools. The most impactful outcome, recognized by Education Queensland, has been the introduction of SSEHV in an all aboriginal State Primary School in Cherbourg, Queensland
Staff of the Cherbourg Primary School in Silent Sitting with Sathya Sai School Students
Other all Indigenous Schools followed in requesting induction into SSEHV
Staff of the Worribinda Primary School after induction into SSEHV
The Principal of Cherbourg School was recognized for the impact of SSEHV program had on the learning, social skills and emotional wellbeing and physical health of the children. He received national recognition with the award of Queenslander of the Year. At the same time the coordinator of the SSEHV program in Cherboug School was recognized with the award of one of seven Outstanding Teachers of the Year.
In the publications released at the Values Education Forum held by the Ministry of Education, (Science and Training) in Melbourne in April 2004, Cherbourg State School with its SSEHV program was selected as one of the 12 outstanding case studies. These selected schools were regarded as exemplars with best practice approach to Values Education.
As a direct result of the impact on educational outcomes, the ISSE was invited to conduct a workshop with the members of the Australian Institute of Leadership in Indigenous Education. The participants were Principals of the Indigenous Schools from around the country.
The Institute of Sathya Sai Education invited to make a presentation at the First National Values Education Forum in Melbourne, Australia conducted by the Federal Ministry of Education in 2004.
The ISSE was invited to hold a symposium on the ongoing research in Education in Human Values in the University of Central Queensland. The audience was made up of postgraduate students studying for their Masters degree course and Principals of Primary and Secondary State Schools.
Staff of the Thomas Redall High School in breakaway session, part of SSEHV training
SSEHV has now been introduced into several State Schools in Australia.
Staff and Students of Thomas Redall High School en route to Human Values forum at the School
For 10 years the ISSE has been involved in the adjudication of an annually held Oratorical Contest on Human Values In the Australian National University. The contest is open to all undergraduates of the University. It is sponsored by the Lions Club in the Canberra.
Staff of the Casa del Nino Science High School, Manila, in SSEHV workshop session
Over the last 5 years a number of Schools have been inducted into SSEHV in several overseas countries eg Fiji, Philippines, and Indonesia.
SSEHV Quiz at the Casa del Nino Science High School, Manila
From 2008, an EHV program for Kindergarten and Preprimary Schools developed by the ISSE is being used in several State and Private Schools in Western Australia, and in the Sathya Sai School in Murwillumbah, Australia. It is also being used in several other countries.
ALUMNI OF THE ISSE
The Alumni of the ISSE are spearheading educational and training programs in both the Sathya Sai Organisation and in the Community e.g., Self Transformation Program, Parenting Program, Program for adolescents at risk, SSEHV for Parents of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder and SSEHV for Nursing and Intensive Care workers. Some of the alumni who are professional teachers in the State Schools are introducing SSEHV in several individual and clusters of State Schools.
Alumni of the Institute of Sathya Sai Education at Inaugural Meeting.
In Australia, the second week of August every year is observed as the Human Values Week. During this week the focus is on a review of activities and performance. Biannually, the ISSE holds a National Retreat during this time when research conducted in the ISSE is presented. Two National Education Retreats have been held over the last 4 years
Delegates at the National Education Retreat, Canberra, 2007
FUTURE DIRECTIONS OF THE ISSE
IIn close collaboration with the principal of the Sathya Sai Primary School the ISSE is developing a new approach for integrating Human Values into the learning outcomes of all the key learning areas in the Australian Primary School Government syllabus.
To mark the 85th Birthday the ISSE arranged a nationally recognized Certificate Level 4 Course in Training and Assessment by the Canberra Institute of Technology for 28 active facilitators among the alumni. The graduates will receive their Nationally Accredited qualification as Trainers. This will coincide in time with the 85th Birthday. The nationally recognized training qualification will enable the ISSE to deliver the Introductory and Intermediate component of Diploma Course in several learning sites around Australia from the beginning of the next year. It also gives the ISSE a skill base for launching programs into the wider Australian Community.
Seminars are held weekly at the ISSE. This is becoming a strong feature of the activity sites of ISSE in Melbourne, Perth and Murwillumbah.
Seminar at the Institute of Sathya Sai Education, Australia,
ISSE Australia is working towards accreditation as a Nationally Recognised Training Organisation. This is a very rigorous process of accreditation by the Department of Education, Employment and Youth Affairs. This will enable the ISSE to deliver a variety of SSEHV programs for the Vocational Education Sector as well as to the Schools, Tertiary Education and Universities around the country.
SEMINARS GIVEN BY THE ISSE AT INTERNATIONAL AND NATIONAL CONFERENCES
- Conference on Educare: Human Values and Parenting, 2003.
Organised by Sathya Sai Council of Malaysia with the Ministry of Women's Affairs and Family Development
Effective Ways of Inculcating Values at Home
- Educator's Conference on Educare
Conference on Educare organised by Sathya Sai Organisation of Sri Lanka, 2004
Creating an Outcomes based Values Education Framework - the Australian Experience
- Conference on Educare and Parenting, 2004
Organised by the Sathya Sai Organisation of Indonesia
Effective Parenting: Identifying overwhelming Challenges in the
21st Century
- Workshop with Teachers of Thomas Reddall High School, 2005
Outcome based Values Education Framework.
- Workshops and invited talks in Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Malaysia, Thailand on Values Eduction, Educare and Parenting 2006 - 2009
- Values Education Forum:Making a Difference, 2009
Organised by the Thomas Reddall High School, NSW
- Invited Lecture at the Suskatoon University on Spirituality, 2008.
- Invited Lecture on Bioethics at the Medical School, University of Fiji, 2009.
- International Conference on Interfaith, Sathya Sai International Centre for Human Values, July 2009.
Science and Spirituality
- Council for a Parliament of the World's Religions
Faith Based Education in Human Values for a Sustainable Future,
December 2009, Melbourne.
- International Conference on Science and Spirituality - a Growing Interface, Sathya Sai International Centre for Human Values
Invited paper: Organic Earth July 2010.
- Public talks, radio and TV interviews on Human Values in several countries including Australia, Fiji, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Canada.
- Invited talk at the Interfaith Forum in Canberra in September 2010 on
Sathya Sai Spirituality
PUBLICATIONS OF THE ISSE
CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS
- Values Parenting, 1998
Proceedings of the Workshop on Values Parenting for Trainers,1998.
- My Work is My Blessing, 1999.
Proceedings of International Conference of Sathya Sai Organisation, 1999.
- Information to Transformation,
Proceedings of the 7th World Conference, 2000
- Educare 2001
Proceedings of Conference on Educare 2001.
- Journey with Sai
Proceedings of the 7th World Conference, 2000
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