Bhakti Śāstrī Teacher Training Course

The Bhakti Śāstrī Teacher Training Course is specifically designed to equip Bhakti Śāstrī course teachers with the specific skills required to teach shastra systematically. The course offers potential teachers training in lesson planning, analyzing shastric study objectives, effective assessment as well as the practical details of organizing a Bhakti Śāstrī course.

By HH Bhakti Prabhava Swami

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Course Duration

8 hours

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No. Of Sessions

4

Sessions per week

4

Language
English

Eligibility

Completed Bhakti Shastri course and Bhakti Shastri Teacher Training course 1 & 2

Schedule of Classes

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19:00 - 20:30 CET

Regular classes on

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday

About the Teacher

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HH Bhakti Prabhava Swami

HH Bhakti Prabhava Swami, born in Brussels in Belgium, in 1960, met devotees in Ghent in the summer of 1992. From 1992 to 1996 he was active in Nama Hatta preaching in Ghent (Flanders) and joined the Radhadesh temple in 1996. In 1994 he met His Holiness Bhakti Charu Swami who accepted him as his disciple and gave him first initiation on 12. March 1998 and second initiation on 25. August 1999. On the 31st of May 2015 he was awarded sannyasa initiation by His Holiness Bhakti Charu Swami. Right after his first initiation he became the first secretary for the newly formed European RGB. He organized the first European Leaders Meetings (ELM) and went on several missions for the European RGB. In 2004 Bhakti Prabhava Swami was requested to become Secretary for the Global GBC Body and the Secretary for the GBC Executive Committee. He fulfilled that role until September 2009.  During that period, he attended all GBC meetings and all GBC mid‐year meetings as GBC Corresponding Secretary. He organized the first GBC midyear meeting held at Prabhupadesh in Italy on October 6‐9, 2006. 


Since 2004, he has traveled each year for a few months with His Holiness Prahladananda Swami as his assistant in various East European countries.


In 2004, he opened a new ISKCON center in Brussels, and from 1999 to 2004 he served as legal director for New Mayapura in France. In March 2006 he received a Global Excellence Award for Acting in the Interest of ISKCON. 

 

From 1996 to 2007 he engaged in management of the Radhadesh projects, mainly taking care of supervising the administration, tax defense and legal matters as Chartered Accountant. He also served as chartered accountant, legal director, trustee, teacher and student in the Bhaktivedanta College.


In 2008, he followed the Spiritual Leadership seminar in Ujjain facilitated by His Grace Anuttama Prabhu. Studied at the University of Wales from 2004 to 2016 and earned an MA (2010) and a PhD in the Study of Religion in June 2016.

He also graduated from Bhakti Sastri (MI) , Bhaktivaibhava (VIHE) and Bhaktivedanta (VIHE) from 2001 to 2011. 


Since 2012 he is serving as Bhakti Sastri and Bhaktivaibhava teacher, conducting (on-site and on-line teaching) programmes for the College of Vedic Studies. Since 2019, he also serves as Bhaktivaibhava / Bhaktivedanta teacher for the Mayapur Institute and the Vrindavan Institute for Higher Education (VIHE).


Bhakti Prabhava Swami is a member of the ISKCON Board for Examination, a member of the Sastric Advisory Council (SAC) and a member of various committees of the Ministry for Sannyasa. He also serves as an Advisory Board Member and Teacher for the ISKCON Bhagavat Mahavidyalaya in Europe and North America.


Bhakti Prabhava Swami has been preaching internationally since 1996, presenting seminars and lectures in Belgium and in other countries when invited.


Course Overview



Course description:


The course is specifically designed to equip Bhakti Shastri Course teachers with the specific skills required to teach shastra systematically. The course will introduce students to materials on Bhakti Sastri, help them remember and understand the 'Twelve Aims of the Study of Sastri' and appreciate their importance as the foundation of the course. It will help students to effectively plan classes in accordance with sound educational principles, and improve students' teaching skills, especially in the area of ​​implicit promotion of desired learning. It will also help them understand the purpose, importance and features of effective assessment, particularly in relation to shastra education and its objectives, and equip them with appropriate skills.



Course content:


1st lesson - the aims of shastric study


2nd lesson - overview of Bhakti Sastri materials, lesson planning methodology, objectives - performance - sample lesson, assignment, students writing lesson plans/materials/presentation preparation

3rd lesson - student presentation and evaluation by the teacher

4th lesson - assessment of organization and papers, and assessment of essays


Course requirements (pre-qualification):  Completed IBoEx Bhakti Shastri course and Teacher Training courses 1, 2



Teacher: His Holiness Bhakti Prabhava Goswami




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