SPIRIT IN EDUCATION MOVEMENT

Spirit in Education Movement (SEM) is a transformative learning organisation providing education in Thailand and wider Southeast Asia that is based on ecology, engaged spirituality and local wisdom. SEM was founded in 1995 on the auspicious Makha Bucha Day with the aim to offer alternatives to mainstream education that are founded upon personal and societal transformation. The founders of SEM recognised that current trends in mainstream education in South East Asia were not in tune with the realities of the changing world, and since then have spent over a decade developing an alternative curriculum rooted in social justice, cultural integrity and deep concern for ecological sustainability. SEM's holistic approach is built upon engaged spirituality which focuses on transformation of the self alongside transformation of society. We work for a change in worldviews and values that uphold unsustainable and violent structures of society through critical analysis, self awareness and creative..

Also known as: SEM, Spirit in Education Movement (SEM)

Primary location: Bangkok Thailand