Our company started in 1988, when the first private school Grand Lyceum in Ukraine was created. Interestingly, this happened even under the communist regime, which did not tolerate private ownership, especially in education. However, the quality of education in the country left much to be desired and society was waiting for reforms.
Grand Lyceum reformist model proposed a radical update of the content, supporting the creativity of teachers, and creating a special motivational atmosphere among children.
Soon everyone especially liked the integrated case lessons, which quickly began to replace boring paragraph lessons.
Having discovered such success, we began to develop it and created more than 500 integrated case lessons, on all topics of the school curriculum, for all ages and in different languages.
Moreover, we have constantly considered social and educational demand. At one time, it was a feverish request for IT, then for STEAM, then for soft skills, then for online.
And recently, attention switched on to PTSD: post-traumatic stress disorder of children, in connection with the war in which millions of innocent children suffered. And in order to bring them back to a full life, we made a series of “saving” case lessons (within an international team).
It takes into account:
technology and feelings
hard skills and soft skills
texts and pictures
subjects and competencies
theory and practice
seriousness and fun
science and senses
established protocols and new approaches
offline and online
Now there is even an international club of fans of case lessons launched, due to their success and effectiveness.
What do we offer?
Integrated case-lessons. Thousands of schools in many countries use our modern case-courses as a new educational instrumentation. Millions of students and teachers are involved in case-lessons as new unique visitors.
Why do we do it?
To create progressive educational environment, accelerate the best world's technologies and information processing.
How do we scale case lessons?
By internet, mouth-to-mouth, and by participating at International Contests, uniting educators around new education paradigms and business models.
This Atlas is irreplaceable. It`s a “must have” for every school, family, university, researcher, policy maker, teacher and principal.
About Author, Vladimir Spivakovsky:
Born in 1952. Education: Odessa Polytechnic University and Academy
of Sciences, Ph.D in Economics (1980). Professor in the university (1981–1988); CEO in Joint Venture
“Eurodeal” (Luxemburg, 1988–1991). CEO in Grand Education Corporation (since 1991). The
founder of the first business-school “Synergy” for entrepreneurs, and lyceum “Grand”
(1988) for the gifted children in Ukraine.
Visited 107 countries with lecturing, expeditions and scientific
researches. He has written 7 books on business, education and fiction novels.
We receive a lot of feedback from users all over the world. There are some of them:
Reno Domenico
USA, CEO of Sterling Business School
I would like to take this opportunity to recommend highly Dr. Vladimir Spivakovsky for the Yidan Prize 2017. Dr. Spivakovsky is one of the leading educators, and most innovative educators not only in Ukraine, but in all of Europe,
and for that matter, the world.
The work that Dr. Spivakovsky has done at the Grand School in Kyiv, Ukraine, was not only innovative for the Former Soviet Union, but a great step forward for the entire sphere of elementary and secondary
education across the planet.
Additionally, his concept of the Five Star School system of the future is a model of innovation and experiential learning that is worthy of emulation in all developed and emerging economies. If this innovative
model of education were adopted internationally, it would have an tremendous impact on student achievement wherever it would be implemented.
Additionally, Dr. Spivakovsky is a man of exceptional personal integrity and professionalism.
He is an educator of the first class, and he is a leader in community based efforts to reform the entire educational system of Ukraine, with a goal of improving the lives and opportunities for young people across the country.
Therefore,
it is without hesitation that I, as a professional educator for over 40 years in the United States and internationally, recommend Dr. Vladimir Spivakovsky for the Yidan Prize 2017. He and his educational innovations are fully worthy
of recognition and dissemination.
I do bless stars for such possibility to communicate with GRAND Lyceum teachers, who were the first to start this 7-stars Global Network . This is a great place. They are only few in the world. And I am happy to support this project,
which runs for educational excellence. I am impressed.
Thakur S. Powdyel
Minister of Education for the Royal Government of Bhutan
Thank you for the most revolutionary ideas to propel education forward, Dr Spivak! It was rare joy to listen to your exposition of the powerful teaching-learning approach. With my best wishes.
This article was surprisingly published in Independant
newspaper that in
Finnish schools subjects scrapped and replaced with integrated topics-cases.
Thanks to this innovation, Finland became a leader, creating the best education system in
the world (PISA rating). Due to this case-movement in the world, we
completed a generalized education platform 7W with big variety of case-lessons, and we proud
that they satisfy the demand of the education market, and spread all over the world.
It's a new generation of knowledge, content and efficient technologies that meets all
modern challenges
of the 21st century.
“Atlas of the Perfect Education System”
