The Executive Coaching and Training Institute published “Rima Khachatryan: the daughter of an émigré”

The Executive Coaching and Training Institute published an anthology of memoirs and studies in the biography of its founder – Rima Khachatryan – a “daughter of an émigré who found the strength to move through hardship” to become a renowned educator, an honored pedagogue and educational innovator.

Most often, educational innovation is associated with technological quick fixes, like data-driven nudges, prior learning assessment, to name a few.

Certainly, there are other educational innovations that do indeed seek to enhance educational quality. The new educational module for “Pharmaceutics” discipline aimed at learning outcomes that Rima Khachatryan, an honored pedagogue of Armenia introduced in medical colleges of the country in 2013 is but a perfect example.

The new educational module, like any true innovation was about redesigning policies and practices, transforming the educational experience itself. It was adopted as part of a broader rethinking of the purpose of the nurse education, making it more intentional, coherent, and transformative.

“The key to genuine innovation lies in engaging students in educationally purposeful activities. So, what we need today, is supporting students psychologically and keeping them actively engaged in their own learning”, Mrs. Khachatryan said while presenting the new educational module in September 1, 2013.

She strongly believed that team building is the main proficiency of any teacher, and that team work is the most important part of the education process. “Team building activities contribute to collaborative problem-solving and boost self-esteem. They also create an atmosphere of community and improve communication skills”, – used to reiterate Mrs. Khachatryan.

It’s amazing, but at the age of 75, she participated in a training for teachers’ course organized by the National Center for Vocational Education and Training Development on the topic: “Organization and implementation of instructional programs aimed at learning outcomes”. Hence, she was largely responsible for the introduction of the new curriculum in the medical vocational colleges of Armenia.

The innovative educational methodology aimed at learning outcomes, developed by Rima Khachatryan, caused a wide resonance in the Armenian society, and attracted substantial attention of the professional pedagogical community. More than that, it was about transforming the educational experience itself.

Over the course of a decade, it has been underlying Pharmaceutics’ curriculum in more than 15 medical colleges of the country.

Indeed, the adaptable teacher is one who is open to unexpected turns of events, and rolls with unplanned opportunities…

The book is printed in London by Freestyle Print, and distributed among the Armenian study  centers, research institutes and departments of different universities in over 15 countries around the world.