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April 2012, Ask and Answer »

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Manaswini Sridhar
Most schools host ‘guest lectures’ for high school students to help them gain an insight into something outside the textbook world. Here are some tips on how schools can go about organising these lectures so that at the end of it, everyone comes away feeling good, right from the school to the teachers to the students and of course the guest speaker too.

Ask and Answer, March 2012 »

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Manaswini Sridhar

Does your child fall sick regularly? Does he/she miss many days at school? What do you do? How do you make it easy for your child to tide over the frequent breaks? Manaswini Sridhar gives you the prescription.

Ask and Answer, February 2012 »

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Manaswini Sridhar

Getting children to pen their thoughts is a daunting task. But the process of writing can be made both creative and entertaining. Here are a few tips on how this can be done.

Ask and Answer, January 2012 »

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Manaswini Sridhar
Participating in workshops is as much a part of teachers’ lives as teaching is. This article gives you a few tips on how you should conduct yourself at workshops so as to ensure maximum benefit as a participant.

Ask and Answer, November 2011 »

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Here are some tips to help you organize your next ‘Teachers’ Day’ event without any glitches.

Ask and Answer, October 2011 »

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Looking beyond the textbook is a skill that every teacher must learn to cultivate. A little bit of imagination and clever use of resources can help a teacher engage with her students even without textbooks. Read on to find out more.

Ask and Answer, August 2011 »

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Workshops for teachers can be tiresome if enough care is not taken to have a resource person who enjoys interacting with teachers. Bringing in an element of fun and treating teachers as students will go a long way in motivating them to approach their jobs with passion.

Ask and Answer, July 2011 »

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Is the education of a child the sole responsibility of the teacher? This article looks at how parents and teachers should share this responsibility.

2011, April 2011, Ask and Answer »

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Teaching children grammar is not an easy task. This is one place kids tend to falter when learning a language. One of the main reasons for this is the popular idea that grammar is boring. Here’s how you can make grammar fun and its learning effective.

Ask and Answer, March 2011 »

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Language learning can happen at all times, and it need not be with a paper and a pencil. It can happen in the kitchen, across the dining table, among family members, and all in the form of a natural conversation.