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April 2013, Ask and Answer »

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Manaswini Sridhar

This one is for the parents who are interested in contributing to their children’s growth. Read on to see how parents can work with teachers and the school to ensure their children’s success.

Ask and Answer, March 2013 »

[1 Mar 2013 | No Comment | ]

Manaswini Sridhar
We all know that parents and students are constantly under presssure, students especially. But does anyone think about teachers who are also equally stressed out having to tackle students, prepare for lectures and take care of the home segment too. How can teachers de-stress themselves? What can do they do to keep themselves motivated and happy?

Ask and Answer, February 2013 »

[5 Feb 2013 | One Comment | ]

Manaswini Sridhar

Workshops are an integral part of a teacher’s life. Yet it is not often that one sees teachers implementing what they learn in a workshop in their classrooms. Here’s how you can motivate your teachers to experiment more in their classrooms.

Ask and Answer, January 2013 »

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Manaswini Sridhar
What are the life-skills that pre-primary children need to be equipped with? How can a parent prepare a child so that it is ready to face a school environment?

Ask and Answer, November 2012 »

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Manaswini Sridhar
Staff rooms in most schools need to be given attention on a priority basis. Teachers are the pillars of any school and the torchbearers of the next generation. They need to be given quality time between their rush to different classes. For this, a staff room that is comfortable and airy, with enough chairs and cupboards and a friendly atmosphere is a must.

Ask and Answer, September 2012 »

[3 Sep 2012 | No Comment | ]

Manaswini Sridhar

Keeping a check on children is a major part of a teacher’s work. But a growing trend and one that is becoming a tad difficult to deal with is to handle deliberate latecomers. This article highlights a few ways in which a teacher can handle a perpetual latecomer.

Ask and Answer, August 2012 »

[2 Aug 2012 | One Comment | ]

Manaswini Sridhar
As teachers we often complain of having to face expresionless, bored and distracted students everyday. Have we ever wondered why? Perhaps similing a little more in class will make teaching-learning a pleasant experience.

Ask and Answer, July 2012 »

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Manaswini Sridhar
There are several issues that come up when a child and the parent attend the same school, the former as a student and the latter as a teacher. Awkward situations need to be handled with maturity so that both the teacher-parent and the student-child are not affected. Here are some ground rules which schools can use as a general framework so that the child, the teacher and the parent-teacher cooperate for the good of all.

April 2012, Ask and Answer »

[2 Apr 2012 | No Comment | ]

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 »

[2 Mar 2012 | No Comment | ]

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.