History is a subject that has been relegated to the backburner and therefore its teaching has been largely uninspiring. There is a need to restate and rediscover its relevance and the best place to start this is in the classrooms.

The holidays are upon us again and most of us are looking forward to the long break. While some of us would like to sit back and relax, some others would like to learn new things. However it is we decide to spend our vacation we should realize that in everything we do, see, and observe there is something there that we can learn from and take back to the classroom.

In bringing out the magazine every month, Teacher Plus tries hard to make connections with all its readers. Some of our readers come from little known places like village pathshalas in Rajasthan and Bihar, principals and librarians from all kinds of schools. We make an appeal to everyone to write to us and send us their feedback.

It is important that teachers try and create a positive classroom environment while minimizing as much as they can the negative experiences in order to create good, happy memories.

In the context of upheavals in the Indian political space, it is time to revisit and reappraise how a moral and ethical fibre can be woven into the consciousness of children during their schooling years.

Desks, chairs, walls, and windows all have an impact on both the way we learn and the moods they create. Therefore it is extremely important that we design physical learning structures with utmost care.

As schools resume after a short holiday and a period of festivities, it is time to hit the books again and gear up for a second term of study, cultural activities and a race to complete the syllabus.

While we are all tied up with our own classrooms, textbooks and schools, it is important now and then to step back and look at the changes taking place in the field we are working in. Are these changes for our benefit? Who are these changemakers? Are they going in the right direction? Questions like these keep us alert and ready to embrace or confront the change taking place.

We have just celebrated India’s 63rd year of independence and with each passing year August 15 is turning out to be just a day for rituals and paying lip service to the nation. With Teachers’ Day round the corner let us set aside this sense of ritual and adopt one of enthusiasm, faith and trust.

Sometimes wisdom comes from the most casual and incidental of conversations. Discussing a vision statement made by an educational institution, …