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February 2012, Notes from a Teacher's Diary »

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Talitha Mathew
I begin this article with a short poem, When I Heard The Learn’d Astronomer by Walt Whitman, which I …

Notes from a Teacher's Diary, November 2011 »

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As teachers it is extremely important that we are careful about how we choose to teach concepts. This teacher narrate his experience of attending a workshop in which the trainer without thinking uses a story of communal disharmony to elucidate a math concept.

August 2011, Notes from a Teacher's Diary »

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The author recounts the challenges he faces while teaching English in India.

July 2011, Notes from a Teacher's Diary »

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With whiteboards and digital classrooms fast becoming popular among schools, this teacher writes in defence of the old school aids, particularly the blackboard.

April 2011, Notes from a Teacher's Diary »

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Rudy Kong
Living in China was not the only new and exciting aspect of our adventure. This was my first ‘real’ …

March 2011, Notes from a Teacher's Diary »

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How different is a typical school day in the U.S ? Jeff Symanski takes readers on a tour of his day at school, explaining in the course that there can never be a typical day in teaching and therein lies the challenge. Everyday is new and that is what makes the profession exciting.

February 2011, Notes from a Teacher's Diary »

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A teacher shares her experience of being a friend, philosopher, and guide to her students.

January 2011, Notes from a Teacher's Diary »

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Engaging with children to look at their own work and attitudes helps the teacher gain an insightful feedback. Self-assessment is not only a very important evaluation exercise, but is, in itself, a direct and important learning activity towards the achievement of curricular aims.

April 2009, Notes from a Teacher's Diary »

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Shakuntala Jaisinghania
Traditional teaching methods are based on the assumption that effective learning is a matter of conditioned response or ‘conditioning’; failure to respond to a question correctly is punished and successful responses are rewarded.

July 2008, Notes from a Teacher's Diary »

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Radhika Shinde Vakharia
I have failed to understand how in a span of 35 minutes of interaction, one can be a good teacher…