Articles in the Notes from a Teacher’s Diary Category
February 2012, Notes from a Teacher's Diary »
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 »
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 »
The author recounts the challenges he faces while teaching English in India.
July 2011, Notes from a Teacher's Diary »
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 »
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 »
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 »
A teacher shares her experience of being a friend, philosopher, and guide to her students.
January 2011, Notes from a Teacher's Diary »
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 »
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 »
Radhika Shinde Vakharia
I have failed to understand how in a span of 35 minutes of interaction, one can be a good teacher…

