Trisha Chakraborty
Everybody wants to send their children to schools with the best teachers, but neither the children we teach nor the parents accept teaching as a viable profession. When will teaching become a job that our students aspire to?
Category: Notes from a Teacher’s Diary
The tiffin box dilemma
Deepanwita Das
The school tiffin box is a source of constant tussle between nutrition conscious parents and junk food loving children. This teacher narrates two separate tiffin box related instances that led to her school to formulate a breakfast schedule thereby ending the morning tussle.
May their tribe increase
S. Mundayoor
Teachers’ Day, as always, is an occasion for many of us to remember and cherish those who untiringly taught us. Here, the author shares some anecdotes about a few teachers who inspired those who came into contact with them. These recollections are mostly from the annual teachers’ residential camps held during the Eighties and Nineties by a group of schools in Arunachal Pradesh, with which the writer was associated.
Are we slacking on time?
Roopa Vinayak Ram
Time theft seems to be the new buzzword and a major challenge in schools. What constitutes time theft, and are teachers guilty of it? A look at how this problem can be solved.
“Self”-made artists
Anshika Bedi
Children have a knack of surprising us adults. This teacher’s class five students amazed her with the way they went about painting their self-portraits. Their maturity, interest and passion in their artwork was nothing short of that of a professional.
Earth stories for kindergartners
Katyayani Balasubramanian
The rate at which our environment is deteriorating, it seems like it is never too early to start educating our children about our environment and how to conserve it. So how can you discuss environmental concerns with kindergartners?
Say it with flowers!
Ajita Banerjee
The saying goes that you learn better when you do. This teacher and her students decided to find solutions to tackle the problem of the large amounts of floral waste generated. Read about their experiences and learnings in this narrative.
Three golden rules of teaching: Drawing from the data
Abhishek Bagchi
This article offers some valuable insights on how teachers can really engage with their students in class using data.
Rewards or bribes?
Krishna Chebolu
Is the reward system the best way in which educators can increase productivity in children? While it has its advantages since it helps in motivating a child, there are other issues too that one must look at. A happy alternative would be to appreciate a child for his/her uniqueness.
Not less than 90%
Ashwini Subodh Pathak
Marks are not everything, we all agree. And yet, when it comes to our children we don’t hide the fact that we want them to score the very best in their exams. But the world is changing, jobs are being offered based on skills and ability. Marks really aren’t everything.