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Difference need not be disruptive
Usha Raman
The ‘hijab row” is now an issue that the nation is caught up with. How does the ban on the hijab make students better learners or more focused on their education? When we talk of inclusion, should we not be providing flexible and open spaces so that there is room for dialogue, so that children will stay in school and not drop out of studies altogether?
Back to the classroom: what needs to change?
Neha Pradhan Arora
In the last two years our notion of the classroom has changed. There has been a considerable loss of teaching and learning time and there is likely to be a long term impact on learners’ educational outcomes. However, with some schools opening up and others adopting various models of online or hybrid teaching, it is critical for educators to build and gauge their readiness to adapt to physical cl
April 2022 | Notes From A Teacher's Diary
Free play in early years
Isha Anand
Are children getting enough time to indulge in free play? Children have an innate urge to do things on their own without any adult coaching or guiding them. This helps them to relate to their inner world of feelings, ideas and lived experiences. Play helps children to improve their motor skills, enhances their imagination and also builds creativity. Educators must try and facilitate an environment where c
April 2022 | How Does Your Garden Grow?
Bottles, brains and butterflies
Nandini D
In our next article on gardening, we bring you tips on how you can use plant materials to give vent to your creative side. Ranging from terrariums to dried flower petals and leaves to even a small water pond with lilies and fish, there are umpteen things that you can make to improve on your garden’s design.
March 2022
Cover Story | March 2022
A teacher’s right to disconnect
Anuradha C
An increase in work on both the domestic front and from school is already encroaching on personal time. The proliferation of computers and cell phones is compelling teachers to spend more time outside of school hours planning tech-enriched lessons while responding to emails and text messages whatever time of day it is. What is the outcome of this constant pressure to be avail
March 2022 | Project
Beaches and coastlines: what do you see?
Rachana Rao
Beaches are important ecosystems we need to preserve and protect for our own sakes and for the many life forms that are dependent of them. Like all things in life, it is only when we experience the beach that we will do what is necessary to protect it. So get out and take a walk on the beach, feel the cool breeze and smell the ocean.
March 2022 | Off The Library Shelves
Bringing picture books to life
G Veena Rao
Of all the different kinds of books there are, picture books are the most underrated. Picture books can impart a wealth of knowledge and can be read by anybody at any age. As the author worked with first generation learners with picture books, their high utility value became even more clear to her. Her desire now is to start a picture book library and make these books easily
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February 2022
Edulogues | February 2022.
The Toshali Sands of time
Devika Nadig
Amidst the natural, religious and historic marvels of Puri, the author experienced both professional joy as she presented her framework for building high performing schools at a school excellence conference and personal bliss as she visited lord Jaganatha and explored the arts and crafts of Orissa.
February 2022 | How Does Your Garden Grow?.
Doing the “ground” work
Nandini D
As we spend more and more time inside our homes, taking up gardening in a small corner of the balcony or on the terrace seems like a really good idea. With tips and suggestions on germinating seeds and composting garden waste, the author moves from the home garden to community gardens to give us a brief history of gardens and the gardening culture. Has the gardening bug bitten
Cover Story | February 2022.
When improvisation is key
Gopal Midha
The pandemic has been difficult, challenging and tough for the world. People have had to find new ways of functioning and surviving. Educational institutions that were so firmly entrenched and comfortable in the old ways of learning and doing, like everyone and everything else, were also shaken out of their inertia. This was an opportunity for them to stop, reflect and rethi
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January 2022
January 2022 | Off The Library Shelves.
Corona days in a neighbourhood library
Drishti Tyagi
This is the story of how a home based neighbourhood library survived the corona days and the lessons that the library educator learnt.
How Does Your Garden Grow? | January 2022.
Plants that care for you
Nandini D
The purple coloured tincher plant to help heal a wound or the tulsi to boost your immunity. What garden would you like to grow this month? A croma garden or a self-help garden?
Cover Story | January 2022.
Welcoming the whys
Simran Luthra
Homework and assignments are part of every child’s school routine and every teacher’s responsibility. While they are a means to enrich learning, are homework and assignments really serving this purpose? The homework given is so uninspiring that almost always, students end up doing them like a chore. When they don’t know the objectives behind an assignment, they don
Read more articles from this issue
Difference need not be disruptive
Usha Raman
The ‘hijab row” is now an issue that the nation is caught up with. How does the ban on the hijab make students better learners or more focused on their education? When we talk of inclusion, should we not be providing flexible and open spaces so that there is room for dialogue, so that children will stay in school and not drop out of studies altogether?
Back to the classroom: what needs to change?
Neha Pradhan Arora
In the last two years our notion of the classroom has changed. There has been a considerable loss of teaching and learning time and there is likely to be a long term impact on learners’ educational outcomes. However, with some schools opening up and others adopting various models of online or hybrid teaching, it is critical for educators to build and gauge their readiness to adapt to physical cl
April 2022 | Notes From A Teacher's Diary
Free play in early years
Isha Anand
Are children getting enough time to indulge in free play? Children have an innate urge to do things on their own without any adult coaching or guiding them. This helps them to relate to their inner world of feelings, ideas and lived experiences. Play helps children to improve their motor skills, enhances their imagination and also builds creativity. Educators must try and facilitate an environment where c
April 2022 | How Does Your Garden Grow?
Bottles, brains and butterflies
Nandini D
In our next article on gardening, we bring you tips on how you can use plant materials to give vent to your creative side. Ranging from terrariums to dried flower petals and leaves to even a small water pond with lilies and fish, there are umpteen things that you can make to improve on your garden’s design.
March 2022
Cover Story | March 2022
A teacher’s right to disconnect
Anuradha C
An increase in work on both the domestic front and from school is already encroaching on personal time. The proliferation of computers and cell phones is compelling teachers to spend more time outside of school hours planning tech-enriched lessons while responding to emails and text messages whatever time of day it is. What is the outcome of this constant pressure to be avail
March 2022 | Project
Beaches and coastlines: what do you see?
Rachana Rao
Beaches are important ecosystems we need to preserve and protect for our own sakes and for the many life forms that are dependent of them. Like all things in life, it is only when we experience the beach that we will do what is necessary to protect it. So get out and take a walk on the beach, feel the cool breeze and smell the ocean.
March 2022 | Off The Library Shelves
Bringing picture books to life
G Veena Rao
Of all the different kinds of books there are, picture books are the most underrated. Picture books can impart a wealth of knowledge and can be read by anybody at any age. As the author worked with first generation learners with picture books, their high utility value became even more clear to her. Her desire now is to start a picture book library and make these books easily
Read more articles from this issue
February 2022
Edulogues | February 2022.
The Toshali Sands of time
Devika Nadig
Amidst the natural, religious and historic marvels of Puri, the author experienced both professional joy as she presented her framework for building high performing schools at a school excellence conference and personal bliss as she visited lord Jaganatha and explored the arts and crafts of Orissa.
February 2022 | How Does Your Garden Grow?.
Doing the “ground” work
Nandini D
As we spend more and more time inside our homes, taking up gardening in a small corner of the balcony or on the terrace seems like a really good idea. With tips and suggestions on germinating seeds and composting garden waste, the author moves from the home garden to community gardens to give us a brief history of gardens and the gardening culture. Has the gardening bug bitten
Cover Story | February 2022.
When improvisation is key
Gopal Midha
The pandemic has been difficult, challenging and tough for the world. People have had to find new ways of functioning and surviving. Educational institutions that were so firmly entrenched and comfortable in the old ways of learning and doing, like everyone and everything else, were also shaken out of their inertia. This was an opportunity for them to stop, reflect and rethi
Read more articles from this issue
January 2022
January 2022 | Off The Library Shelves.
Corona days in a neighbourhood library
Drishti Tyagi
This is the story of how a home based neighbourhood library survived the corona days and the lessons that the library educator learnt.
How Does Your Garden Grow? | January 2022.
Plants that care for you
Nandini D
The purple coloured tincher plant to help heal a wound or the tulsi to boost your immunity. What garden would you like to grow this month? A croma garden or a self-help garden?
Cover Story | January 2022.
Welcoming the whys
Simran Luthra
Homework and assignments are part of every child’s school routine and every teacher’s responsibility. While they are a means to enrich learning, are homework and assignments really serving this purpose? The homework given is so uninspiring that almost always, students end up doing them like a chore. When they don’t know the objectives behind an assignment, they don
Read more articles from this issue