Ratna Rao
Did you know that songs can be used to teach English? From reading, writing to grammar and vocabulary, English teaching and learning can be made easy using songs. Read up to find out about this effective teaching tool.
Year: 2012
A must-have video resource
Geetha Iyer
Teachers need to look up various resources other than just books. For instance, videos on nature and the biodiversity of western ghats are a mine of information. This article talks about Wildlife filmmaker and photographer Suresh Elamon’s latest video which is an amazing must-have resource.
Remaining aware of differences
Simran Luthra
A seminar on Special learning Needs held recently by Oakridge International school, Hyderabad, drove home the point that both teachers and students need to be aware of and celebrate differences.
Where we come from
S Upendran
The manner in which we speak depends to a great extent on the place we come from and the strata of society that we belong to. Take a look at some words and their origin.
Class of thirty
Monideepa Sahu
Teaching Shakespeare to college students may not be everyone’s cup of tea, especially if the students have a bias towards the language. A first person account of how this class gave a thumbs up to the teacher after initial hiccups.
After school: text to tech
Divya Choudary
After tuition classes and coaching centres, we now have after-school learning centres that use contemporary digital technology to make the teaching-learning less hierarchical and more student-centric. These centres aim to foster inquiry, reasoning and keep students and teachers engaged in the learning process. This article takes a look at what happens at these learning centres.
Taking on the role of change makers
Quality in Indian education is something that has excited a lot of debate and discussion in the last few years. And during these debates a lot of solutions have been thrown up to address this issue. But whatever the solution, whether technology driven or creating better learning spaces, a change for the better has to begin with the teacher, for she is the change maker.
Seeing is not always believing!
Sinny Mole
Young kids have a lot of misconceptions about angles because they base their understanding of angles on visual representations. This article gives you a few exercises that will help dispel these misconceptions.
Nurturing the spirit of inquiry
Anna Neena George
Developing the spirit of inquiry–that is the primary goal of teaching science. However, mundane methods of teaching this subject don’t pay much heed to this objective. Science is an exciting and living subject, and should be taught accordingly. Find in this article, examples of how specific topics in science can be taught in an interactive and exciting manner.
Learning to teach from mistakes
Meena Raghunathan
When our students make mistakes and the same ones over and over again, our instinct tells us to reprimand them. But, if we hold back and analyze the mistakes that students commit, as teachers we can learn how better to teach them.