Shivani Mathur Gaiha and Spandana Kommuri
Adolescence continues to remain a tricky stage in the lives of human beings. Apart from parents, teachers also have to be alert and prepared to handle several ‘teenage’ situations. One constant struggle teachers, especially in high school, go through is the growing attraction between boys and girls. Is there a sensible way of handling issues that arise out of adolescent love?
Year: 2019
Write to heal
Chintan Girish Modi
The world is a shattered place today. Gruesome violence and terror are an everyday occurrence. The world needs to heal. Taking into account an experiment—Write to Reconcile—the author discusses why we should teach creative writing and how it can turn into a healing experience.
Know your pi and eat it too!
Sundaram S
The pie is a mysterious and fascinating number; the more you try to understand it the more surprises it throws up at you. Here are some interesting facts about this number.
Question of the Week
B R Sitaram Here are the answers to last month’s questions! Q 1. Lunar calendars are based on 30-day months and 12 such months give you only 360 days. Does this create a problem? How is it solved? A. It Read More …
The thorny, prickly tree
Phyllis Farias
An interesting article on the lessons one can draw from the growth of a lime tree and the way in which children learn
How long for the little Picasso?
Pooja Birwatkar
Is the rangoli art form only for girls? What if some boys were equally interested in this amazing art? Will they be sidelined and what happens to all the talk about gender equality? When will schools actually realize what gender equality is in its real essence? This article is a must –read.
Learner centred strategies
Hanza George, Rasika Bhujbalrao, Savita Ladage and Sugra Chunawala
What is Active Learning and how can it be integrated with classroom learning? This article explains how teacher professional development programmes present opportunities for in-service teachers to engage themselves with teaching-learning methods/strategies and appropriate activities/instructional materials that can be used for active engagement of the learner.
This heritage resource is a mixed bag
Nimesh Ved
The UNESCO series of five books on five heritage sites offers interesting nuggets of history and would certainly appeal to young readers. Here is review.
A moving memoir
Amrita Patwardhan
Here is a book that is highly recommended for teachers and librarians. Apart from being an interesting read, the book can be useful additional material in a language or social science classroom.
1089 and the beauty of palindromes
Neeraj Naidu
A math teacher can see beauty in numbers, but obviously students do not. Math always brings on the boring looks on the faces of children. But can there be a lighter side to numbers that can be more interesting and entertaining? Palindromes is a fun way of engaging with numbers.