R Jeyatheerthan
Parents and teachers have to work together to turn our children into responsible, well-adjusted and balanced young adults. Let us come together for the sake of our children.
Year: 2022
How can teachers’ abilities be enhanced?
Hemen Dutta
A teacher’s job is not easy at all. But that doesn’t mean that she can hide behind this fact and use it as an excuse for a less than satisfactory teaching. Teachers need to be supported and policies need to be changed to help the teacher do her best.
It’s always possible to learn new tricks!
Usha Raman
You are never too old to learn something new. Learning is second nature especially for teachers. Whether it is finding new ways of managing the classroom, or developing new teaching techniques, or discovering new facets of their students, teachers never stop learning. Learning and growing is human nature and that is why if one has the curiosity and the willingness, one can learn anything at any age.
Crypto kids
Neerja Singh
Welcome to Web3, the future of the internet. Even as this vision for a newer and better version of the World Wide Web is evolving, young children are already being trained in the world of artificial intelligence, machine learning, crypto currencies, blockchain technology and NFTs. Like with everything that is new, Web3 is both exciting and baffling.
The power of words in the primary classroom
Yukti Lao
When we think of language in a school setting, we only think of it in terms of a subject or subjects to be learnt. But language is also used to transact lessons. As teachers we aim to deliver the perfect lesson but don’t give much thought to the vocabulary we use to deliver those lessons. We are also caregivers, guides, and counsellors to our students but may not always be mindful of what we say to them. Spoken words have the power to make or break the listener. Even seemingly harmless words such as ‘easy’, ‘simple’, and ‘straightforward’ can cause damage and that is why we have to be watchful of the words we use both to instruct and interact with our students.
The what and how of teacher talk
Shree Deepa
Do we use language to hurt or heal?
Geetha Durairajan
Libraries as windows and mirrors
Indu Nair
Extending relational scholar Emily Style’s concept of the school curriculum as windows and mirrors to the library, this librarian shares her experience and challenges of putting together a book collection that she hopes will serve as mirrors to enable readers to see themselves and their reality and as windows to help them see the same of others.
The delicate art of appreciation
Latha Vydianathan
Spoken language is a powerful medium and we must use it to benefit our students and encourage them. While we all praise our students’ efforts and are happy at their success, the words we choose to deliver that praise can significantly change the way our students react to what we are saying.
A task-based approach to second language acquisition
Radhika Chaturvedi
Human beings need language to communicate and understand the world around them and both these purposes are fulfilled by the mother tongue or the first language. This is why second language acquisition usually remains superficial. In order to achieve the same level of competency in second language as in the first, our approach to teaching and learning second language has to change.