Hriday Ranjan
What do parents expect of teachers? How do children see their own teachers? How wide is the gap between the expected duties of a teacher and what the teacher actually does?
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Let’s nurture our teachers
Chintan Girish Modi
Schools unfortunately seem to have their priorities all skewed up. Instead of taking care of their most important assets—the teachers, schools have the time and money for everything else. It is high time that we took care of our teachers.
No one way
Aditi Mathur and Ratnesh Mathur
Is there a right way or a best way to teach? No, there are no set rules that one can follow to become a good teacher. A good teacher is one who can assess situations and adapt his/her ideas or teaching methodologies accordingly.
Let’s get personal with education
Steven Rudolph
The education system has to recognize that students are not workers in a factory and that in schools they are not being trained to work in industries. Education is meant for the individual child and we have to ensure that every child gets the education he/she deserves and not some mass produced knowledge.
Tangrams for classrooms!
Monica Kochar
Tangrams–a simple 7 piece puzzle but a wonderful teaching aid. Learn how you can use tangrams to as a teaching aid.
Something old, for something new
Seetha Anand Vaidyam and Usha Raman
Chess, pacheesi, snakes and ladders, hop-scotch, kite flying—all traditional games that go far beyond just entertaining the players. Get you children to do a project on traditional games and open up for them a world of culture, values, history, geography, and much more.
Creativity galore
Sridivya Mukpalkar
Girls from NASR school, Hyderabad displayed their knowledge and skills in science, art, and math through models and exhibits at their annual Science, Art and Math exhibition.
Teaching with analogies
Do you find the teaching of a concept, particularly an abstract concept difficult? Why not try using analogies? Here’s how and why using an analogy will make concepts a lot easier to teach and learn.
Play and learn
Cheryl Rao
You learn as you play. This was the thought behind the two board games reviewed in this article. These board games are ideal for pre-primary school children to learn about people and their surroundings.
A must–have for a school counsellor
Rina Reddy
School counsellors have a tough job as they have to handle a very volatile group of people. In a country where school counsellors are a new breed and have very little support, this book is a very important resource.