Everybody enjoys a good laugh and kids are no different. Here’s how you can use humour as a teaching aid.
Author: kumar
Teachers in training
Manaswini Sridhar
Participating in workshops is as much a part of teachers’ lives as teaching is. This article gives you a few tips on how you should conduct yourself at workshops so as to ensure maximum benefit as a participant.
Ways of naming: folk taxonomy
Geetha Iyer
We often find ourselves categorizing, sorting, listing and group things to help us understand them better and this process is called folk taxnomy. This particular article discusses three very common trees that are confused one for the other because they are all either called Wood apple or elephant apple trees.
Getting kids into the flow
Steven Paul Rudolph
Learning comes naturally to children and every child is good at it, therefore we don’t have to dangle rewards in front of them or threaten them with punishment. All that we as parents need to do is to seek out teachers and experiences that will enthuse our children to learn.
The joy of giving
Cynthia D’Costa
This is the story of Sayali Dubash, a young mother, who took it upon herself to build a small computer lab for a Zilla Parishad Girls school near her home.
A teacher’s “democratic” duty!
S Upendran
In this time’s Words Unlimited, the author recollects his amusing experience as a presiding officer for the general elections of 2004.
On the left side of things
Shalini B
What is it like to be a southpaw in a right handed world? Read this article for the answer.
Looking into – and beyond – lesson plans
Gopal Midha
What are lesson plans? Why are they important? Read a brief history on lesson plans and their importance. Also find guidelines on how you can develop your own effective lesson plans.
New mindsets, new approaches
This issue of Teacher Plus, in collaboration with Wipro’s Earthian initiative, brings a wide range of articles that looks at various aspects of sustainability. Sustainability has to become a part of the fabric of daily life, embedded in the decisions we make everyday about using water, power, food and land. It has to become a part of our thinking, learning and doing.
Thinking sustainability
Wipro Earthian Team
Wipro’s Earthian initiative on Sustainability launched earlier this year was the outcome of a realisation that the issue required greater attention in schools and colleges. Solutions to these issues can be arrived at only if there is a change in mindsets and approaches and who better to lead this change, than those in schools and colleges.