Effective ways to help students handle peer pressure

Aracha Sinha
How many stories of children succumbing to peer pressure have we not heard? Peer pressure, while not the most desirous thing, is a part of student life, so let us help our students use this pressure to enhance their personalities and not buckle under it.

Curative circles

Meena Sriram
Behavioural problems among their students is something that all schools have to deal with. How can schools and teachers solve this issue?

I ‘swear’ to be good

Meena Sriram
Swearing has become very common among children today. In fact, the use of cuss words is manifesting in younger and younger children. This is not normal or acceptable. It is time that schools addressed this problem.

KYS: Know Your Students

Sanjhee Gianchandani
The one size fits all methodology although still the most popular, is widely accepted as not the best way to teach. Differentiated learning that suits individual learners and learning styles has to be incorporated in our classrooms and the first step towards that is getting to know our students better.

‘Blending’ learning

Bindu Subramaniam
Today we are still in the midst of a global pandemic but we are also ready to slowly start living our lives. Schools across the country have slowly started to reopen, testing the waters. But we are not yet ready to return to the pre-COVID times. In this situation blended learning is the best way forward.

Mad about this lesson plan?

Nabanita Deshmukh
Uncontrolled anger is fast turning into a real problem even in our classrooms. The teacher is angry and the students are shouting and fighting. We all need to learn how to control and manage our anger. And here’s an angry lesson plan to help you with that.

Mindfulness in a noisy class

Sahana Srinath
Mindfulness is a state of being; of being in the present without any thoughts/feelings about the past or the future. It is about focussing attention in the present and being aware of one’s current thoughts, feelings and state of mind and body.

Creating happy classrooms

Payal Khanna
Happy classrooms help children take ownership of their learning. A pendulum shift occurs when children feel happy. Happy children are more likely to be naturally engaged than children who are unsure of their presence in the class. So, how can teachers create happy classrooms? The idea is to give children the choice of taking charge of their own learning and this would mean teachers may need to be invested beyond their duty as educators.

Why math matters

Sweety Rastogi
Once upon a time, the teacher would come to class, read from the book, fill up the board and leave. There was no talking between the teacher and the students. Today, children are encouraged to ask questions and actively participate in the learning process. A teacher, therefore, should not only be an expert in her subject, but should also know how to present herself and handle challenging questions from the students.