Finding the connections

Diba Siddiqi
Most teachers may not have observed the subtle interconnectedness between different classes and different subjects. These connections can be found within learning spaces across classes. The similarities could be with an engagement with the world around us, could involve learning that is based on observation, reflection and practice. This kind of learning helps children to explore and join the dots as it were.

To listen is to learn

Smita Sharma
Along with reading and writing, teachers must also try to hone the listening skills of their students. Check out some of these suggestions to improve your listening skills.

Waqar’s story

Ritika Chawla
This is the story of an 11 year old dyslexic boy who taught his teacher the lessons of hope and belief.

An open letter: why CCE makes sense

Swati Nath

Is the CCE a fair assessment tool? Have teachers embraced it completely? Here is a teacher’s view on the CCE and her appeal to all teachers to accept the new system wholeheartedly.

Power to the primary teacher

Neerja Singh
Here is an article in defence of the primary teacher, who does not seem to get the respect that is due to her . A primary teacher invests a lot of emotional energy in her class and is more often than not burdened with all kinds of duties. Is it not time that people get to see the real primary teacher?

A bouquet of miracles

Shweta Bharti

Teaching is by no means an easy job but the rewards it gives you are addictive and makes life worth living.

The wonder wrought by words

Talitha Mathew

Words are like the ‘skin of our thoughts’. They are needed by students as food for the mind and spirit. They inspire, motivate and awaken the inner learning creature that can only be sustained, that can only grow and develop on a steady diet of meaning and symbol.

Dangerous contextualization

As teachers it is extremely important that we are careful about how we choose to teach concepts. This teacher narrate his experience of attending a workshop in which the trainer without thinking uses a story of communal disharmony to elucidate a math concept.

Who owns English?

The author recounts the challenges he faces while teaching English in India.

In defence of the blackboard

With whiteboards and digital classrooms fast becoming popular among schools, this teacher writes in defence of the old school aids, particularly the blackboard.