Sai prashanthi Neelda
Stories make for a wonderful teaching aid not just for the language teachers but for the science teachers too. Here are a couple of examples of how and why science teachers should start using stories to teach.
Category: Teaching Practice
Lesson plans: no magic formulae!
Neeru Gill
A lesson plan is a teacher’s road map on what students need to learn during her class time. The article lists out some strategies to draw up an effective lesson plan.
Math teacher or mathemagician?
Anil Kumar Patnaik
A subject becomes interesting or boring according to how a teacher presents it to his/her students. A reason that math is often considered uninteresting is because of the uninspired ways used to teach it. Add a little magic and see how quickly you can change your students’ perception about math.
Buzz groups as a technique to develop socio-emotional learning
Pramila Kudva
If this strife-torn world is to continue to survive, we need to promote emotional wellness and cooperation among our children. Here’s how you can incorporate these in your regular classes without having to earmark separate training classes into your timetable.
Fostering engagement in the classroom
Aruna Sankaranarayanan Muthu Sir flashes a photograph of gently rolling hills on the smart board and poses a question to the class, “Is there any evidence in this picture that the land was sculpted by glaciers?” Predictably, Ashi’s and Raunak’s Read More …
WhatsApp: a tool for revision
P. Madhavi Latha No matter how well your physics classes have gone, come exam time and you still see worried students. So I came up with an idea that has really worked for me. I now successfully use WhatsApp for Read More …
Teaching for deep learning
Pramila Kudva
A teacher is considered successful if she can match her teaching style with the learning style of the student. And this she can do if she is able to gauge her students’ reaction to the different methodologies she is using. So how can a teacher see whether her teaching strategies are connecting with her students? Read the article to find out how.
Write to heal
Chintan Girish Modi
The world is a shattered place today. Gruesome violence and terror are an everyday occurrence. The world needs to heal. Taking into account an experiment—Write to Reconcile—the author discusses why we should teach creative writing and how it can turn into a healing experience.
What are you thankful for?
Deepali Barapatre
In a world that is growing increasingly selfish and where everybody is creating little islands for themselves, it is becoming increasingly necessary to train our children to practice gratitude. Let us help our children realize that they don’t live alone in this world and that they have a lot of people to be thankful to in their lives.
The many forms of blended learning
Edgar Rider
There is so much of knowledge to gain and unlike in the olden days so many different ways to gain it, then why restrict teaching-learning to a face to face interaction with the students? As a new-age teacher, combine classroom teaching with online and mobile learning resources to make schooling a wholesome experience for your students.