It’s time for a math teaching revolution

Sweety Rastogi
Math should enhance a student’s ability to think out-of-the-box, find new connections, and create new paths. However, the way we teach math today is only to help the student pass the exam. The actual objective of learning math is not achieved. It is time that we revolutionize math teaching and encourage curiosity and the ability to think differently.

My struggle to remember names

Prachi Lahiri
“What’s in a name? that which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” Thus said Shakespeare, years ago. How does a teacher, today, look at names? Names of children in her class.

Teaching in context

Praveen Kumar S
What is education meant to do? How are we imparting it? Is it sensitive to local contexts, principles, and values? The author came away with these questions after an experience with a student from a tribal community.

Love me as I am

Soma Chakraborty
The inclusion and acceptance of special children into regular society and school will affect them positively. Here’s how this school and teachers held Anjali’s hand and helped her confidently stand on her own feet.

What the Summerhill school can teach us

Shamayel Zaidi
Summerhill by A S Neill is a book which seldom fails to shake the reader. There is a lot in the book which makes one think and re-think. If, however, there are four elements we want to learn from Summerhill what would these be? Are these thoughts and ideas viable in our country today?

Can a school be happy with unhappy teachers?

Shabira Banu
Trust and space are crucial for children. There is largely an agreement on this. Where do trust and space stand when it comes to teachers? Do teachers get the space and trust they deserve and seek? Can the teachers trust children and enable them space to perform when they do not get support on these fronts?

Why do we chop off children’s wings?

Vikash Sharma
The society runs like a well-oiled machine. Everyone plays their roles and no one strays from their duties. So why upset the applecart? Because if we don’t, everything that is wrong with the way things are functioning now, will continue to be wrong and that is not right.

Means versus the end

Ranjeeta Prajapati
It is all very well to say, ‘enjoy the journey, the destination does not count’; but how many of us believe this statement? Most parents when they attend parent-teacher meets are only concerned about the marks they children receive and are not too bothered about their growth as human beings.