Education The KISS Rule – Keep It Simple, Stupid! 8 Jun 2009 Our yet-to-be-three years old educated us yesterday. As a part of his latest and most prized acquisition, Band in a Box, he has received a kazoo, which he has been…
Differentiated Learning The What, How and Why of Differentiation in Classroom 5 Jun 2009 1 in every 3 students in the US is a dropout, not because they are dumb but because they are bored and schooling expects them to adapt their learning to…
Differentiated Learning Differentiated learning is about differentiated teaching 3 Jun 2009 Most of our classrooms adopt one-size-fits-all delivery system which breeds disengagement and detachment from learning and is detrimental to learning. Nowadays, the students profile in the schools is more diverse…
Differentiated Learning Differentiated instruction – Redefining teaching and learning 1 Jun 2009 As a parent of a 3-year old son who is an articulate communicator and natural inquirer, I am currently facing a dilemma. If I put on my educationist lenses to…
Assessment… Assessment of Student-Initiated Inquiries 23 May 2009 One challenge for the teachers who dabble in the inquiry-approach is how to assess something that looks so very diverse, open-ended and fluid, in some ways. How does a teacher align the inquiry…
Teacher Training Inquiry process in classrooms 19 May 2009 The inquiry approach to teaching-learning is departure from the traditional teacher-directed strategies. Once a teacher gets somewhat comfortable with the process, the next battle for her in the classroom is…
Teacher Training Chasm between teacher training & practice 5 May 2009 Research is an existential attitude and therefore since time immemorial there have been facts established and theories propounded about education in general and learning in particular. This enormous body of…
Reggio Emilia Manipulation of materials – Safety or Sanity 30 Apr 2009 Children, right from infants, need to explore and play with different materials in a safe environment. These could be seemingly safe materials like stuffed toys or seemingly unsafe ones like…
Reggio Emilia Reverberations from Reggio 28 Apr 2009 Education is a right of the child and a responsibility of the community/society. Such a simple statement with profound implications echoed all along my stay in Reggio Emilia. If you…
Reggio Emilia Reflections from Reggio 23 Apr 2009 On the first day of his existence, my son had to undergo a battery of listening tests to check his hearing. Most of us come into the world ready to…
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