Education Play is Work 25 Feb 2011 For most of my adult life, I have been fascinated by the way children play; the impact playfulness has on their development and play as a language of children. As…
Reggio Emilia Patti MacDonald on Reggio approach 17 Sep 2010 Payal Mahajan: Good morning Patti. Thank you for making the time to speak with us about Bishop Strachan and the work that you are trying to do here. To begin…
International Schools Lalage Prabhu on International Schools in India 28 Feb 2010 http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=9937975&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1 Transcript Payal: Very often one reads and hears about the sudden spurt in the growth of international schools in India, do you feel that there has been a sudden…
Community Children and the Community 26 Jan 2010 It is oft repeated that it takes a village to raise a child. As parents, in the mad rush of drop-offs, pick-ups, office angst and social engagements, we tend to…
Education The Labeled Child 9 Dec 2009 Anyone with a heart or with children must read this, reflect and begin the journey of empathy and respect for ALL kids! The Labeled Child I pray for the labeled…
Education Playing to Learn, Learning to Play 3 Nov 2009 Playing and learning are synonymous for children. Children of all ages develop cognitively, socially, emotionally and physically through play. Play provides them with an opportunity to create, invent, reason and…
Education… A matter of pride 14 Sep 2009 Does “Payal Mahajan, OCT” read better than “Payal Mahajan” was my first reaction to the introduction of a professional designation/title for teaching professionals in good standing in Ontario, Canada. Recently…
Education… Teachers are not what they used to be! 31 Aug 2009 Over the last few weeks I have had the privilege of speaking with a few heads of school. I have known some of them from the time they were teachers…
Education Regulation, Regulators and Safety of Children 21 Aug 2009 Principle 9 of the Declaration of the Rights of the Child (1959), ratified by most nations, states, “The child shall be protected against all forms of neglect, cruelty and exploitation.”…
Curriculum Textbooks-dominated classrooms 10 Aug 2009 “The present day classroom practices are, in almost all schools of the country, totally dominated by textbooks. All premises of flexibility of the curriculum and syllabus and freedom of the…
