Education… How technology is transforming the future school 19 Nov 2010 The last few weeks or so have been full of news/instances about applications of information technology in path breaking ways, which have the potential of changing the way we live…
Education… Eat, Pray, Love 1 Oct 2009 India is a land of many, many contradictions. Since ancient times foreigners have been fascinated by India who have come here to find themselves, or religion, or something equally important.…
Education… Education reforms – adding to or reducing anxiety? 22 Sep 2009 For most people “change” is an alarming concept. It signifies the end of continuity or familiarity, the start of a journey into the unknown. If change is difficult for adults…
Curriculum… Text-books as curriculum 14 Aug 2009 A long time ago I read, “Teachers are designers”. It has taken me years to understand the implications of that simple sentence. As a teacher who has taught across the…
News International schools in India need regulation, not control 23 Jun 2009 Over the last few days, newspapers have been carrying articles about the revival of “unfinished agenda” of the HRD Ministry, that was mooted by the previous UPA government, but put…
Curriculum Commonsense in Curriculum 15 Jun 2009 Curriculum is the driving force of a school and can be loosely defined as the framework within which the teaching learning in a school is designed. In that sense, it…
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 Inquiry-based teaching 18 May 2009 “The school needs to have more student-initiated inquiries than teacher-driven ones”, was the observation of the visiting team of IB experts who had come to study classroom practices in the…
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