Month: February 2011

Inculcating thinking skills in the young mind

A child today is overloaded with information and his intelligence is determined based on his reproducing that information. Such a system of education does not consider the child’s ability to process the information as important. Developing a child’s thinking skills deserves more attention than we are currently giving it

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Effective assessments

Assessments are necessasry because they help us judge a student’s ability to understand. Here is a way to systematize assessment in a meaningful way.

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A fabulous resource

In yet another new column, we review websites that will help broaden a teacher’s knowledge and help develop her skills. In this first article we review the website of the encyclopaedia of informal education.

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Musical tools

Which child does not like music? Find here several ways in which you can bring music into your classroom and enhance your learning environment.

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Making it happen

Absenteeism is a problem that schools have to constantly deal with. Here is how this principal improved regular attendance in his school.

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Learning from doing projects

The way projects are approached both by students and teachers make working on them dull, boring, and ineffective. Here is a way to remove the drudgery of project work and make it a fun and effective learning insturement.

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