Chintan Girish Modi
Sir Ken Robinson’s TED talk made him a wellknown name in the education circles. After his passing away, his daughter, who describes her father’s work as ‘a love letter to human potential’, has brought out this book. It is meant to be a concise introduction to Sir Ken Robinson’s key ideas and propositions, developed over a lifetime.
Ketaki Chowkhani and Kushal Sohal
What happens when a group of students is asked to imagine a utopian scenario vis-à-vis gender and sexuality; asked to move beyond text books and get creative. To let their imagination run wild as they envisaged a better world. Can the students think beyond the immediate? Can they bring a shift in the way they think?
Jwairia Saleem
Correcting notebooks many a time brings to mind a picture of a tired teacher hurriedly going through notebooks. Let us go beyond the cliches and explore whey we check the notebooks in the first place? And, whether our actions help the students to improve?
Tenzing Rapgyal
Many students are keen to learn English. They invest time and efforts to improve their English. However, most of them do not get the opportunities to converse in English. As a result they cannot express themselves and end up suffering. How can teachers handhold such students and help clear their mental blocks?
B. Ajitha
Teacher training especially when sessions are conducted in a lecture mode are a challenge. It is neither easy to retain interest levels of teachers not to get them motivated to bring change to the classroom. Collaborative learning strategies like Jigsaw strategy and Reciprocal Teaching which encourage teachers to participate actively can be a welcome change for these sessions.
Lakshmi Mitter
Books can introduce us to people we have never met and places we have never visited. They help us to question and to attempt to understand a world different from ours. For this we need to engage with the book. The writer shares her experiences with a book – from how she got to know of it to how the children she read it with reacted to the book.
Spatica Ramanujam
English and good communication are many a time taken as synonyms. However, a good communication teacher needs to go beyond not only English but also spoken words, and focus on non-verbal communication. Non-verbal communication needs to accorded the time and attention it warrants.
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?
Mamata Pandya
Do we associate women with bridges? Well, more than 2 centuries ago a woman, in Europe, made plans and design for bridges! Another woman, an Indian, in the 20th century, made a name for herself in bridges. Both of them also secured patents for their innovative work. Let us know more about them.
Timira
Teaching is about the subject that is taught, students who are taught and of course the teachers. Teachers teach who they are and their relationship with students is at the core of education. This new column, The teacher within, will explore these and other dimensions concerning the teacher.
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