Anurag Shukla
If teachers/readers are in a mood for a good read, then this article opens up several vistas on how education for girls started, the pitfalls and successes, the long and arduous journey and the women who made it to the goalpost.
Usha Raman
History as a school subject is a pedagogic challenge. More often than not, it always comes under pressure of nation-building more than other subjects. The role of history in arousing an interest in the past and respect for it and also imparting the means to study it usually gets sidelined. As the constant revisions of our school textbooks suggest, history is very much a matter of our times.
Kavita Anand
How can history textbooks help students to ask and answer questions about the present by engaging with the past? Can they spark curiosity and engage students with the dilemmas, choices and beliefs of people in the past? Can they help young people develop an awareness of their own identities through an understanding of their own and other cultures? Most textbooks do not have different interpretations of history and do not encourage the questions that require students to analyze evidence. What are the current challenges before textbook writers and practitioners of history at the school level?
Meghaa Gupta
In the absence of regular postcolonial history in the curriculum [barring trickles in civics/optional modules like political science], children either don’t know enough or their knowledge is painted by hearsay. Contemporary history is lived history and according to the author, negotiating this terrain has been a challenge but it has led to disclosure and deep insight especially in classroom sessions. This article explores the challenges and opportunities in taking contemporary Indian history to school children.
Diba Siddiqi
‘The many histories of modern India’ is a comprehensive course which attempts to explore multiple histories and perspectives of the modern period based on primary and secondary sources, the modern period stretching from 1857 to 1947. The course curated by the author helps students get an understanding of how a perusal of a time in history through image, voice, and writing can make it come alive as seen through the lens of multiple perspectives. This article presents selections from the content and process of the course.
Deepika Venkatesh
If you are looking to enhance the teaching-learning experience for your students and are wondering how, here are a few tools.
Megha Bajaj
Critical thinking is an important life skill in the 21st century. The good thing about this vital life skill is that we can train our students to develop it. Here are some ways.
Archana Dwivedi
Flat teeth, sharp teeth, crooked teeth, teeth with gaps in between. What do our teeth look like? Why are our teeth shaped the way they are? How many teeth do we have in our mouth? Here’s how this teacher introduced teeth in her classroom.
Neerja Singh
All around, all the time, environmental doom is staring us in our face so much so that climate change is causing our young adults extreme anxiety. A bleak future for Earth, indifferent adults, and their own participation in pro-environment causes leading to little or no visible change is consuming the young. Eco-anxiety among our children is real and it is time that we woke up to support them.
Anil Kumar Patnaik
Have you read Vikram and Betaal stories? Do you like them? Listen to this story by Betaal and see if you can answer his question before King Vikram?
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