Conundrums of teaching online

Disha Dbritto
Online teaching became the norm during COVID-19 and teachers continue to follow some of the practices they started at the time. While we seem to be moving in the right direction in our goal to incorporate technology in education, have we considered the pedagogical problems that can crop up when teaching, especially math and science, online?

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Love me as I am

Soma Chakraborty
The inclusion and acceptance of special children into regular society and school will affect them positively. Here’s how this school and teachers held Anjali’s hand and helped her confidently stand on her own feet.

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Understanding the enigma of dyslexia

Kalpana Sharma
While most of us may have a surface level understanding of learning disabilities like dyslexia, not many of us stop to think of what life is actually like for a dyslexic child in school. What can schools do to support these differently-abled children?

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Library, children, reading, and art

Jennifer Thomas
Is there a connection between reading and art? Can one benefit from the other? See how this library educator enhanced her students’ reading experience by getting them to engage with art.

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The coolest grandma in the world

Chintan Girish Modi
She rides a motorcycle, loves to dress up, and is a disastrous cook. Biji is not your conventional grandmother, she is someone who teaches you humility, perseverance, and acceptance. English teachers will have good use for Biji’s in the kitchen in their primary classrooms.

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The classroom as a model for the world

Usha Raman
Teachers are human beings like the rest of us – they will have their ups and downs in how they deal with students. But, can they – during the school hours – create a safe and happy learning space for children?

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Learning to be human

Meenakshi Umesh
Work and education are inseparable. Play is the work of childhood and work is the play of childhood! The author delves deep into this taking us to her childhood as also explaining the approach at the school she is a part of. She also quotes Tagore, Tolstoy and Read to underscore the point.

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