Art and words

Sapna Chheda

There are many different ways of how you can make storytelling interesting. Whatever be the purpose behind your telling a story add in a bit of craft and see the effect.

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Storigami

Rachel Katz

Storigami– a mix of origami and story. Try telling this story and at the same time following the instructions on how to fold your paper and you will have your storigami ready!

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What is a story and how to tell it?

Amit Kapoor

They say stories are all around us. But then can all text and information that we come across be considered stories? And how do you tell an audience a story? How do you make your stories work and help the audience come to the conclusion that you want them to after listening to the story?

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Changing seats to change minds

Usha Raman

How can a teacher build positive classrooms, one where the students are all responsive and more engaged? One way is to bring about a change in the seating pattern at least occasionally so that students see and think differently. Students could also be given a say in how the classroom should operate. This way their sense of ownership in the education process increases. These are but small shifts in everyday learning, but could certainly lead to more positive attitudes and behaviour.

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Playing with rhymes

Nabanita Deshmukh
When children in a remote tribal village school in Odisha showed no interest in learning English nursery rhymes, what alternative did the teachers have ? The challenge was to come up with new or modified rhymes that had a cultural connect and which the children could relate to. Read how the teachers responded to their task of creating new rhymes.

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Stay hungry … to learn

Aditi Mathur and Ratnesh Mathur
How can teachers encourage children to continue learning? This article suggests that children should be hungry to learn and find out things for themselves. By giving in to all their needs to know and making it easy for them, teachers and parents will only be limiting their learning .

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A learning trip for teachers

Jitu Mishra
A two-day field trip for primary school teachers to Dholavira to help them teach and learn social studies turned out to be an engaging and exciting experience. The teachers gained deeper insights into the concepts that they taught and they were also able to appreciate the holistic nature of social studies.

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Class of rowdies

Rituparna Biswas and Nitin Das
This article is about a fun film with a simple message on the art of teaching and is a must watch for all students, parents and teachers.

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Education and the global citizen

Kathan Shukla
What kind of a citizen does our education system aim at developing? Merely inculcating citizenship values may not be sufficient, because in a globalized world, our country is deeply connected to the international community. Here are some characteristics that a global citizen needs to have in today’s world.

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Addressing a parent’s dilemma

Jyothsna Latha Belliappa
The recent child sexual assault case in a Bangalore school has caused widespread anxiety among parents and teachers. This article tries to address a parent’s concern.

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