Anuradha C
The insecurities and inequalities faced by private school teachers is a serious malaise plaguing the educational world. Most private school teachers were not paid salaries on par with central government school teachers, especially after the Seventh Pay Commission brought in much needed policy reforms in pay structures. While some state governments did follow up with their own pay revisions, needless to say, this was a token gesture and did not match the central government pay hikes. This article highlights a few steps that teachers and schools can take to ensure pay parity.
Sanjhee Gianchandani
The classroom is a space where students learn together, are encouraged to compete with another and are put together on an equal footing so that they can succeed in life. Social Emotional Learning (SEL) helps them deal with their emotions and provides a lens with which they can see the world with empathy and humanity. Here are a few ideas on how SEL can be implemented in everyday classroom routine.
Devika Nadig
This last article in the series takes its readers to Madhya Pradesh and Indore in particular for a whole school evaluation. Both teachers and students coming back to school after a two-year pandemic break had to face rising struggles with altered attitudes and disinterest in learning. The solution? Arthur Costa’s work on Habits of the Mind.
Malay Dhamelia, Girish Dalvi
Educators need to be always on their toes to find ways to make their classes interesting and get students to focus. What better way to do this than to introduce fun activities into the learning sessions so that students not only have some fun but are also learning difficult concepts. Fun activities make learning interactive, exploratory and engaging. So, here are some suggestions on how activities can be designed to have fun and complement learning.
Sheel
How and why do countries go to war? Can a war really resolve conflict among nations and people? What lessons can students learn from the wars that were fought earlier? This month’s project discusses all these questions and more along with activities that will help students understand the nuances of war and that history is always with us.
Sharoon Sunny
Here is a book on the community of J.Krishnamurti Schools across the country. There are several insights in this book for teachers who want to make learning more meaningful. Tips on how everyday practices can offer teachers valuable opportunities to rethink and reshape their intent to teach can be found in this book.
Nandini D
If you have a green thumb and are keen to include several plants in your house, but are short of space, the best solution is to think creatively. This article suggests some innovative ways in which you can add more greenery by simply trying to accommodate whatever you can. One idea is to grow plants that you can eat or try thinking of plants as pieces of art.
Pratistha Agarwal and Venkata Krishna Bayineni
The National Education Policy 2020 has been welcomed by all stakeholders and promises to change the way learning happens. In Karnataka, a survey was done to find out the level of awareness about NEP 2020 among teachers, students, parents and researchers. The survey gives us a peek into how much work has to be done to make citizens realize the transformation that NEP 2020 can bring. Here are the findings of the survey.
Mohd. Amzad and Ajam Khan
Why is it that in a class of say, 30 to 40 students, only a few students actively participate in all the learnings that happen, while others remain quiet? How can a teacher motivate her students to ask more questions freely and also learn at the same time? What can a teacher do to spark that curiosity in children to ask quality questions? Here are a few strategies that actually brought forth amazing results.
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