Nimesh Ved
Katie Bagli’s book on Sangla is about a four year old girl from Mumbai who spends one year in the mountains and her experiences. Since it is for children, schools could add this book to their collection in the libraries . A good read.
Surekha Nayani
From books to the Internet and now learning apps. School teachers and children have a wide variety of resources to dip into. Here’s a new learning app that helps a teacher introduce the periodic table to her students.
G. Gautama
Jane Sahi’s ‘In Our Own words’ is a definitive collection of approaches that any language teacher can make use of. However, the book could have done with some lightness, especially because it teaches teachers how to teach. This does not belittle its value as an important book for every school library.
Arun Elassery
Here is a book for the reflective teacher offering several helpful insights into how children learn coupled with strategies that teachers can use in their classrooms.
Urban D’souza
The English language is ubiquitous in India and yet we can’t claim native fluency in it. For those of us who want to learn or want a resource to teach how to speak and listen in this foreign language, Let Us Hear Them Speak is the book we are looking for.
Stella Pauline Punitha
How blue is our planet? Is a book that can beautifully supplement the EVS/science textbooks in school. Through its 16 short stories the book succeeds in bringing out in children a concern for their surroundings.
Nidhi Jamwal
Three books reviewed in this article bring alive the Kachchch region of Gujarat especially for young readers. The stories teach children the importance of local species, the various eco-systems and the value of teamwork. This can be a very valuable addition to any school library and the stories can be enjoyed both by teachers and students.
SDM Book Review Discovered Questions Yash Pal and Rahul Pal Published by NCERT Price Rs. 130/- Prof. Yash Pal, charismatic scientist and science popularizer, the man behind Countrywide Classroom and Turning Point, writes by way of introduction to the book, “Over the years I have been asked several questions that have been ‘discovered’ by children, young and not so young. These questions are seldom of a kind to which straight answers can be found in the normal textbooks. Often they are non-school questions and are not addressed by teachers driven by the need to ‘cover the course’. Many of these discovered questions require more than one academic discipline to understand.” The book Discovered Questions is a compilation of such questions and their answers. Prof. Yash Pal says, “Do not take the answers as truth. I am not here to dispense truth. Let us start a process of exploration and joint understanding.” The questions range from ‘Does sunscreen really protect the skin?’ to ‘What is Lorentzian and Euclidian space time?’ to ‘Do ghosts exist?’ to ‘How does the sun appear to a bee with compound eyes sensitive to ultra violet light?”. The answers are given in a chatty informal style, avoiding scientific jargons. The style is more like sharing an opinion and not like talking down upon. For example, the question ‘What does it take to be a Nobel Prize winner?” is answered thus: Nobel Prize winners are not demi gods……. They are often prisoners of great passion. Though some lobbying might help, it is often superfluous or counter-productive. Your work must be exposed to the scrutiny of your peers. You cannot get a Nobel Prize for doing something great and not telling anyone about it. Every page of this 150 page book is a sheer joy to read. The questions and answers are accompanied by delightful illustrations. It is a must have book for every school library. Also, teachers should follow Prof. Yash Pal’s example and compile their own ‘discovered questions’. Website Review Vigyan Prasar Science Portal Science students and teachers cannot afford to miss out on this portal. Vigyan Prasar (VP) is an autonomous organization under the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India. Objectives of VP are to take up large-scale science popularization tasks/activities, to promote and propagate scientific and rational outlook, to act as a resource-cum-facility centre for S&T communication. The Vigyan Prasar Science Portal has information about the science video serials aired on Rajya Sabha TV, information on ongoing radio
Geetha Durairajan
Here is a collection of articles /essays on innovations across the world in the area of Continuous Professional Development with particular reference to English teachers. A variety of projects spanning a wide range of countries is presented in the collection of articles.
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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