Category: Notes from a Teacher’s Diary

Beyond memorization

Pooja Venkatesh Domnekar
According to Pooja Venkatesh, a shift from traditional teaching to experiential learning fosters deep curiosity, critical thinking, and hands-on discovery. She shares how students at Prayoga Institute responded to this shift.

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Engaging with math creatively

Thonisha Joselin Sonia
Does math give your students anxiety? You’re not alone! Thonisha Joselin Sonia shares a creative math lab activity using dot mats that can combat “math phobia” and make learning enjoyable.

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The lime water mystery

S Muralidharan
Science is best experienced. Teachers of the subject have to understand this fact and increase the ratio of experiential learning to theoretical teaching in the classroom.

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My first lessons as a teacher

Shamma Kalodi
What is it like to transition from student to teacher? Shamma Kalodi reflects on the highs and lows of her first few weeks in the classroom. She writes about the chaos of an unplanned first day to finding her footing amidst structural challenges and academic expectations.

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How we learn to speak

Rachna Priya
From babble to words, how do children learn to speak? How do they learn to speak their mother tongue? Can we use this knowledge to train children to acquire a second language? Communication is a very important aspect of being a human and with better understanding of how we learn to speak languages, we can improve the way we communicate.

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Who will win this game?

Smitha Prasad
These days you will find a variety of online games that will help you improve your language, logical abilities, mathematical skills, learn and play music. There are games that will also help you bust your stress and calm down. So they have to be good right? When anything becomes an addiction, then the bad of it outweighs the good.

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Adapting the flipped classroom

Surabhi Agarwal
Teaching isn’t just about explaining concepts; it’s about sparking children’s curiosity. According to Surabhi Agarwal, the ‘Flipped Classroom’ technique can be used to help students understand the ‘what’ and ‘why’ of a topic, and make learning much more enjoyable and meaningful. Read on for a step-by-step explainer on.

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Library narratives

Anitha B and Seethal PS
If you are looking for ways to make the best use of your library, read to find out how these two librarians got their students and teachers to explore the library.

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Going green

Alka Kapur
If you are thinking about implementing green initiatives in your school, Modern Public School shares with you a few practices that you can follow.

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