Tag: curiosity

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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Keep calm and create curiosity

Chatura Rao
Starting as a first-time teacher at an art and design college, Chatura Rao didn’t know what to expect in the design classroom. Engaging with students and witnessing their creativity, she learned to “keep calm and create curiosity”.

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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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Bringing the OUTSIDE inside the classroom

Timira
Educators today address complex topics like LGBTQ+ rights and societal issues in the classroom, so much so that no topic is off-limits. Timira writes about how this shift from traditional teaching methods to more inclusive, dialogue-driven approaches, encourages students to explore real-world complexities within the safety of the classroom. She challenges the conventional ‘banking’ model of education and advocates for a more engaging and socially relevant learning experience for the students of tomorrow.

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A little museum with BIG ideas!

Nupur Hukmani
On a bright Sunday afternoon, Nupur Hukmani took a virtual tour of a museum. What followed was a 3D journey from the comfort of her home, where she experienced some of the oldest rocks on earth to fossils and even tools of civilization! Whether you are a child, a parent, an older sibling, or an educator, it is a memorable and enriching experience that has a lot in store for everyone!

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Stories and the spoken word

Geeta Ramanujam
Literature first made its appearance in the form of the spoken word. As man evolved, so did his curiosity and imagination. Stories soon became a medium to acquire, store, and retrieve information. While the oral literature tradition lives on today in modern day storytelling events, with the entry of AI into our lives, one doesn’t know what the future holds for this tradition.

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