Tag: strategies

If you can’t go outside, go inside

Bhumi Sharma
When life gets overwhelming, what if the solution was simply to look within? Bhumi Sharma writes, ‘If you can’t go outside, go inside’ – a powerful reminder to pause, breathe, and reflect – and find calm amidst chaos.

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Mindful moments for a calm life

Anshika Bedi
Finding calm in chaos isn’t about forcing meditation or calming techniques that may not suit you. For Anshika Bedi, it’s about engaging in activities that bring her joy, like exercising or even just taking a nap. Read on to find your own unique path to a calm and balanced life.

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Putting anxiety to rest

Gita Nambiar
Children with learning difficulties often struggle with basic skills like reading, writing, and math, leading to anxiety and a decline in overall performance. Gita Nambiar delves into the various ways these challenges manifest in the classroom and emphasizes the critical role teachers play in alleviating children’s anxiety and boosting their self-esteem.

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Keep calm and click refresh

Anuja Venkatraman
Mindfulness, reflection, and creative hobbies can help manage expectations and find clarity. Journaling, for example, is an effective technique to “keep calm,” writes Anuja Venkatraman.

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Staying calm in an unquiet world

Anindita Bhattacharya

In a world where stress is constant, finding calm can feel impossible. With a basic understanding of the brain’s amygdala and happy hormones, you can learn practical ways to manage your emotions. From dopamine-boosting activities to simple breathing exercises, Anindita writes about easy yet effective techniques to reclaim your calm and happiness.

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Keep calm and stay healthy

Dr. Anamika Sharma and Dr. L.Ravithej Singh
The pressures of classroom management can take a toll on the teacher’s health. They may struggle with stress, anxiety, impostor syndrome and the lack of work-life balance. “Keep calm and stay healthy,” can help teachers maintain their wellbeing and create a positive learning environment.

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The calmness quotient

Nabanita Deshmukh
Arati Biswas, an NGO worker, embarks on a journey across India to uncover how teachers manage stress and seek peace in their daily lives. She meets inspiring educators like Gangamani, who uses soothing audio stories to calm her class, and Kumar, who learns to “compartmentalize” his personal struggles. As Arati learns from each teacher, she discovers that the path to calmness is unique but vital for effective teaching. Read Nabanita’s piece on lessons to find peace in your own classroom or workplace.

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Learning right from wrong: why moral reasoning matters

Ishita Bhattacharjee
Ishita Bhattacharjee reflects on the challenges she faced during her school days and advocates for a holistic approach that goes beyond isolated moral lessons. She writes that SEL principles or social-emotional learning can foster self-awareness, empathy, and ethical reasoning, and prepare students for the complexities of real life.

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Adaptive curriculum for the self-directed learner

Sanjhee Gianchandani
The U.S. Department of Education defines personalized learning as instruction tailored to students’ individual learning preferences, needs, and interests. Sanjhee writes that these principles can be broadly applied to adapt language classroom curricula. This means that teaching move from teacher-centric to learner-driven approaches.

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