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The power of reading
Neeraja Raghavan In our exploration this month, I invite you to dip into a very moving book that I just finished reading. Titled Reading With Patrick, a teacher, a student and the life-changing power...
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Getting students on to the career path
Lamia Bagasrawala The teenage years are characterized by extensive opportunities for growth, creativity and innovation. At the same time, it is a period of complex physical and socio-emotional changes...
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Not a textbook, but a travel guide
Aditi Mathur and Ratnesh Mathur Imagine you want to travel, visit a place, say Goa (isn’t it a beautiful place to visit?). But this will not be your regular trip – for it will be run by a textbook. You...
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Winter visitors
Geetha Iyer September is here and in some parts of India one might begin to see the arrival of birds that were not seen earlier. October is definitely the time when migratory birds begin to show up in...
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Put your best face forward
Manaswini Sridhar One, two, three….mike testing! Testing! As I glance at the sullen, frowning and sometimes expressionless faces of some teachers as they file into a workshop, I wince, and wonder how...
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Sneha Rawlani, Manika Khanna, Radhika Misquitta Why is there never enough time for teachers to teach everything we want to, and for students to learn everything they need to? Struggling to answer this...
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Making it visible
Yasmin Jayathirtha The Greeks have a word called ‘hubris’ which means excessive/foolish pride or self-confidence. I certainly suffered from it when I thought it would be easy to design activities and...
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A walk into history
Akanksha Arvind Every year, teachers spend nine to ten months educating students on many subjects. Of the many subjects, history, in particular, requires a good visualization of the events discussed to...
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What is your question today?
Sharmila Govande Knowing the answers may help them in school, but knowing how to question will help them for life. – Warren Berger One of my students – a young girl in grade 1 – loves to be neat in her...
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The past few months have been quite a disturbing period for everyone associated with schools – managements, teachers, support staff, children and parents. Not to mention the larger community and...
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