Book Review | The Reflective Learner: Seeing ‘Missed Takes’ in Mistakes
An engaging compilation of distinct pedagogic efforts towards revisiting ‘mistakes’ and redefining them as stepping stones for growth and betterment.
The Temperament and Qualification of the Teacher
Makiguchi was a great Japanese educationist. His major book Education for Creative Living was published in 1930. Here we are reproducing a small section from the book. We believe that it reminds us of the meaning of the vocation of teaching. Society begins to degenerate if teachers lose their moral foundation. At a time when teaching is seen as just another job, it is important to reflect on Makiguchi’s deep concerns.
The Emperor’s New Pair of Trousers: A Modern Day Parable
VIEWPOINT
Managerial elite, corporates, business tycoons and industrialists all seem to be extremely interested to invest in the education sector. With the assertion of business priorities before inclusive education dreams, the education system needs serious attention.
Anthony Joseph
Visual Literacy is Fundamental to Teacher Education Curriculum
Educating the educator makes the crucial component of education and when one effectively exposes oneself to the domain of visual literacy; it becomes a source of empowerment in making sense of the young learner’s world.
Manoj Kumar
When Carl Sagan talked about Science and Humanity
Science and humanity are intrinsically related to each other, the piece that follows establishes this link once again in the light of Carl Sagan’s ideas in this context.
The Kotia Ashram School in Odisha Represents the Crisis in School...
EDUCATION
Odisha | The Kotia Ashram School, Odisha does not have even the basic infrastructural facilities and symbolizes the absence of sustained reform in the domain of school education in India.
CCTV Surveillance in Delhi Government Schools is Turning Them into an...
AAP government may have done a commendable job at uplifting the face of public schooling in Delhi but its decision to broadcast live CCTV footage from classrooms is a regressive move.
Hindus and Muslims Belong Together: Why Our Schools Don’t Understand
At a school in Wazirabad, Hindus and Muslims compose two different sections; amidst an already fractured national consciousness has schooling failed its inclusive purpose?
Ananya Pathak
The Gentle Man who Taught Infinity By Sheshagiri K M
The Gentle Man who Taught Infinity
The pedagogue is no less than a magician who transforms the life of the student in uncountable ways; here...
Inclusive Mathematics Education – A reality or a distant dream?
For many students Mathematics is a subject to be feared but will a constructive and sensitive approach to the discipline help make the discipline suitable to the needs of various students?