Teaching

Last month, I delineated the skills and dispositions that children acquire when they engage in the visual arts. In this, the second of a four-part series on creative pursuits, I… Read More

While children are engaged with online classes for a few hours every day, many of them have ample amounts of free time. As their usual routines have been disrupted by… Read More

In the conventional mode of education, still prevalent in our digital age, teachers elucidate a concept and then pose questions to students. Pupils are expected to answer queries after listening… Read More

In an earlier article titled “Online classes and the four pillars of learning”, I had spelled out how teachers may use the four pillars of learning, put forth by neuroscientist… Read More

Is this a fish market?” teachers yell as they enter classrooms filled with animated chatter. Though teachers may frown upon students chit-chatting during a free period, students talking to each… Read More

Whether it’s appreciating Shakespeare’s double entendres, solving polynomial equations, deciphering the electronic configuration of metals or analysing supply curves, all learning involves four essential functions. Read More

Quantity and quality aren’t diametrically opposed but rather complement each other. Creative work, in any domain, are pieces that stand out based on parameters laid down by the field in… Read More

Muthu Sir flashes a photograph of gently rolling hills on the smart board and poses a question to the class, “Is there any evidence in this picture that the land… Read More

As I look back on my student years, I can count a handful of teachers who not only helped me decode the subtext of Shakespearean prose, generate a testable hypothesis… Read More

The terms ‘stress’ and ‘studying’ are practically interlinked in our cultural mindscapes. That children and youth will undergo travails as they move through school and college is accepted by both… Read More