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As you fathom a topic at increasingly deeper levels, your curiosity about it also increases. Many articles on education, including previous ones in this column, urge students and teachers to place a premium on understanding as opposed to rote learning….
While it is perfectly healthy to set high standards for oneself, perfectionism has its dark sides too. Vani is never satisfied with her performance. Even though her marks are in the top one per cent of her class and she…
From infusing creativity into the classroom to maintaining positive discipline to catalysing students to excel, a plethora of articles and workshops outline useful strategies for teachers to make learning more engaging and enduring. However, no arti… Read more at: https://www.deccanherald.com/supplements/dh-education/know-thyself-teach-better-759034.html
Sure, you must take charge of it. But talking to parents helps, rather than defiance and rebellion. While many young adults make the transition from school to college to the workplace fairly seamlessly, others are mired in confusion and doubt….
You can follow your heart and still be a trailblazer in your own right. Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Michael Dell, Mark Zuckerberg — apart from being successful technology moguls, these individuals turned conventional models of success on the heads as…
Does multitasking delude us into thinking we are being more efficient? You return home from college with your head buzzing with all the things you need to get done. Being the class monitor, you have to coordinate the logistics of…
With the right person, you can make a joint study experience fun and rewarding. Your exams are looming in two weeks. You feel queasy just looking at the mountain of books. Try as you might, you are unable to concentrate…
A few years ago, when I bought my first e-book on Kindle, I was indeed awestruck by what seemed to be sheer magic. Within seconds of pressing, “Pay in Rupees”, the book was delivered to my device, word for word.
We begin a column that will address cognitive, social, and emotional issues that impact young adults. The countdown to your exams has begun. Three weeks to go but every time you glance at the textbooks on your desk, you feel…
Research suggests people have an innate tendency to be overoptimistic about their capacity to meet deadlines. How can we guard ourselves against it? Almost everyone who has constructed a house or an apartment has underestimated the time it would take…
Aruna Sankaranarayanan is the author of Zero Limits: Things Every 20 Something Should Know. She was the Founder & Director of PRAYATNA, a centre for children with learning difficulties in Bengaluru & Chennai for 22 years.