One of the important questions about the design of learning environments for children is about which curriculum to choose and what skills to expect the children to acquire as a result of their schooling. read more

Feedback to Facilitate

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 Different shades of intelligence

Published in Education Times, TOI, Delhi on 30th June, 2008

‘ I am not intelligent, I lack read more

SIGNIFICANCE OF MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCE IN LEARNING

Came across this site while stumbling and it seems interesting for teachers and parents.

Just thought I'd share it here. http://www.abcteach.com/

hi!

i am madhuri kadkol teaching computer subject in an IGCSE school mumbai.i have planned curriculum for grade 5-8 i want u all to put in suggestion and comments on it.that would help me a lot. we have 3 terms in a year. for the first term i have planned Office publisher 2007 for Grade 5(basic-intermidate lavel). Office Excel 2007 for grade 6 (basic-intermidiate level). Creating web pages/website (HTML) for Grade 7. C- programming for Grade 8( basic)

for later terms i have planned, Audacity for grade 5.Drape programming for grade 6. Scratch Animation for grade 7. read more

I went to the ndtv.com review of the new book on Alternative Schooling in India that Anjum shared in this post, and discovered this other new book on education, also published by Sage (price Rs. 395), that is authored by Malvika Kapur and is titled "Learning from Children What to Teach Them". I'm copying the blurb here - 

"This enriching book explores quality education at the grassroots level for disadvantaged children. read more

Was musing over all the things I wish I had learnt before i actually learnt them - things which if I had learnt off of them, would have made "living" my life better. The list is very long :) but one which really gets me going is failure. Everything in our education system is geared towards succeeding and striving for it. Which is good. However, the best learning occurs when we fail. When we dont achieve what we set out to do, when we plain mess up AND have to face the consequences. read more

This essay on tehelka.com by Prof. Yash Pal, National Research Professor, GoI, is a commentary on the state of education here, and hypothesizes links between the cultural and evolutionary nature of Indians and their attitudes towards education. It is certainly a very interesting read, even if one may not agree with all that he says. It even speaks to some of the discussions we have had here such as the one I initiated - "Indian School Education: Good or Bad? read more

The article talks of a standardized test which can detect learning diabilities more or less accurately developed by the University of Haifa - this will be a great help to all and sundry because we are seeing both a mushrooming of people with disabilies and of others with difficulties, along with, in many cases, ignorance about what all this really means - and the very rare case of parents over reacting to minor issues. If this news is true and the test can be standardized even further in terms of language and age level, level appropriateness etc. read more