EDUCATION FOR PEACE by Meeta Mohanty
It is indeed sad to witness terrorist attacks in India and most metropolitan cities being targeted one after the other. But what are we doing to change the scenario. We feel unhappy, talk about issues and still remain consumers of knowledge. As an educationist I feel a strong need to integrate education for peace in curriculum. read more

This post is inspired by a curriculum question raised on educatorslog.in by Madhuri Kadkol recently. I did respond to her post, but here's my cohesive, comprehensive collation of curriculum ideas along with a guiding philosophy for Middle School Technology/Computer Studies. read more

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

Many have expressed an interest in the Hindi Ki Duniya - Pehle Kadam early learning programme designed for children for whom Hindi is not a spoken language (such as those in South India). This kit, authored by Chandrika Mathur of Rishi Valley, is no longer available from Scholastic. read more

Looks like HP is the latest entrant in the "classroom laptop" market. read more

Anjum recently posted this fantastic resource here called Cyberschoolbus on the UN website.

I was exploring the Cyberschoolbus site and thought I'd highlight some amazing ready-to-use curriculum units that have been shared on that website. Some are aimed at middle and high school (ages 12-18) while others are for ages 10-18. read more

This is really good news, and what is even better is that the subject can be chosen by students of any stream - even Science and Commerce (in addition to the Arts stream of course).

NCERT's Department of Education in Arts and Aesthetics (DEAA) is working to prepare the curriculum so that it can be offered from 2008 onwards, with the help of a list given by NID (National Institute of Design) which lists out the dying handicrafts of India. read more

I was just wondering how much of our curriculum is devoted to patriotism? How many children know about the heores of war? How many do a follow up to see what the families are going through? Those who have fought and died while fighting, do we know about them? Do schools tell stories of their valour? To tell stories could kindle a feeling of inquisitiveness, to know more about those people who have actually left their homes, and loved ones to be at the border fighting and dying for us. read more

(Read the Tehelka review - see related link)

Turning the Pot, Tilling the Land: Dignity of Labour in Our Times

By Kancha Ilaiah.

Illustrations: Durgabai Vyam.
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9x9 inches, paperback, 108 pages

Rs 150

ISBN 81-89059-09-6

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Who discovered the first detergent soap in India?

Who created scripts as they crafted pots? read more

One more great curriculum resource from UNESCO on interdisciplinary teaching of science for upper elementary and middle school, through looking at day to day issues. The STL Resource kit is divided into 26 modules that are available as individual downloads (pdf files) or the complete kit as one pdf file. The modules deal with issues such as Cars & Energy, Fuels for the Future, Managing Water Resources, Understanding Bio-diversity, Investigating Pollution - to name a few. read more