Augmented Reality— the leap in education technology
We have written about education technology and its application in the classroom setting and the integral role it has in turning a conventional classroom into a smart classroom. If one were to inquire about the foremost rationale of the extensive application of the education technology, the apt answe... Read More
Lockdown and digital education resources
An unprecedented situation has fallen upon us which has majorly altered our lives and work, and it has created a measure of disruption. During this time of contingency, we are completely dependent upon the digital devices to not get our work piled up and meet deadlines effectively. The educati... Read More
Revisiting Bloom’s Taxonomy— An overview
We have talked about learning outcomes and educational goals and how to achieve them in several of our previous articles. In this article, I am going to discuss the theoretical device widely applied to direct pedagogy... Read More
Engaging E-learning Applications for a Good Change
Technology when utilised efficiently and effectively brings a bagful of opportunities coming of age in any field. In order to keep up with the trends in educational sector we need to keep ourselves open to all the possible outcomes when we step into new avenues. This brings me to the topic which is ... Read More
Learning Matters—How a Powerful Tool to Modify Education in Rural Areas Evolved
Saras has an overall 18 years of experience in various child education programmes, managing digital contents and also teaching in the US. She has two MS degrees from Purdue University in Child Development and Special Education. After returning back to India she contacted her friend Gowri who was wor... Read More
Pushing Multi-grade Classrooms in Learning Sector
It was developed in Mysore district in 1995 to revive the primary school practices. A group of 15 primary school teachers went to Rishi Valley to study about children in multi-grade classrooms. They observed about how these children are learning in this setup.... Read More
Why do we need Counselors in Schools
India, the world’s 2nd most populous nation of 1 billion+ and has one of the highest suicide rates under the age group of 15 to 29. In our country, it’s very common to see the school students living under the state of stress or anxiety and peer pressure and by the folks living in surrounding who ... Read More
India produces teachers in surplus but substandard ones abound
As per the data, India needs 3 lakh new teachers every year, India produces about 19.5 lakh per year. Where lies the anomaly? Apparently, it lies in the substandard teacher training institutes that have mushroomed in the country over the years.... Read More
K-12 School Education Scenario in Rural India
Education in rural India has always been a great subject of discussion and we like bringing it into the light such that we eliminate the problems around us and make this society a better place for learners.... Read More
Comparing IBDP and Cambridge A LEVEL
The international education programs which generate tremendous curiosity among the students and parents are run by the International Baccalaureate Organization and Cambridge International. We have add... Read More
How Teachers can motivate the Unmotivated Students
While we have dealt with subjects like how the schools deal with ambition, the importance of architecture on learning outcomes and deleterious effects of corporal punishment on children... Read More
COVID-19 likely to have a bearing on the education budget thereby on NEP
The NEP promulgation marks a paradigm shift in education, a prelude of sorts for these shifts has been witnessed in the changes that the schooling system has witnessed in the process of coping with the pandemic imposed constraints. The commentators believe that the upcoming budget will bear heavily ... Read More
How to Buy Classroom Furniture and Playschool Material?
Furniture in the classroom can enhance or diminish the learning environment. Classroom furniture must be arranged in such a way that the teacher is visible and audible to every child in the classroom. In playschools, the children are supposed to be mobile in the classroom and play outdoors for a com... Read More
Challenges Faced By Schools In Educating Children : A Critical Analysis
Identifying the most pressing challenges in the school sector in educating children, is a simple first step toward fixing them. Here, through this write up we have tried to highlight a few such challenges and their solutions.... Read More
Whole Brain Teaching—Pedagogy to command total attention in the class
The common thread that runs across the educational philosophies and pedagogical techniques is the inherent idea that efficacy of the pedagogical technique should be judged by the magnitude of students’ receptiveness towards the material transmitted through the given technique.... Read More
Khan Academy, Digitizing education and broadening horizons of schooling
The founder Salman khan also known as Sal Khan has produced around 6,500 video tutorials which basically covers all subjects mainly focussing on maths and science. A well- educated man who has three degrees from MIT and MBA from Harvard. The Khan Lab School is also founded by him which is a brick-an... Read More