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Pedagogic Tips

Dear All, Keeping in mind users requirements we are starting with a series of post on various pedagogic approaches that are in practice around the world.For example: Concept mapping, Mind mapping, Value based learning, Inquiry Based Learning to name a few. The post...

Team building games for Kids in classroom

Team building games for Kids in classroom

33 Awesome Team-Building Games and Activities for Kids Team-building games and activities are a great tool for helping students learn to work together, listen carefully, communicate clearly, and think creatively. They also give your students the chance to get to know...

D of Education is Development!

D of Education is Development!

  It has taken hundreds of years for man to uncover all the knowledge he has at his disposal today. The knowledge thus discovered transformed our lives and the face of the planet we live on. In the beginning the stream of knowledge flowed slowly and steadily seeping...

A tribute to Mrs Kapoor my Hindi teacher

A tribute to Mrs Kapoor my Hindi teacher

The other day I was meeting a good teacher friend of mine, after almost a year to discuss a few points on our new venture eShikshaChaupal a free online community for teachers which got launched in June this year. During discussion we just digressed a bit and she...

Experience is the E of Education!

Experience is the E of Education!

All the knowledge that we see around us originally came from within.The question arises, If real knowledge comes from within what kind of knowledge is imparted in schools ? Well it is acquired knowledge. If you just acquire something and are not able to use it then it...

The Edifice of Education

The Edifice of Education

Having taught for more than thirty years, at sixty one it's time to reflect and ponder over the makeover that took place during these long, sometimes boring, at times suffocating because of a redundant system but always exciting in class where each day you faced a new...

Why I feel smart classes are not that smart?

Why I feel smart classes are not that smart?

Smart classes are a norm now and there is nothing left to boast about them either. They came in the early years of the last decade and are still making inroads into the 1.5 million schools operating in India. I am glad, I was out of school by then when they struck, as...

Why teaching today needs to embrace technology

Why teaching today needs to embrace technology

“If we teach today as we taught yesterday, we rob our children of tomorrow.” –John Dewey Growing up I was that kid who always sat in the front row of the class, homework complete and hand raised to every question (almost). I was that kid who spent the summer vacations...

KR Mangalam World School, Gurgaon

Principal Mrs Neeti Kaushik interview on Dastak- a clarion call by young minds 2014   Why did your school decide to participate in Dastak 2014? Ans: We,  at KR Mangalam believe in the concept of participatory learning through activities in different programme and...