In 1985, eminent educationist, Professor Krishna Kumar spent some time at the Children’s Literature Centre, Tikamgarh, Madhya Pradesh, interacting with children. In the course of his stay, he tried out several activities with the children, keeping in mind a child-centred perspective. Among other things it laid stress on a wider use of language — not… [ Continue Reading ]
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Features, articles and reviews of teaching approaches, ideas and new developments in the area of teaching and learning. Teaching children at school or at home requires skill.
Learning to Teach
Lady Shri Ram College for Women, New Delhi, is the latest entrant to the Bachelor of Elementary Education course with its first batch of 19 students. Benita Sen finds out more about the project that inspired the programme. “It’s a movement,” points out Dr Asha Mathur. And she ought to know, as vice principal of… [ Continue Reading ]
Finding Happiness in a Hot Classroom
I was asked to teach Junior KG children and I looked forward to it. I still remembered my Junior KG days. There used to be lots of story-telling sessions, free hand painting, cutting and pasting, dancing and singing. I hoped to add puppetry and drama to my sessions with the children. The class assigned to… [ Continue Reading ]