The teaching and learning of social sciences in schools may be the weakest link in school education since the global expansion of the public school system nearly two centuries ago. More interestingly, there may have been quite a design behind keeping social science teaching a little ‘messed up’ because history, geography and civics mark the […]
The primary purpose of maths and science education is the nurturance of logical intelligence (the ability to reason, deduce, infer, critically analyze and be creative). A’100% score in maths and science’ until Class X for every student is a national-community imperative as much as an educational right of every child. A logical bent of mind […]
Pay-per-laugh and tweet from your seat Creativity keeps the entertainment industry thriving, but recent digital innovations are taking it to another experiential dimension. Charlotte Lytton writes for CNN how future tech is transforming the entertainment business in its all forms. She reveals how an intergalactic adventure movie, Interstellar, with virtual reality headset, paired with a […]
Reading is perhaps the most powerful educational skill and it must be ‘taught’, learnt, assessed, and ‘remedied’ as an independent subject on the same pedestal as language and math. Here is a list of reasons why reading skills are a very fundamental educational skill: Improving concentration: Reading and playing music are the two best ways […]
Teaching English is a special challenge for India. The following are the reasons for English being a special challenge for us: English is a second-language but for many it is the academic language. Academic-level competence in any language requires extensive reading in that language; competence to read literature in the language is a pre-requisite. Reading […]
You may be totally surprised by our assertion that the schools are not under-delivering! Schools, as we see them today, were the social invention of a fast industrializing western society to ‘mass-produce’ ‘adequately literate and numerate’ industrial workers out its largely agricultural populace. To top it, the above goal was made ‘assuredly achievable’ by ‘not […]
The current school system was mass-scaled in the 19th century to meet the needs of industrial economy. An instrument of the fast-expanding industrial society of the early 19th century, schools could not escape being built on the new-found principles of industrial organisation. We cannot really understand the schools of today if we do not start […]
What can parents do? It makes better sense to discuss this question with parents. The discussion that follows could be shared with parents, without any need to edit. Briefly, learning a language is the easiest of all things to learn; every one learns to speak and understand the mother tongue without any effort – just […]
The future of fashion is code, not couture, says designers As wearable tech matures, designer collaborations are everywhere. From Swarovski to Tag and everywhere in between, wearable technology is moving away from horrid black boxes and into luxurious designs. And as the tech gets smaller, top designers can push the boundaries even further. However, this […]
To be true, everything needs practice to achieve excellence. In fact, at the ‘highest level’ the two legs of learning are: Recognising new things/facts/perspectives/linkages (through any of the 5 senses) – essentially registering new things in the short term memory Internalising something already registered – embedding the ‘new things’ in long-term memory The internalisation process […]
