Role of physical education in enhancing the quality of education

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Physical education and sports in education Sports involve physical exertion and skills that are used by individuals or teams to compete against another individual or other teams for entertainment. It includes playing, recreational activities, organised, casual or competitive sport, and indigenous sports or games. Sports contribute to physical fitness, mental and emotional well-being and social […]

How have the schools’ processes and resources evolved over the past 200 years?

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The five key resources and processes in schools are – content (subject boundaries for a class), timetable, academic planning, communication in classrooms, and teachers as a resource. The following tabular representation charts out the comparative status of the five resources and processes in the years 1810s and 2010s. It is apparent from the comparison that […]

Schools matured in organizational terms, over the past 200 years

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It is very revealing to explore the evolution of the organizational aspects of schools over the past 200 years. To be specific in comparison, we have chosen five important organizational dimensions as listed in the tabular representation. We have analysed and reported the state of each dimension at the two end-points – 1810s (chosen to […]

What should be done about handwriting skills of children

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The issue of slow and poor handwriting is a fairly serious educational challenge. Digitalisation is no reason for acceptance of poor handwriting among school-going children because writing has a role in the larger development of children and a few academic subjects (such as Maths) are far from being computer friendly. The neural processes involved in […]

Future of Architecture

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The future of the architecture profession – Donnelly Brandon Architecture schools need to teach more about business and making money. There would still need to be an ‘architect of record’, whose name would appear on the building permit and who would ultimately end up shouldering the liability for the design. You see, a bifurcation has […]

Even the ‘best of schools’ fail to ensure excellence in maths and science education

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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 […]

Summarising the state of education today

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Schools have not changed much since their global expansion beginning in the 19th century and continue to be organised to deliver prescribed ‘book content’ throughthe teachers in a highly structured ‘classroom settings’.Some of the areas where the schools have unfailingly retained focus are:1. Delivering a ‘defined universal curriculum’ as the be-all and end-all of knowledge […]