This is the other ‘7 billion dollar question’ in the current times. Teaching does lead to learning if teaching is focused on ‘learning to know’: teachers ensure the narrowest range between the top and bottom performance in class, never mind the average of the class (though higher the average the ideal the teaching) teachers minimise […]
This is one of the ‘7 billion dollar question’ in the current times – the knowledge revolution fast enwrapping all aspects of life and living, across the world, has stamped a lethal question mark on the practice of teaching! Let’s dissect the broad components of what’s known as teaching, starting with its goal(s). For starter, […]
For the most part of human history, it was believed that one’s brought in the world endowed with a unique set of talents, determined by his birth. Therefore, people pursued the same careers throughout generations to fulfill one’s purpose in life with their work. Career was the destiny determined by one’s birth – Career 1.0; […]
What if the origins of I.Q. testing is far more mundane, little to do with the measure of ‘gift of intelligence’ it’s made out to be for the masses. Indeed, despite the awe and great interest intelligence drew from the masses and the elites from long back into the human history, it was only in […]
It is pertinent here to digress a little to register the evolutionary root of the childhood stage and get a sense of the immensely organic linkage of the evolutionary path of humans and the (unique and long) childhood among humans. The level of complexity of the brain is such that it cannot take place in […]
The physical internet arrives “Over the past 200 years, the world has experienced two major waves of innovation. First, the Industrial Revolution brought us machines and factories, railways, electricity, air travel, and our lives have never been the same. Then the Internet revolution brought us computing power, data networks, unprecedented access to information and communication, […]
The role of teachers can be broadly categorised into five ‘dimensions’ as listed in the tabular representation. Against each of the dimension, the role of teachers is mentioned as in 1810s and 2010s (1810s is picked to make the 200 years of difference from the current decade.) Role in 1810s Role in 2010s Dimensions of […]
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 […]
Future of Energy is green Just 200 years ago, our main energy source was wood. Now, even though we have a pleothra of energy sources to choose from, including a growing range of renewable energy technologies, we are faced with a crisis of energy security. How and at what cost can we keep supplying energy […]
The following tabular representation offers a comparison of the school education in 1810s and 2010s. Educational practices in schools in 1810s (200 years back) Educational practices in schools, as of date Teachers had to read and complete the entire syllabus Teachers still have to ‘finish’ the syllabus! -same as in 1810s Homework was made repetitive; […]
