The last decade may be the most ‘happening’ decade ever. Expectedly, we should be prepared for fairly stark contrast between the state of the society in 1810s and2010s and the same is tabled as under: Society has greatly transformed between 1820s and 2010s. Expectedly, the changing social context demands changes in the way schools function […]
It will be sufficient to quote Dr Krishna Kumar from his handbook–‘The child’s language and the teacher’ (published by NBT): Of all the challenges that teachers of young children must face, the challenge of introducing children to reading is perhaps the most difficult as well as the most exciting. No teacher needs to be reminded […]
The state of a society dictates the educational imperatives for its children. For instance, we can easily explore the state of society of the current developed world in the early 19th century when it was rapidly industrializing (around the time schools started to get mass-scaled) and see for ourselves how the educational imperatives naturally emerged […]
It makes better sense to discuss this question directly with parents. The discussion that follows could be directly shared with parents, without any need to edit.The only one natural way to learn a language is to listen to it over and over again in daily routine; think of the way you learnt your mother-tongue. English […]
No. And that is the problem! The definition of quality in education must change, but it has not. There is no ever-enduring standard of quality in any sphere of life and nature e.g. even after 100 years of existence (and experience), the definition of a luxury car changes every year; quality of education should be […]
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 industrializingwestern 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 really working […]
The stages of growth discussed in an earlier question holds very critical insights for educational milestones and developmental strategies for children.The first implication of the stages of growth is that by the time a child is adolescent, she must have done well on the developmental milestones of the childhood and juvenile stages. The three more […]
The pre-adult stages of growth for humans are infancy, childhood, juvenile and adolescence. Let us register the key features of each stage:Infancy – complete dependence stageInfancy (derived from the Latin word infans, means “unable to speak”) is period of growth of human offsprings when they are completely dependent on their caregivers (e.g. parents, elder siblings, […]
Let us recollect the meaning of social and emotional development. It is defined as the process through which we recognise and manage our emotions to establish healthy relationships, seek ‘happy-endings’ positive goals, behave ethically and accountably and control negative behaviours.The social and emotional competence developed in the first few years (childhood) dictates a child’s ability […]
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 […]
