Learning Process Demystified

  “ It is nothing short of a miracle that the modern methods of instruction have not yet entirely strangled the holy curiosity of inquiry…. ‘ Albert Einstein In 1999, the Hole in the wall  (HIW) experiments in children’s learning, was first conducted. In the initial experiment, a computer was placed in a kiosk in a wall inContinue reading “Learning Process Demystified”

The Monkey With The Wooden Apples

CLear the cobwebs. Let go of those thoughts that weigh you down. Let go of the EGO. Open your heart and build bridges. Every person who walks into your life is a teacher As long as you are breathing, school is in session!   There once was a happy monkey wandering the jungle, eating deliciousContinue reading “The Monkey With The Wooden Apples”

An Eternal Learner

  “ANYONE WHO STOPS LEARNING IS OLD, WHETHER AT TWENTY OR EIGHTY.” —HENRY FORD According to the socio-cultural theory of Vygotsky, learning starts from the interactions at the social level and then it gets carried to individual selves. In other words, these thought processes can be bundled under the theory of constructivism, which serves asContinue reading “An Eternal Learner”

Principalship and student learning

Having spent over 40 years in the field of academics with 18 years as a Principal, there were a few questions that were unanswered in my mind. After retirement, I started looking for those answers. Here is what I found. Does the Principal’s leadership influence student learning? A teacher’s influence on a student is moreContinue reading “Principalship and student learning”

Infusion of Cultural Components through School Subjects in India

Hu Shih. (Former Chinese ambassador to the USA) once said, “INDIA conquered and dominated China culturally for 20 centuries without ever having to send a single soldier across her border.” “Many of the advances in the sciences that we consider today to have been made in Europe were in fact made in India centuries ago.”-Continue reading “Infusion of Cultural Components through School Subjects in India”

GLORY OF INDIAN CIVILIZATION

HMV had once published a pamphlet giving the history of gramophone record. Gramophone was invented by Thomas Alva Edison in the 19th century. Edison, who had invented many other gadgets like electric light and the motion picture camera, had become a legend even in his own time. When He invented the gramophone record, which couldContinue reading “GLORY OF INDIAN CIVILIZATION”

National Science Day

On this National science day, lets once again congratulate the women scientists who took India into space. Ritu Karidhal Srivastava She was a Deputy Operations Director to India’s Mars orbital mission, Mangalyaan. She has been referred to as a “Rocket Woman” of India. Nandini Harinath She was the Deputy Operations Director, Mars Orbiter Mission. Nandini is also the MissionContinue reading “National Science Day”

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