Tag Archives: Teachers

Season 3 Episode 5 An overview of questioning as a skill

Questioning is an important skill that needs to be learnt. It is necessary to ask the right question as also important questions. view the youtube for the video. I am a teacher educator who has trained over 4000 teachers. I can be contacted at yourquerymystory@gmail.com I have published several articles and have also authored aContinue reading “Season 3 Episode 5 An overview of questioning as a skill”

Season 3 Episode 7 Hampi the UNESCO heritage site

Hampi is situated in Karnataka state is the glory of the Vijaynagarr empire of 15th century. I have focussed on the structures of the site. As per the ICSE , the grade 7 has this in their syllabus. You can watch the you tube video of the same at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Km6yzqdBKjY&t=79s. Enjoy the same. connect withContinue reading “Season 3 Episode 7 Hampi the UNESCO heritage site”

Season 3 Episode 8 Not a writing on the wall

Young enthusiasts to draw inspiration from a young political journalist who shifted gears and moved on to the advertising world. Having won the coveted award he is confident to take on many more challenges. with all. these pressures he finds time for his music. Balancing work and pleasure is a take from this young man.Continue reading “Season 3 Episode 8 Not a writing on the wall”

Season 3 Episode 10 Entrepreneurial youngsters

Two young girls from grade 8 dream big and want to be entrepreneurial environmentalists. They competed in the contest conducted by Up-Tix. The contest started with 196 teams pan India and reached the final stage with 7 teams. Yana Bhandary and Nishka Garg entered the contest with a revenue model and won first place. IfContinue reading “Season 3 Episode 10 Entrepreneurial youngsters”

Season 3 Episode 11 – Up-cycling of plastic waste

Environmental degradation has been a cause of concern the world over. This young enthusiastic environmentalist has been collecting plastic waste and upcycling it. The American returned enthusiast is contributing don’t only to environmental sustainability but also to providing employment to the tribal villagers. The Recharaka Ecosocial sells. the produce cultivated by them. If you likeContinue reading “Season 3 Episode 11 – Up-cycling of plastic waste”

Season 3 Episode 12 Save the Earth

Soch Sayani is a social group from Kandivali East, Mumbai that works on environmental, social and civic concerns. This group has volunteers from all walks of life and across ages. Let’s hear the first episode featuring their work. Subscribe if you like the podcast. Send in your queries to ‘yourquerymystory@gmail.com’. Voice messages are more thanContinue reading “Season 3 Episode 12 Save the Earth”

Season 3 Episode 13 – I, Me and My City

Soch Sayani is a social group from Kandivali East, Mumbai that works on environmental, social and civic concerns. This group has volunteers from all walks of life and across ages. Let’s hear the second episode featuring their work on civic initiatives. Subscribe to the podcast. Send in your queries to ‘yourquerymystory@gmail.com’. Voice messages are moreContinue reading “Season 3 Episode 13 – I, Me and My City”

Season 3 – Episode 14 – Responsible Citizenry

Grab the power of a story to create awareness of social issues. Use the dialogues of Bollywood to drive home a point. Use the medium of colours to beautify your locality. Reduce the carbon footprint by using and recycling bicycles. These are some of the issues dealt with by the Soch sayani group. The responsibilitiesContinue reading “Season 3 – Episode 14 – Responsible Citizenry”

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”

Learning enhancement of students

It was a good interactive session. The audience was a discerning one. The scaffolding technique was discussed at length. Here is the link to the session. https://youtu.be/OfoFHffrTcU If you are short of time, you may skip the formalities. My talk begins from 9.01

Make just one change

Help your children to develop 3 wise thinking abilities :Freely generating new ideas, Analyzing the content and synthesizing the research.These were the topmost in my mind.To develop these they need 3 thinking abilities Divergent thinking – opening the mind to new possibilities Convergent thinking – leading to analysis and synthesis Meta cognition – think aboutContinue reading “Make just one change”