Category Archives: Teachers

What is this ‘chasm’ between jobs and curriculum?

I am not using the word industry ….somehow people seem to think of only certain jobs when we use the word industry. For example, teaching jobs are not part of ‘industry’ and neither are the various odd jobs which people … Continue reading

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Ask the expert

Ask an Expert on website How can we help students weak in English? posted by Abdul Basith 1. If this is a small group of students who are not interested in learning, first try to find out what interests them. … Continue reading

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Adhyaapan – a day of fun and learning for teachers

As we all know education industry is booming today with a number of schools and colleges coming up. However, most of these institutions are facing a challenge in having good quality teachers. Many coaching centres and digital material have come … Continue reading

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Adhyaapan – A mela for teachers

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Workshops on 7th August 2011

Two parallel workshops – BEST (for new faculty) and ITEL (for senior faculty). Make payment by bank deposit or take DD and then register here

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For the ‘are’ and ‘to be’ teachers

A first hand experience of trials and tribulations of teaching Continue reading

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Study Teams

I have written this piece more than two years ago and presented the idea in several workshops for teachers as well as students. In 2006, I had a first hand experience of a study team during the CISA exam preparation. … Continue reading

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Using Technology

Elsewhere on this site you have read about different learning styles. One of the ways to address visual or kinesthetic learners is to include animations or e-learning components in learning. The followiing resources can be used by teachers for self … Continue reading

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Active learning

Active learning is also called ‘student centered’ learning. The teacher’s role is to facilitate the active involvement of the student with the material that is being taught. Any technique that uses the student’s preferred style of learning and/or keeps the … Continue reading

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Rubric – a scoring tool? Or a path for excellence?

A rubric is a scoring tool that  lists the criteria for a piece of  work to be assessed. It is a very  important tool in the life of a  teacher – not just to answer the  question – why did … Continue reading

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