Art is generally seen as a matter of personal or individual taste, expression of emotion or producing artists or craftspeople. Due to this perception Art is located as a separate subject divorced from the so-called academic subjects that is if at all it is recognized in the curriculum. Continue reading Artistic Teaching
Teacher Sharing Sessions
As an educator, if you have an experience of something innovative you tried in the classroom, the development patterns of a particular child or children, a learning material that you explored, the role of teachers or even an educational idea in the making this is the space to share. Continue reading Teacher Sharing Sessions
Teacher Sharing Sessions 01
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Identifying Smaller Milestones
Experiences at a Bridge School
What the study of Humanities and Language is teaching me Continue reading Teacher Sharing Sessions 01
Teacher Sharing Sessions – Send in your experiences
As a teacher, if you have an experience of something innovative you tried in the classroom, the development patterns of a particular child or children, a learning material that you tried out, the role of teachers or even an educational idea in the making this is the time to document it. Continue reading Teacher Sharing Sessions – Send in your experiences
Designing a Storytelling Workshop for Emergent Readers – Part 2
Before I discuss the design and flow of the workshop conducted I would like to share that this workshop was conducted by the Riad Foundation in collaboration with Ritinjali, a Delhi based NGO. The workshop was conducted for a group of 18 children of the emergent reader category. These children live in the slums of Delhi and Ritinjali runs a learning centre within a slum where the workshop took place.
Continue reading Designing a Storytelling Workshop for Emergent Readers – Part 2
Designing a Storytelling Workshop for Emergent Readers – Part 1
This article shall not focus on the importance of storytelling for children. The purpose of this piece lies in the assumption that you as a parent, teacher or pedagogue believe in the importance and want to know how to get started. For designing a storytelling workshop for children who are emergent readers require some criteria to keep in mind: Continue reading Designing a Storytelling Workshop for Emergent Readers – Part 1
