tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19140369272180013492024-03-15T11:09:48.289-07:00Maya Menon's BlogUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1914036927218001349.post-69201520053109663092014-09-02T09:35:00.000-07:002018-03-08T01:59:27.485-08:00Inspiring Indian Teachers
Teaching
and teachers occupy a significant portion of the waking and working
moments of my life and yet I'm sometimes puzzled about how to respond
to questions like - what's the new trend in teaching methods? Or,
what are the new innovative methods being implemented in schools to
teach students?
The
reason for my puzzlement? Teaching, at least good, sound teaching
isn't about new 'trends', Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1914036927218001349.post-52414202235440112632014-01-02T00:42:00.000-08:002014-01-02T00:42:35.480-08:00Yeh Hi Hai Rights Choice?
A Personal View of Teachers' Rights
World Child Rights Day is celebrated annually on 20th November and World Human Rights Day is observed less than a month later on 10th December. What do these days mean for us in India with regard to schools – particularly teachers and children?
Let's examine 10 indisputable facts about school education in India:
1. India has the largest Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1914036927218001349.post-18540907912496955282013-10-05T02:19:00.002-07:002013-10-05T12:11:38.093-07:00My Dream......
Teachers matter to me. My work at The Teacher Foundation, makes every day for me, a teachers' day. But today, the 5th of October - World Teachers' Day, I have a special message for
teachers of India.
I borrow from the pastor
and civil rights activist Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. 50 years have gone by
since Dr. Martin Luther King's famous 'I have a Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1914036927218001349.post-80874113058846115002013-04-04T20:09:00.001-07:002020-07-28T21:40:06.593-07:00Going Global, Losing the Local? a look at the growing phenomenon of international schools in India
Going Global, Losing the Local?
a look at the growing phenomenon of international schools in India
My mother and her much-older siblings walked long distances every day in the hot sun or pouring rain to go to school — Malayalam-medium schools in the Kerala of the 1930s and 40s. They, however, grew up proficient in English and eventually left the boundaries of their native state and setUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1914036927218001349.post-24078328283970759202013-01-11T00:28:00.000-08:002013-01-11T00:28:44.968-08:00 It isn't about Subjects; it's about Speaking.... the Unspoken & the Unspeakable
2012
ended on a grievous and brutal note with the Delhi gang rape and 2013
is upon us with the possibilities and potential a new year always
promises. The public outrage we have witnessed country-wide, the
several thoughtful analyses of it by various writers are indicative
of a nation at a societal cross-roads. A collective conscience has
been sparked by one gruesome incident that Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1914036927218001349.post-13391885782645872542012-06-01T22:48:00.001-07:002012-06-01T22:48:03.491-07:00Trees, Textbooks and Teachers
Two
unrelated incidents occurred last month – one took place in my
neighbourhood, in fact just on the road in front of my apartment
complex, the other took place a few thousand miles away, in our
capital, in fact in the seat of our government – Parliament House.
Some
weeks ago, in Bangalore, we experienced a couple of hours of strong
winds and heavy pre-monsoon showers. The temperature Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1914036927218001349.post-41564963131038384762011-04-24T08:30:00.001-07:002011-04-24T08:57:02.906-07:00'Busy-ness' over Business in our Schools? In February this year, The Teacher Foundation organised a series of short seminars for School Principals in 4 TTF centres - Bangalore, Mangalore, Hubli and Hyderabad. Nearly 200 heads from leading city schools attended these seminars. We posed a provocative proposition to principals in each city – that there is far greater focus on 'busy-ness' in schools today, than the actual 'business'(i.e Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1914036927218001349.post-15026439940721845392011-01-30T05:06:00.000-08:002011-01-30T05:25:49.760-08:00A LIFE AFTER SCHOOL – what I used to do after 2pm as a school-teacherClass Photo ! A Youthful Me in MaroonTriiingg ! Ah the long bell! Walking out of my classroom after an enthusiastic but as yet incomplete discussion on the Origin of Life with 45 fourteen year olds, I thought, “Let me put away IX F's books in my locker, can't lug it around Chandni Chowk. Wonder if Sujata is still in the Science Block, hope she's not forgotten...”. Stepping out of the staff roomUnknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1914036927218001349.post-44460811074507481002011-01-27T10:58:00.000-08:002011-01-29T00:40:28.845-08:00BOOK REVIEW : What is Worth Teaching by Krishna KumarWhat is Worth Teaching ? by Krishna KumarA Book Review( I wrote this review for Education World in 2000 - I reproduce it on my blog to celebrate the announcement of the award of a Padma Shri for Dr. Krishna Kumar on 26th January 2011)Why do we teach the way we teach? What is the purpose of what we teach? Could we teach in other ways? As teachers, teacher educators or any one connected with Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1914036927218001349.post-17778692162201383802011-01-25T21:04:00.000-08:002011-01-29T00:40:02.519-08:00HOW MY PERSONAL QUEST BEGAN......
I can still picture her at just 20, fresh from college and teachers’ training with no clear idea of what she wanted to achieve in life. With a lot of anticipation and some trepidation she joined the then 3000–pupil Army Public School in New Delhi to teach standards 6-9. In the first 3 years she dressed only in sarees with elevated footwear to look older and taller than her high-school students. Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1914036927218001349.post-20643640977882079742011-01-25T20:41:00.001-08:002020-07-28T21:40:44.897-07:00Welcome to my Blog :-) !
Hello and thanks for visiting my blog - this is my very first posting !
While this is a personal blog - a collection of thoughts, insights, experiences and ramblings of a 'reluctant teacher' - I hope it will make interesting reading for any one out there who believes in putting their heart and soul into doing something they love - whose work defines their life and whose life defines their Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0