Tag: Pedagogy
Background Questionnaire in Large Scale Assessments Can Improve Students’ Academic Performance
How can background questionnaires improve students' academic performance and learning? These large-scale assessments can ensure equitable and quality education.
How the Craze For Government Jobs in India is Lowering the...
Is the craze for government jobs in India hurting the education system? What is the long-term impact of the over-prioritisation of government jobs?
Helping Children Learn From Each Other: Enter, “Heutagogy”
How can we enable students to learn from each other while granting teachers autonomy in their classrooms? Heutagogy may be the answer to better foundational learning.
Beyond Binaries: Developing Gender Inclusive Textbooks for Our Schools
Every now and then, educational posters of an 'Ideal Boy-Good Habits' or an 'Ideal Girl-Good Habits' designed for classrooms go viral on social media. While they may seem harmless at first, a deeper conversation is required on how our education system designs curriculum and learning tools. In this article, we explore how gender inclusive and sensitive our school textbooks are.
Creating Marine Scientists Out of Divers
Reeflog capitalises on India's growing diving industry and ocean conservation conscience to create citizen scientists out of divers.
How Can Our Schools Create More Financially Literate Citizens?
As another financial year comes to a close and a controversial exam season begins, ask yourselves this: isn’t it ironic that we teach our...
Dialogues: Geeta Dharmarajan on the Power of Children’s Literature
The new National Education Policy (NEP) is fresh off the press, and contains big plans for school education. In light of India’s all too...
May the Pop be With You! Integrating Popular Culture in Indian...
“Koi mujhko ye bataaye,
Kyun ye doori aur majboori?
Iss duniya ki kya story,
Kiske haath mein kiski dori?”
Some of you might have already started humming along....
Learning By Doing: How Project Based Learning Can Transform Our Education...
A new B-school graduate finds himself on his first day at work as an analyst in an investment bank. He is facing a spreadsheet...
The Telangana SCERT Curriculum Framework: Rigorous or Unrealistic?
The State Council of Educational Research and Training (SCERT) is the governing body of primary and secondary education in the state of Telangana. Although...
