Tag Sahil Sayed
Hi, everyone! Last week, I had an opportunity to meet Sonam Wangchuk. Yes, you got it right, our perception of the famous character from the movie 3 Idiots (alias – Phunsukh Wangdu). It was in Mumbai at the UGC conference. He… Continue Reading →
A child’s lament: Why can’t our teachers just teach us everything we need to know here at school? We are young and busy kids of the 21st century. Academics are fine but we have lot more to do like play,… Continue Reading →
Mumbai July 19, 2017 After a bit of delay in the opening ceremony, one could see the emerging strength of Mumbaikars on platform number 10 at the CST railway station. Science enthusiasts, curious children, educators and eager parents of school-going children… Continue Reading →
The images from the science workshop titled ‘Fun with Newton’ are ready to be shared. In three days, three hours each day students learned the three laws of motion through making; the learners created scribbling robots, designed the fastest ramp… Continue Reading →
First things first – before we start discussing different strategies in remedial teaching, in my opinion, it would be a great idea to walk through some common mistakes and misconceptions related to mathematics. As we agreed in our previous post,… Continue Reading →
Having discussed the issue of Maths Anxiety in our earlier posts, I would like to get on a soapbox and talk about Remedial Teaching in Mathematics. Initially, I didn’t believe in remedial teaching; for me, a good maths teacher was the… Continue Reading →
In our previous post, we got to know about Genius Hour, in this post after briefly discussing why GH we shall discuss the 6 principles of GH. Why students need Genius Hour? In essence, high school students have spent most… Continue Reading →
It is strange to hear students complaining of boredom in their science class. What really students want? What do they look forward to? I think its freedom; Freedom to explore and do what they like to do. Science to me is… Continue Reading →
Today we are starting a new series of articles under ‘Fixing Science‘. I believe there is a lot to be fixed when it comes to teaching science. Our articles would include current trends in science education as we focus primarily on… Continue Reading →
Analysing and discussing a problem is so much easier than chalking out a solution for it. A solution may not be the only right answer but solutions do get us close to 1. http://www.stlcc.edu/Media_Library/News_Images/News_Images_2014-15/Math_Anxiety.jpg Here are 5 ways to overcome… Continue Reading →