Being a parent to a 21st century child comes with its share of opportunities and of course, challenges. For example, we never thought that one of the worst fears we would face as adults is the presence of the “blue whale” in our world! Yes, there was a time when an apple or a whale […]
Our progress as a society in the past few decades has seen a huge transformation in terms of expectations and also, aspirations, as we nurture the 21st century learner for a future that we surely know little about today. This is simply attributed to the fact that the pace of evolution in the last 50 […]
Someone recently asked my husband Ajit, as he is a sportsman, if he consciously exposed our son to losing just so that our son could learn to cope with a loss, as most kids today are guilty of not being sportsmanly enough. Our reaction as parents was spontaneous – “No, we don’t teach our child […]
As well meaning adults, we often face this dilemma of “wanting” to give the best to our family, work mates, friends and at the same time, “wanting” them to become independent. Self imposed no doubt but isn’t it part of our society culture that we simply embrace? Nothing wrong with the proposition but I do […]
Last evening, I had an interesting conversation with a senior teacher who recently retired after having taught for 21 years in the same grade at the same school in Southern India! I was of course curious and asked her what motivated her to never request for a change of grade! She smiled and simply said, […]
For most of us growing up, this idiom ensured we got full marks in the grammar section of the Language paper, and for some of us, we attempted to use many more like these in the composition section to impress the teacher with all that we were taught (ask any Queen Marian, and each one […]
I consider myself privileged to have access to some of the most astute brains working in the field of Human Resources. More than their knowledge, I value their experience that has had more than their share of Bell Curves! In fact, the more challenges they face, the greater the contribution to my world (and I […]
“Why can’t schools be only for 4 hours, and the rest of the time, we get to do what we want,” is a query raised in one of our children’s workshops by a 12 year old. “You know this is an era, where kids by default know a lot more, read up independently and can […]
Blueberry’s Iceream and education processes… An unlikely combination, you would say. But this story narrated by James Vollmer, author of the book Schools Cannot Do It Alone, and creator of the viral video series “The Great Conversation’ mentions how one encounter turned him from a hard- headed businessman to a fervent proponent of public education. […]
Kara Newhouse’s August article in the e-magazine, Mindshift brings to focus an important aspect of what’s not working in our classrooms – Numeracy defined as ‘Math’ that almost borders on being “apolitical and cold.” She speaks of ‘humanising’ Math so that our standards improve from a ‘learning’ perspective and not simply from a ‘grade’ perspective. […]