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Snippets : - Life skills are very important for students' school life as well as real life. - Many life skills programs remain within classrooms, they are not implemented in real life situations- for which they are taught. - For SEL (social emotional learning) to be effective, teachers need to be able to embody what they are teaching—to be self-aware, emotionally intelligent, and deeply connected with their own sense of purpose. - Teachers must be willing to be vulnerable with students. They must act more like a coach or mentor as opposed to a content-delivery agent. - Teachers can make classroom decisions democratic by involving students. - Connect SEL to real life situations. - Connect SEL to other subjects too. Above are highlights from original article. Please click below to read. Click to read full article :

A research was done to see what way of story telling is good for child's brain development and learning.. "Children were presented with stories in three conditions: A) audio only; B) the illustrated pages of a storybook with an audio voiceover; and C) an animated cartoon." Study found that reading story Aloud for children with illustrated book is good. Showing them TV cartoons and also telling them stories without book is not so effective.. "When we read to our children, they are doing more work than meets the eye. It's that muscle they're developing bringing the images to life in their minds." Researcher Dr. John Hutton's concern is that in the longer term, "kids who are exposed to too much animation are going to be at risk for developing not enough integration." Above is an analysis done by the blogger. For detailed understanding check below link.  Click to read from article :

We are living in an era where school managements in their supposed "wisdom" need cameras fitted in classrooms. classrooms which already resemble prison cells. We are living in an era where the primary and incessant goal of individuals is to "prove their mettle" ... to whom, for what? And the goal of institutions is to showcase 100% results or the so called achievements! We are mulling about libertion of teachers and educational reform in such a milieu??? Nah! This must be a different planet!- Gufraan Above is a comment on article by an educational trainer Gufraan. Please click below link for original article. Please look into the article at this link to see our state of education_:

एक होमवर्क ऐसा भी- चेन्नई के एक स्कूल ने अपने बच्चों को छुट्टियों का जो एसाइनमेंट दिया वो पूरी दुनिया में वायरल हो रहा है. वजह बस इतनी कि उसे बेहद सोच समझकर बनाया गया है. इसे पढ़कर अहसास होता है कि हम वास्तव में कहां आ पहुंचे हैं और अपने बच्चों को क्या दे रहे हैं. अन्नाई वायलेट मैट्रीकुलेशन एंड हायर सेकेंडरी स्कूल ने बच्चों के लिए नहीं बल्कि पेरेंट्स के लिए होमवर्क दिया है, जिसे हर एक पेरेंट को पढ़ना चाहिए. उन्होंने लिखा- पिछले 10 महीने आपके बच्चों की देखभाल करने में हमें अच्छा लगा.आपने गौर किया होगा कि उन्हें स्कूल आना बहुत अच्छा लगता है. अगले दो महीने उनके प्राकृतिक संरक्षक यानी आप उनके साथ छुट्टियां बिताएंगे. हम आपको कुछ टिप्स दे रहे हैं जिससे ये समय उनके लिए उपयोगी और खुशनुमा साबित हो. - अपने बच्चों के साथ कम से कम दो बार खाना जरूर खाएं. उन्हें किसानों के महत्व और उनके कठिन परिश्रम के बारे में बताएं. और उन्हें बताएं कि उपना खाना बेकार न करें. - खाने के बाद उन्हें अपनी प्लेटें खुद धोने दें. इस तरह के कामों से बच्चे मेहनत की कीमत समझेंगे. - उन्हें अपने साथ खाना बनाने में मदद कर

What was the problem? Teacher says: “Kids were mean to each other. They argued over crayons and markers, scribbled on other people’s work. They hit. They fought. Every transition took half an hour.” To understand the strategy click below source_: Click to read from source:

"I'm not sure you can "teach" empathy in the same way you "teach" math--give children a definition and a bunch of rules and then make them "practice" it. The most effective way to "teach" a behavior or a mindset is to model it. In other words, walk your talk. Review your day and reflect on where you have or have not modeled empathy. I agree that there are times when "taking a bat to would-abusers" might be appropriate...but there are many other times when setting boundaries by being firm, but respectful, may work equally well. There are so many different contexts in which our expression of empathy differs. Through modeling, children grasp a much broader understanding than trying to "teach" them what it means". Source: comment on mindshift website article:

Snippets: - Teachers do lot of problem solving in classrooms. They don’t realize they’re even doing it, and the expertise they are gathering is rarely taken into account. - Too often when trying to improve system, leaders jump to solutions before properly examining the problem. It is leaders' fault if they try to perceive problem based on few visible factors. - It helps leaders and systems to dig deeper into root causes. - It often requires leaders to revisit and reframe the problem statement itself. - It helps to analyse what is in our control and what is not. - Having a continuous improvement program is beneficial always. It offers a path for systemic change, a way to build the capacity within the system, rather than building whole new systems. - Dr.Manuelito Biag of Carnegie Foundation says we should be humble enough to say we do not have answers and look for it. She quotes, "You’ve got to think about this as a learning journey. If you really had the answers to thi

Snippets: - Fulfillment should not be dictated by wealth, class, or race. Everyone needs a chance to get into the mess of figuring out a life’s work. - Work’ is not something that is ‘out there’ in the ‘real world’ waiting for you, while you’re ‘in here’ for the next four years ‘doing college,'” Spencer, president of Bates college U.SA,  said in a speech  in 2015. “Work is fundamental to who you are and who you will become. And I hope you realize by now that you have been working all of your life.” Or, to quote Annie Dillard, “How we spend our days is how we spend our lives.” Click to read full article from source :