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Snippets: - Successful education cannot happen in a piecemeal fashion. Taking an integrated approach can help children, with all their complexity and humanity, to develop to their full potential. - "Whole child” approach is not only desirable but necessary to ensure that children learn well.  - Our current education system mostly focuses on a narrow objective of children’s cognitive development with an emphasis on transmitting content knowledge, often to be memorized and repeated in the same form it was received.  - Many schools today are based on antiquated designs from the early 1900s that emulate the factory model, wherein students cycle through classrooms and teachers see hundreds of students a day. - Learning is not just Academic and rote learning. It's social, emotional, and academic.  - Children who had dropped out of high school in 25 urban, suburban, and rural communities, nearly half (47 percent) said a major reason for dropping out was that classrooms were not

Constructivism is a learning strategy that draws on students' existing knowledge, beliefs, and skills. With a constructivist approach, students synthesize new understanding from prior learning and new information. The constructivist teacher sets up problems and monitors student exploration, guides student inquiry, and promotes new patterns of thinking. Working mostly with raw data, primary sources, and interactive material, constructivist teaching asks students to work with their own data and learn to direct their own explorations. Ultimately, students begin to think of learning as accumulated, evolving knowledge. Constructivist approaches work well with learners of all ages, including adults. Source: received this write up from WhatsApp.

Development is the term used to describe the changes in child’s  physical growth, as well as the ability to learn the social, emotional, behaviour, thinking and communication skills  the child needs for life. All of these areas are linked, and each depends on and influences the others. In the first five years of life, child’s brain develops more and faster  than at any other time in his life. The child’s early experiences – his relationships and the things he sees, hears, touches, smells and tastes – stimulate his brain, creating millions of connections. This is when the foundations for learning, health and behaviour throughout life are laid down. The charts (refer below link) lists the ‘typical’ child development by age and the possible implications if a child has reached or not reached typical developmental milestones. These charts can be used as a guide to screen if children are reaching roughly appropriate developmental milestones for their age. They can also be used to help pr

Imagine what would happen if, instead of sending children to conventional schools where their natural ways of learning are curtailed, are given an opportunity and resources to learn in a self directed and fun and curious way. Self Directed Learning provides them with the resources that would allow their curiosity, playfulness, and other natural ways of learning to flourish. The  Alliance for Self-Directed Education ( ASDE ) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to normalizing and legitimizing Self-Directed Education. The motivating forces for self directed learning include curiosity, playfulness, and sociability—which promote all sorts of endeavors from which people learn. Imposed schooling is generally aimed at enhancing conformity rather than uniqueness, and it operates by suppressing, rather than nurturing, the natural drives of curiosity, playfulness, and sociability. Click to know: What is Self Directed Education: Click to know about membership in self directed education al

How teachers and students can use IXL? IXL makes maths and English practice fun! IXL sets a new standard for online learning, offering unlimited, algorithmically generated questions; real-time analytical reports; and dynamic scoring to encourage mastery. Students can practice problems and preschool children also have resources to practice. Released in 2007, it has since become the world's most popular subscription-based learning site for LKG through class XII. With more than 4,000 unique and challenging skills to master, IXL offers a dynamic and enjoyable environment suitable for any learning style. Click to open the website of IXL : Note: CLF has no connection with IXL, we have provided the link as an educational resource.

- Parents now have access to a one stop solution for all your child nutrition related queries. - Get acquainted with complete knowledge and information about : specific nutrition fulfillment for your child, : track their growth in regards to height and weight, : know their nutrition score basis daily food intake, and, : browse through several recipes specific to the different nutritional needs and preferences of your child, and : get customized meal plans basis your child’s requisite nutrition. Click to open 'Ask Nestle' for nutritious food recipes: Click to read articles on nutrition: Note: This is an initiative of CLF to provide inputs on education and development from various resources. We do not own content of the above links.

Golden opportunity to broaden your horizon and research skills in education. *M.A. in Education*  2 years full time course: 30 crore children. 15 lakh schools. 70 lakh teachers. The system needs trained professionals. The availability of trained professionals in education sector is grossly inadequate, given the scale, complexity of issues and the wide range of competencies required to work in these areas. *The Master of Arts in Education Programme* at Azim Premji University aims to address the significant talent gap in the Education sector. This unique broad-based programme of study includes theory, practice, research, policy and planning in education. They will be equipped to take up roles such as Program Associates/Managers, Curriculum designers, Teacher Educators, School Leaders, Researchers etc. *Eligibility*: Undergraduate degree in any discipline; Working professionals who would like to transition from the corporate to the social sector are encouraged to app

Dear Parents, HABITS THAT SHOW IMPROPER UPBRINGING OF CHILDREN. Please, carefully look at the list below and identify where you may want to make amends on yourself or on the young ones you are bringing up. Children, if not properly groomed may never get to the top in life, even if both parents are at the top of their careers. Manners take you to where your education can't irrespective of your status, wealth or your reach or influence: 1) Going to your child's school indecently dressed. (Think again). 2) Speaking rashly to your child's teacher. 3) Cursing, using foul language or swearing words in front of your children. 4) Using makeup on children. 5) Dressing your little children up indecently (they loose their sense of Princesshood). 6) Putting earrings on your son's ears. 7) Your child holds the cup or glassware by the brim and you don't correct. 8) Your children don't greet and you just feel they will come around one day because they have a mood s

_ ”In the past there was a small leisure class and a large working class. The leisure class enjoyed advantages for which there was no basis in social justice; this...caused it to invent theories by which to justify its privileges...(In) spite of this drawback it contributed nearly the whole of what we call civilization. It cultivated the arts and discovered the sciences; it wrote the books, invented the philosophies, and refined social relations...Without the leisure class mankind would never have emerged from barbarism.” _ (Bertrand Russell). Children these days seem to be occupied all the time. They are either studying and working, or staring at smartphones, listening to music, or playing video games. There is a constant barrage of external stimuli that never seems to stop. And I would like to suggest that this is not a good trend, for two important reasons. Image source: Medium.com Firstly, the vast majority of stimuli involves no content at all. Video channels and games targeting

Snippets: - What if I tell you to select one option among two, Number 1. Mentally imagining about a plant and Number 2. You are given an opportunity to come outside your home and see the plant and it's process and parts naturally, which option will you select? - When we are outdoor, observing things naturally, gives us more confidence that we’re seeing a real cause-and-effect relationship. - Nature can be a very powerful learning resource. - Outdoor learning develops academics too. - Advantages of outdoor learning/learning with nature: ✓ Nature has a rejuvenating effect on attention; ✓ Relieves stress; ✓ Boosts self-discipline; ✓ Increases physical activity and fitness; ✓ Promotes student self-motivation, ✓ Enjoyment, and ✓ Engagement. - One researcher quotes “If something not only makes a student more attentive, but also less stressed and more interested, then you can see how it could have a large effect on their learning" . Click to read full article from

Whether you are a parent, child, student, young adult or an employee. Banjara Academy Bangalore has support for all. Whether it is face to face, phone or email. For any kind of guidance and support. Click to open Banjara Academy website: Banjara Academy is one of the few organizations from India to be granted full membership of World Federation of Mental Health, with voting rights. It keeps doors open for free counselling. It has been a joy to see that since 1983 anyone can feel comfortable to walk in, phone up or write to ‘Helping Hand’, and for the sake of confidentiality, they do not maintain records, so much that they do not know the number of people who have benefited. Many other activities evolved over the next 30 years making Banjara a true oasis in today’s world of emotional turmoil and loneliness. Forward to welwishers who can benefit. Note:  The founder of CLF is an alumni of Banjara Academy (Batch 2011). This Blog is published to advocate the Banjara Academy's servi

How has your school year been so far? Challenging? Rewarding? Frustrating? Maybe a bit of all three? As you begin planning for next year, how can you make next year more successful and enjoyable? We asked longtime teacher and FISH! facilitator Steve Mintz, who has helped hundreds of schools build stronger cultures, for his thoughts: “When I visit schools preparing for a new year, they’re mostly focused on technology, first aid training and so on—all important but functional tasks. “But they are not as focused on how to  make our school feel great  for every student and staff member. That’s the foundation of everything we want to achieve. Relationships are key “Educators know they  need the human element  but so many demands push that aside. People talk about working ‘smarter, not harder.’ What they mean is ‘We have to do more and we don’t much time to do it.’ The danger is if those demands squash people’s spirits. “As educators, we do what we do because  we want to help students