Edu Research & Insights

Bill gates explains the importance of feedback for teachers. Below is a link of Ted talk at YouTube. https://youtu.be/81Ub0SMxZQo

Snippets: - For a school to be outstanding, it should consider the wellbeing of children and of it's staff who work with them. - While schools should never be expected to do the job of mental health services, they have a crucial role to play in promoting good mental health in everything they do. - Taking a whole-school approach to wellbeing has benefits for young people’s wider education, and for everyone who works in school. - For this we need to see a more fundamental change to the system. Click to read from source:

At the end of this webpage in below link you will find many blogs discussing about home schooling. https://wonderyearsschool.com

Snippets: - When it comes to schools, teachers who accept textbook content uncritically are quite likely to accept content on the internet without questioning the sources and quality of information that is shared.  - Textbooks are also not used for critical analysis. Teachers primarily teach in order that students would be able to write the expected answers to questions based on the lessons in the textbook. - For many teachers, the main objective of the lesson is to transmit the content of the lessons as presented in the textbook. As per observation of one study, teachers did not critically examine textbook content and did not expect students to engage with the textbooks directly. - Teachers explicitly managed the ways in which students used their textbooks within the classroom. - Like the English language, the use of the internet too seems to be a marker of privilege. - The sources and quality of content that is made available for educational purposes through the use of smar...

When I was interacting with one of the entrepreneur, he shared about challenges in getting suitable candidates for his organisation. One of the highlights was about MTI (Mother tongue influence) in english language. And the next day I was traveling with the help of Google maps assistant. When I observed the way google maps pronounced Indian names, it had MTI. And by taking this as a reason I will not reject google device claiming that it has MTI. I believe only call centres need pakka english as they want their foreign clients to believe that the person in conversation is someone from their own country. But other than this client satisfaction why are we bothered with accent. When we are not perfect in our own mother tongue, and when we are not even bothered to work on it. Then why do we feel so inferior when we do not know english. I don't have grudge with english. The reason I bother is, the inferiority of not knowing english is making our children feel inferior in their persona...

Snippets : - Are we feeding children that there’s only one way to think, one way to feel, and one way to determine intelligence? - There is not one way of determining intellect because we are all unique in our own way. So we cannot follow one size fits all strategy. - The education system’s sole purpose should be to  educate  us in order to better ourselves and society, and for that it should teach us 'how' to think. But instead it just tells us what to think. It means that it is helping us to gather knowledge, but not to create it through our uniqueness. - The good news is, some countries are now trying to shift the way we approach education. For example: Finland, a longstanding leader in education, is in the process of completely reforming its education system. - Finland is trying to implement 'phenomenon based learning'. Its a system where students take one particular phenomenon or concept and look at it through multiple lenses, applying it to wha...

Snippets: - 'Ministry of loneliness'. Yes you read it right. In January, British Prime Minister Theresa May, appointed the first “minister of loneliness.” Her administration released an 84-page plan detailing the actions it will take to curb loneliness across the country, including measures that will be enacted in schools. - What kind of development does these happenings signal. What precautions can be taken by the more cultural, traditional countries like India, Pakistan, Thailand, Bhutan and some strong tribal communities around the world. - The article reflects on changes in the structure of society, which is rampant in Western countries. It says, marriage rates and religious-participation rates are dropping, and  both are risk factors  for social isolation and loneliness.  - The chronic loneliness is linked to a variety of health issues, such as  decreased immunity to viral infections ,  poor sleep, and  cardiovascular issues like hyper...