Eight thousand years ago, a young prince Siddhartha transformed into an enlightened soul. He became a Buddha – the enlightened one, who worked tirelessly to erase pain and unhappiness from this world. That was 8000 years ago. Since then, enlightenment has eluded us. However, we’ve compensated for the loss with a stringent approach to education, …
The objective of education is to build traits like critical thinking, problem-solving, experimentation and decision. However, in the traditional learning process, the goal is to secure the financial future of the students, by getting them admitted to IITs, IIMs and the top-notch colleges. To achieve this goal, educators impart learning in the classroom within a definite …
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These days, with so many online education providers competing for attention, explaining a concept has moved out of the classroom to the smartphone and tablet. However, it is still a one-way process, where the child has little participation in solving that problem or figuring out the fundamentals of that problem. STEM, an acronym for Science …
Tell me, and I will forget. Show me, and I may remember. Involve me, and I will understand. – Confucius circa 450 BC David Kolb’s Experiential Learning Theory (ELT) provides a holistic model of the learning process which is consistent with what we know about how people learn, grow, and develop. The theory is called …
In an online world where Google seems to have answers to all questions, can technology ever replace teachers? The answer is No, because learning is a two-way process, where the student receives and the teacher imparts knowledge. At the best technology can assist but replacing the teacher altogether is a far-fetched idea! From Gurukul to …
The traditional method of education has been “chalk and talk.” Literally, it means that the teacher will illustrate a concept with chalk and talk about it loud enough for the whole class to hear. In this form of direct instruction, the teacher controls the learning environment for the whole class and the students are recipients. …
