Dolls take the stage in re-enacting scenes from history and help bring the textbook to life.
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Zero is Beautiful: Teaching Mathematics as if People Mattered
When our daughter saw that the numeral 10 comprised a 1 and a 0 she flung herself upon a chair and cried. We were taken aback, unprepared for the blow this dealt to her understanding of number and how she would struggle to make sense of it.
Khandala and the Yule-tide Spirit
“Does one desire the Yule-tide spirit, sir?” “Certainly one does. I am all for it.” – P.G. Wodehouse, The Inimitable…
Save Open Schooling
We need to urge the Ministry of Human Resource Development to recognize the role of the NIOS and all of its programs including the Open Basic Education program in fulfilling the mission of the Right to Education and to support the multiple paths of learning that children in India are following.
Is there a curriculum in this house?
Kanti wakes up and starts telling the story of her dream to her mother, Shanti. The story involves some balls…
Slow Learning
We often ask, what is learning? Now let us ask, what is slow learning? 1. Slow In Space and Time…