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When Structure Starts to Smother Learning: Why Classrooms Need Flexibility and What PATH Gets Right
Look at most classrooms, even the so-called progressive ones, and you will still find the same old rhythm: fixed timetables, 45-minute periods, a curriculum that keeps moving whether children are ready or not.
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The Cost of Silence in Classrooms, A Critical Analysis
“Pin Drop Silence!” Many of us recall our teachers bellowing at us. Discipline in classrooms is often associated with silence. A quiet child is often considered to be obedient and is clearly seen as attentive and well-behaved.
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Learning to Unlearn: Why the Best Students May Be the Most Stuck
We often celebrate the top scorers, the high achieving students who follow instructions, meet deadlines, and master exams. They are disciplined, dependable, and easy to teach.
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When Stillness Comes in the Way of Learning: The Hidden Cost of Ignoring Movement in School
Walk into almost any school in India, and you'll see the same picture, a classroom full of children sitting still, too still. Their backs are straight, hands on the desk, lips sealed.
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When One-Way Teaching Wears a New Disguise: Why Paired Learning Is the Break Schools Actually Need
Walk into many schools today and you’ll see smartboards, colorful furniture, maybe even project-based units. The factory model, we’re told, is behind us.
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From Information to Transformation: It’s Time to Rethink Schooling
By Dr. Sunita Gandhi, Educator, Researcher, Innovator, Author, Founder, Global Education & Training Institute and Dignity Education Vision International (DEVI), Chief Academic Advisor, City Montessori School, Lucknow, World’s Largest School, PhD Physics, Cambridge University, UK
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Challenging the Myth of Personalized Learning in Schools
One-size-fits-all teaching in many classrooms leaves some students feeling overburdened and others bored. Lessons will be tailored to each learner's needs using student-centered, tailored approaches, which has been shown to increase retention and engagement rand.orgrand.org.
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Effective Note-Taking Is About Making Meaning
Effective note-taking is not just recording facts or copying from textbook to note format. Most notebooks are summaries of textbooks that are never looked at, or hardly ever. The whole purpose of note taking is that it is something you will revisit and want to revisit it. So many notes are taken but never made use of.
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India’s Next Education Revolution: From Exam Factories to Innovation Labs
Educator, Researcher, Innovator, Author, Founder, Global Education & Training Institute (GETI) & Dignity Education Vision International (DEVI Sansthan)
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From Policy to Practice: Time to Rethink Education Reform
Since independence, India has crafted four national education policies, in 1968, 1986, a revision in 1992, and the latest New Education Policy 2020 (NEP 2020).
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How AI is transforming the education sector
AI is no longer the future. It is already shaping the present of education in profound ways. But the real question is not whether we adopt AI. If AI becomes another tool to reinforce rote learning, and top-down instruction, we will have missed the opportunity entirely.
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Encouraging Independence: How to Support Kids Without Over-Parenting
Sometimes, in trying to shield children from every bump, we weaken their ability to be independent. With the best intentions, over-parenting can turn childhood into a project we manage, rather than a stage for growth.
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From Rote to Real Learning: Strategies Schools Can Start Using Today
We all talk about moving beyond rote. But in most classrooms, not much has changed. Textbooks still dictate the day. Teachers still do most of the talking. Exams still reward recall, not understanding.
