The Challenge of Teaching Psychology
As teachers in the K schools we are more than usually concerned with human nature and human consciousness, the very stuff of academic psychology.
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Energy: A Multidisciplinary School Project
On the Theme and Process of the Project ‘Energy’—the term has many meanings and each of these impacts our lives in direct ways.
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The Student as Historian: The Possibilities of a Study Visit to a Historical Site
This article describes an attempt to place the student at the centre of the process of learning history.
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An Approach to Teaching Religion
In the 1950s and ’60s, the secular, objective, ‘scientific’ study of religion broke away from the traditional discipline of religion (i.e., apologetics for a particular dominant religion).
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Helping students understand the place of studying Computer Science
Living and teaching in a school situated in the hub of the IT revolution, the impact of computers on a child’s psyche is not hard to observe.
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Studies of Biodiversity on Campus
Biologists have identified India as one of the top twelve megadiversity countries of the world.
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The Subject of History
How I teach history—daily, in my high school classroom—is a complex affair.
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Ecology for 16 year olds
Environmental studies have become increasingly integral to modern day curricula.
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Understanding Taxonomy
Teaching and learning of classification in Life Science can be very wearisome and dull if taught in the conventional way, using Greek and Latin terms that are found easily in the textbooks.
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A Tree Through the Year
The School at Madras is located in a very quiet, verdant part of the city in the grounds of the Theosophical Society.
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