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Ms. Hina Desai, Principal, Birla Open Minds International School: Art Integrated Learning is a pedagogy of joyful and experimental learning. This is the learning pillar which help students to develop their cognitive domain which involves knowledge and development of intellectual skills, to recognize specific facts and concepts. Second, is psychomotor domain which include physical movement, coordination, use of the motor skills and third is that affective domain which include feelings, emotions and attitudes. That is why we can say Art Integrated Learning helps in holistic development of child. Art is a co-scholastic subject as well as the teaching-learning medium to…

Coding in mainstream education is a long over-due inclusion that could improve STEM proficiency. Code literacy is a means to bridge the digital divide by providing all students with the means to use technology for creative engagement and enhancement of skills such as hypotheses, exploring, experimenting, evaluating, and drawing conclusions. The inclusion of coding as a subject is a hot topic of discussion. Before we get into the discourse, let’s understand what coding really is. Coding is nothing but a language that can tell a machine what to do. Some stakeholders feel it’s too early to introduce a complicated subject such…

What is a Learning disability? Learning disabilities mean the neurobiological or genetic factors that alter the functioning of the brain and this affects cognitive processes which could be one or multiple, and are related to learning basic skills such as reading, writing, or even maths. These processing problems can interfere with learning and applying new information since their brains are wired differently. Learning disabilities are generally different in every child. As educators, we might spot one child struggling with reading and spelling, while another child might love books but can’t understand math, yet another child who faces difficulty understanding what…

As we near the end of the school year, graduation ceremonies look set to be yet another casualty of COVID. Yet if any cohort deserves the tears and cheers of a full ceremony, it’s this year’s Year 12s. There’s the obvious reason of course. Coronavirus has wreaked havoc on their final and, arguably, most significant year of learning – locking them out of classrooms when they needed friends and teachers most. But that’s not all. Because in truth, crisis has long been ‘the new normal’ for the Class of 2020. This is a generation who were born in the wake…

Over the course of 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdown restrictions, people’s lives were transformed like never before. This also led to a sudden normalization and rise of discussions around mental health across the globe. Within the global student population, over 91% were adversely wedged by the pandemic, and in India about 32 crore students and their education was impacted. As we still continue to fight the COVID- 19 pandemic even after 10 months now, it is a given fact that many individuals, especially students could be affected physically, psychologically, financially, academically and emotionally. Young adults as…

The year 2020 can be rightfully looked on as the water-shed year for education. When the pandemic hit the world, everything came to a standstill. So did education. But not for long. Technology came to the rescue and online education saved the day, at least as far as helping learning to continue was concerned. Over the last decade education has seen a lot of changes from physical classrooms turning into ‘smart classrooms’ to virtual classrooms – it has witnessed major shifts in almost all aspects ranging from curriculum design, instruction delivery to assessments. Technology has played a big role in shaping…

The pandemic Forced millions of children out of school and is perceived to have done damage to their education and mental health. To bring students and teachers back to school seems a distant dream. It’s unclear when they will before the vaccine is distributed. We must remember schools have been an origin for socialisation, learning, food and childcare. A closure so sudden has heightened the instability. We have to learn and teach our children to break all shackles to establish a sense of normalcy in order to demonstrate resilience, creativity and innovation. Crisis strengthens resilience and pushes us towards innovation. We…

With a drastic change in the education landscape in the past few years and coronavirus lockdown being a catalyst, companies and educational institutions have started to modify their offerings & techniques, whereas learners have started to realize the importance of “what, when, and how” exactly do they want to learn. Five of the major megatrends re-shaping the industry are below: Focus on a more holistic view of Education spends rather than on tuition fees Previously the focus was on getting into tuition and coaching centres based on financial capability, course package, quality of teachers, and location accessibility. In 2020, with…

2021 Education will be largely technology driven. The transiting pandemic situation has opened new doors and pathways in various dimensions of life. The Educational environment too is trying to revolutionize its trend towards a technology driven manifesto. Technology aided Today, the induction of technology has enabled the virtual classrooms possible without borders and opened access to millions, who could have never dreamt of an affordable world –class education. Education 2021 is bound to be technology driven which intends to drastically, transform the dynamics and learning in the Education system across the globe. The chalkboard, books, homework and teacher-classroom culture has…

With little or no awareness about the benefits associated with IPR, an individual or organisation may invite legal troubles after using a pirated product. Innovators may miss the opportunity of commercializing the acquired IP rights and the monetary benefits attached to it. Universities and Institutions of higher education in India have widely recognised the significance of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) and currently, they are among the direct contributors as far as India is concerned. This is largely due to the National IPR policy approved by the Central Government in the year 2016. This is a unique step initiated by the…