1. Introduction
1.1 All-round development of the personality is the ultimate goal of education and, therefore, the learning experiences provided in the school should contribute towards the achievement of this end. Accordingly the expected outcomes of learning cannot be limited only to the cognitive domain; it is necessary to delineate learning outcomes expected in the [...]

A Presentation on Change Management delivered at IIM Lucknow.
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Dr. Archna Shukla
IIM Lucknow

PRINCIPAL TEACHER DUTIES   – Submitted by Bindu Sharma

1.1 The duties of a Principal Teacher are drawn from the outline duties for Principal Teachers set out in Annex B of the agreement, ‘A Teaching Profession for the 21st Century.’
 
(a) Responsibility for the leadership, good management and strategic direction of colleagues.
 
(b) Curriculum development and quality assurance.
 
(c) [...]

Teaching and Learning Activities
Higher Levels of Learning
*How to produce big gains in your student learning
While preparing to teach, or throughout the semester, ask yourself what am I doing to encourage my students to:

learn how to learn
be motivated
help them change their values
learn how to interact better with other people [...]

There are even more ways to kill a new-born idea. Here are just a few. You can probably fill in the rest.
Ignore it
Say nothing. Pretend that it was not said. Let it die in silence. Most people can take this hint that they have said something that is not wanted.
Criticize it
Say how bad an idea [...]

Being creative in a dingy hovel with people shouting at you is probably not the best environment to encourage optimal creativity. In practice, you need a range of measures to help this fragile flower bloom.
The working space
Environments which are dirty, cramped, uncomfortable and noisy are not the best for encouraging creative thinking. If we can [...]

·        Absence Thinking: Think about what is not there .
·        Art streaming: Keep creating until you get through the blocks.
·        Assumption Busting: Surfacing and challenging unconscious assumptions.
·        Attribute Listing: Listing attributes of objects and then challenging them.
·        Brainstorming: The classic creative method for groups.
·        Braindrawing: Good for reticent groups.
·        [...]

4000 year map animation shows change over time.
Click nations on maps for history at that time and place.
Africa, Asia, and Europe to the year 1000.
http://atlasofworldhistory.com/
Vishal Jain

Almost all teachers come across a student, student personality type or even whole nationality or age group that meet their grammatical explanations, suggestions for self-study or ideas on how much error correction they need with a sceptical look or even a “That’s not right”. With other types of people the fact that they do just [...]

Peer observations are when people are observed by someone at the same level, usually meaning a fellow teacher rather than a senior member of staff such as a Director of Studies. The person who observed then gives some feedback, which could be anywhere from a simple “Thanks, I thought it was great” to written feedback [...]