Just when we felt we have started developing our sea legs, we seemed to have come across some very choppy waters. As a young organization in the educational space, the current situation with covid-19 is making us question everything we have learnt over the last year in the way in which we engage with schools. […]
MoreMost children (and adults) love movies. Movies can make us laugh, cry, jump up and dream. Movies bring many elements including story telling, characters, emotions, visualiztion, sound and others together. Movies are a subjective expression of the writers, actors, camera-persons, technicians and directors. Often, there are layers in the expression of each of these players. […]
MoreWhen we talk about improving the education system, we often encounter extreme positions. “Let’s get rid of exams” says one reformer, “Let’s not have sections” says the other. While these ideas work in pockets, they can’t be scaled. Also, they miss some of the intrinsic strengths in the current education system. Indian education system lays […]
More“You can know the name of a bird in all the languages of the world, but when you’re finished, you’ll know absolutely nothing whatever about the bird… So let’s look at the bird and see what it’s doing — that’s what counts” – Richard Feynman How true. Watch the text books children are given and […]
MoreSeymour Papert defined a concept he called Constructionism [1], [2] in his proposal [3] to the National Science Foundation. This concept can be a very powerful learning model to rethink how kids learn. The word constructionism is a mnemonic for two aspects of the theory of science education underlying this project. From constructivist theories of […]
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