Monthly Archives: October 2011

Dr. V.K.Maheshwari, M.A(Socio, Phil) B.Se. M. Ed, Ph.D Former Principal, K.L.D.A.V.(P.G) College, Roorkee, India   Role playing is one of the most under-used techniques available to the child and youth. This is because it is also one of the least understood of … Continue reading →

Confucius represented his teachings as lessons transmitted from antiquity. He claimed that he was “a transmitter and not a maker” and that all he did reflected his “reliance on and love for the ancients.” (Lunyu 7.1) Confucius was born, about … Continue reading →

I tell you everything that is really nothing, and nothing of what is everything, do not be fooled by what I am saying.  Please listen carefully and try to hear what I am not saying.  ~Charles C. Finn If the … Continue reading →

A common experience among new teachers is learning how to lecture. Lecturing is a skill, a strategy, and a practice. As a skill, lecturing is learned over time.. Lecturing is a strategy teachers use when they want to efficiently cover … Continue reading →

  Stimulus variation, in the Stanford sense, focuses mainly on the latter. Some of the things the student teacher is trained in are the use of movement in a systematic way and the avoidance of teaching from one spot, the … Continue reading →

Dr. V.K.Maheshwari, M.A(Socio, Phil) B.Se. M. Ed, Ph.D Former Principal, K.L.D.A.V.(P.G) College, Roorkee, India   Education is not the piling on of learning, information, data, facts, skills, or abilities – that’s training or instruction – but is rather making visible what is … Continue reading →

The test of a good teacher is not how many questions he can ask his pupils that they will answer readily, but how many questions he inspires them to ask him which he finds it hard to answer – Alice … Continue reading →