my thoughts

This has been observed that some students seem to be devoting less time towards their studies whereas others work very hard and spend a lot of time on their studies but still do better in their tests/ examination. Why is it so? There may be many reasons for this and one of them is the way one tries to learn. The learning is helped by the memory of an individual. Somebody has rightly mentioned that memory is the mother of wisdom. Memory can be of two types, short term memory and long term memory. Now an individual has to understand that what is required for short term duration and what is required for term duration called as enduring learning. Now the question is, does learning mean repetitive practice or does it mean some reinforcement? Does learning have the power to transform us? What kind of learning style should be adopted to make it powerful and long lasting? To find answers to these questions is not easy however also not impossible. Our generation has moved from Industrial Ag...

Education Management and School Leadership The concept of educational leadership has emerged with the rapidly changing dynamics of education in schools. Schools that were just confined to textbook teaching, awarding degrees or certificates have turned into leading organizations and knowledge warehouses. The understanding that the quality of leadership makes a notable difference to the school, has made educational management and school leadership synonymous to each other. Trained and dedicated teachers are the building blocks of a school nevertheless effective leadership is the axis of quality education. An effective school can nurture growth, learning, creativity, optimism, curiosity, conscientiousness etc., owing to the consistency of a positive and assertive leader. This leader does not only change variables inside the school but also outside, in the society, combating the prevalent challenges supporting the widespread belief of society being congruent to school. Effective scho...

There is lot of discussion and debate on the topic of intolerance in the society and at times some people make us realise as this is something new which has come up in the last few years. The fact is that this was there in the past and might not be eradicated completely and so will exist in future also. Before we get into the details, let us try to understand the meaning of tolerance. The idea of accommodating the views and thoughts of all the people around us who may not think the same way as we do may be the laymen understanding of tolerance. Those who think the opposite or contrary to this will be treated as intolerant. Another issue to be pondered upon is that the ones who are in majority or power, do they need to be more tolerant as the others want them to be? In our society this is visible in almost all situations and I would like to cite some examples of the same. If a person driving a car gets involved in an accident with a motorcycle rider, in that case mostly the car drive...

Pondering upon the contradictory behaviour of children, one is in a state of dilemma whether to understand the influence of external environment or home environment. In an outrage, one tends to behave differently without realizing the impact of the same on other people or surroundings. This can not be justified as situational behaviour as the adults are expected to have a strong control over their wrath rather than being in its control. The recent incident of a girl leaving her home because of the scuffle between her parents’ is an eye opener for most of the couples, who perhaps do not want to adjust or change themselves according to the situation. The girl was in such a great distress that she just never wanted to come back home, but rather wished to be at some other place from where she could manage to attend her school regularly. How often do we realize the impact of adult behaviour on the nascent mind of children? The words spoken to each other in anger, the verbal fights, the in...

In the past, we used to discuss about LSRW. The skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing considered imperative in all situations. With the changes around the globe, there are so many other skills that stipulate our attention in order to ascend in our job, work place, personal life, relationships etc. Not unless there is an understanding of human needs, emotions and values, can relationships be built and core competencies be enhanced. There is a constant need to develop the skill to know, analyse and deal with people of diverse behaviour patterns and varying emotions as we are perpetually surrounded with people/society. Though there is a sudden hype on the subject of emotional intelligence but it is the most important attribute to the leadership ladder. Be it students, teachers, administrators or managers, all should try to learn these skills at early stages of their careers so as to be immaculate in man management. As being at work means working effectively with different p...

The news related to an incident reported in the newspapers regarding the drastic step taken by an engineer who killed his parents because of a silly reason as he could not qualify for a premier competitive examination. There have been incidents in the past also when people took such extreme steps of taking their own lives but this seems to the first case where the family members have been attacked by an individual due to failing in his efforts to have achieved what he aspired for. This is something which relates to murder but don’t we come across smaller incidents in our day to day life which might ultimately lead to such situations? Unfortunately, such incidents are forgotten by all soon because of so many other issues in their own lives and sometimes because some other issue becomes the focus of public. This incident happened when our parliament had almost unanimously passed a bill regarding juvenile crime. While most members of parliament were in favor of the amendment but som...

There have been happenings around the globe that are inconsiderate and require immediate attention. One such incident that took place in America a few days back has left the world aghast. It was about a child firing a gun shot at his friend and killing her only because he just wanted to touch the pet and his friend did not allow him to do so. Attitude of complacency and intolerance among the teenagers is making the world around, a pandemonium and an unfriendly place to live in. The episodes of teenagers hitting each other and the students over-reacting to situations, is worsening day by day. This is one such crucial subject that needs to be addressed urgently and if not done so, will certainly become devastating for the society in the coming years. Another episode of a student of class ninth hitting one of his classmates, in one of the schools, in which the latter boy succumbed to death, was also alarming. Unfortunately, all that happened within minutes and by the time the teache...