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National Education Policy 2019 Draft – Some Thoughts
Prologue: Does India really need a New National Education Policy? Is our educational reform held back by the datedness of the 1986/1992 education policy which was written before the [...] -
Why Grade-wise Learning Outcome Documents May Not Be So Useful Any Longer
I have noticed that there is a strong sense especially among administrators that grade-wise Learning Outcome statements are important and useful in helping improve learning levels. Some [...] -
The PISA Test – Why do Indian students struggle in tests like these?
This article is a part of a series about India’s participation in PISA and explores if the same can be used to improve the quality of education in our country. India has decided to [...] -
Detecting and Nurturing Giftedness – The Challenges and Opportunities
What is Giftedness? Every child is unique as most parents would readily testify. Yet, there are individuals who stand out for their singular accomplishments. What sets apart a poet [...] -
Need for a New Science of Learning – Part 4 The Science of Learning – Key to Reforming Education in our Country
The Science of Learning is an interdisciplinary science drawing not only from the educational subjects like language and Maths, but also fields like psychology, sociology, Artificial [...] -
Need for a New Science of Learning – Part 3 “Is this an Esoteric Idea removed from Ground Reality?”
In Part 1 of this article, we saw how the ‘science of medicine’ transformed health care in less than 80 years to the sophisticated discipline it is today. Today no one would [...] -
‘Teaching Kids isn’t Rocket Science’…Or is it? Need for a New Science of Learning – Part 2
In Part 1 of this article, I shared how medicine advanced from a fairly crude stage to an advanced one today in just about 8 decades. Just as the science of medicine made these [...] -
A Lesson from Medicine for Education: Need for a New Science of Learning – Part 1
Modern medicine is quite amazing. We sometimes take for granted its ability to diagnose between hundreds of illnesses quite specifically and accurately. I recently came across a [...]