Fun as a concept of learning is slowly gaining popularity. And rightly so! Priya Gopal discusses at length about why classrooms need to become centres of fun for learning to become an enjoyable experience for school children.
Google has content and lessons. For the rest, students need teachers. Are teachers ready to be there? Priya Gopal is an educator and explains the need for emotional pedagogy in school classrooms.
THE LOUNGE | TURN OF THE PAGE Em and the Big Hoom inspires you to celebrate every moment of your life. It inspires you to reach within yourself. Em connects you to your true self, says Priya Gopal, and insists that it is a must-read.
As the nation turns 66, Priya Gopal wonders if our celebrations of the Indian spirit of freedom are becoming perfunctory; a trip to the Andamans convinces her that we have begun to take for granted our lives, that many people sacrificed their lives for.
Priya Gopal presents a painting done in the traditional art form of Warli, which originated in the Warli village in the Thane district of Maharashtra. She uses this art form to depict the streets of Mumbai where street shopping is a way of life.
Navarasas | The nine emotions play a very important role in our lives, particularly children. It is therefore important for parents and teachers to help kids identify what they are feeling and why they are feeling so, opines Priya Gopal. This helps them grow up into emotionally-strong and confident individuals, she reasons. Read on.
Priya Gopal laments the abysmal levels of censorship in our country and wonders what our kids will turn into if we encourage them to only see, hear, speak and think as we want them to.
The learning environment for classical music and dance has traditionally been rigid and conditional, forcing students to feel a lot of pressure rather than joy when they enroll for such classes. Deepa Venkatraghvan discusses her perspective on this tradition and tries to figure out where it’s all going wrong, taking instances from her own life. Creative inputs from Priya Gopal.
Do you think teachers are always the ones who impart knowledge? If you do, think again. Priya Gopal feels that there’s a lot to learn from children too and these are lessons for life. In a tribute to the September 2010 issue themed ‘Learning and Life’s Lessons’, Priya lists 10 important lessons she has learnt from children including her own students.