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Drama therapy as  a significant technique of counseling : Drama therapy is a type of psychological therapy that allows you to explore emotional difficulties through the medium of drama. This could involve a variety of activities including writing and learning scripts improvisation exercises or activities using puppets and masks. Drama therapy is often used within a group environment ;however it can be used in one to one sessions too. A drama therapist will use different techniques and may help you to create a fictional story to portray. Usually the fictious story will be your own story re-told through different characters. Creating this space between yourself and the emotional concerns being explored can offer clarity and a sense of relief or catharsis. The aim of drama therapy include : * to solve a problem * to achieve catharsis * to understand yourself better * to explore and overcome unhealthy behaviour * to improve social skills. The nature of drama ...

Some strategies through which rapport with students can be built and maintained: The best teachers are adept at incorporating strategies throughout the year so that a healthy relationship is established, then maintained with each student that they teach. 1. Send students a postcard before school begins letting them know how much you are looking forward to having them in class. 2. Incorporate personal stories and experiences within your lessons. It humanizes you as a teacher and makes your lessons more interesting. 3. When a student is sick or misses school, personally call or text the student or their parents to check on them. 4. Learn to call your students by name. 5. Learn something about your students' interests, hobbies, and aspirations. 6. Create and use personally relevant class examples. 7. Arrive to class early and stay late and chat with your students. 8. Explain your course policies and why they are what they are. 9. Interact more, lecture less and  empha...

NPE 2019. Recommendation 1 The minimum age for admission of a child in the formal education system has been reduced from the existing six years to three years. In this way, the NEP has proposed to integrate existing 'play schools' with the formal education system. Thus a new education structure of 5+3+3+4 has been presented for the students of 3 to 18 years of age. Comments: • Mrs. SHAKILA BANU. Many school has already the pre schools in CBSE AND ICSE boards. But in state board pre schools are not part of the above structure.In karnataka government schools run from class one and there primary and higher primary very common and high school I,e higher secondary separate. Very few government school have primary higher primary and secondary in one place .many government schools are run in kannada medium and urdu medium and there Tamil and Telugu medium in few areas.The present government has come out with English medium schools and they have proposed Nursery schools also. Fo...

CRITICAL THINKING  AN IMPORTANT TEACHING LEARNING PRACTICE BEYOND CURICULAM - A MUST SKILL  FOR EVERY NEXT GENERATION TEACHER -  Part 1 Dr.Sekar Srinivasan, Educationist, The National UN Volunteer. Critical thinking is searching, plotting, making associations, explaining, analyzing, probing for multiple angles, justifying, scrutinizing, making decisions, solving problems and investigating.  It is literally thinking about something from many angles. Critical thinking is about making informed, enlightened, educated, open minded decisions in institutions, in relationships, in finances, and in life in general. Critical thinking can serve us in many areas as students and citizens in society.  As a student, critical thinking can help one  focus on issues; gather relevant accurate information; remember facts, organize thoughts logically; analyze questions and problems and manage the priorities.  It can assist in the problem-solving skills and ...

Question: •Mrs. Bhanu Sharma Please give your inputs What can be different reading strategies to improve students reading in the early years of the primary? Answers: •AZEEZ UNV: The best way is Word Walls. A word wall is often seen as simply a classroom decoration or fancy bulletin board, but this couldn’t be further from the truth.  Maintaining a word wall is a highly effective strategy for promoting literacy in your classroom. Word walls are powerful tools to help students work on their spelling, vocabulary, and reading skills.  They help promote a literacy-focused environment that’s rich in printed text.  Students can refer to the word wall for. When creating your word wall, don’t feel as if it needs to be a static resource!  They can be utilized daily by incorporating various activities and word wall lessons into your curriculum. •Mrs Nidhi Kulshe: 1. Exposure to variety of books where the children can touch, feel, hear or relate t...

Need for Introducing Self-knowledge and Self-Perfection initiatives in the pedagogical process This article examines the general orientation in the field of education and advocates for the introduction of “Self Knowledge” and Self-Perfection in the learning process. It will also point out various practices which have been adopted in the pedagogical process to promote self reflection and self awareness. When we look at the educational practices in our country; except for the few exceptions, we find that an unexamined assumption is at work beneath the educational process. The assumption is that by joining a good school and completing a syllabus any child can develop self knowledge which will enable and empower him/her to lead a wise life. Usually our teaching approach is content centric. Completing the syllabus is the primary goal in a school. Curriculum though envisages a holistic and integral growth of the child it does not reflect in the practice. The child’s role in lea...