TREE - Teaching Reimagined

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So much is changing around us — technology, classrooms, even the way we teach.

But one thing hasn’t changed. The human mind.

If we really understand how students learn, everything in the classroom can shift.

Join us on August 1st for Community Canvas as we explore the Science of Learning — what actually works, and why. Real insights. Practical ideas. No jargon.

 

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If you are looking for a great summer learning experience for children and you want to teach them about sustainability, take them to Dakshinachitra for a day.

The brain doesn’t learn in one go —
it builds, rewires, and strengthens over time.

And when we understand this,
teaching starts to look very different

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Schools don't just prepare students for exams. They prepare them for the future. Here are 3 reasons why schools must teach sustainability.

As we approach exam time, it is useful for teachers to help students understand the most effective study strategies. Merely reading a textbook and underlining or highlighting does not help students retain information. The best way to study is to use active recall strategies, where you are forced to retrieve information from your memory. Here are a few excellent examples of active recall strategies

“I am a retired high school English teacher. For 29 years, I taught students in higher secondary school, and even now when I think about those classrooms, I remember the faces more than the lessons.

As a child, I would scribble on the walls and doors at home, pretending I was teaching a class. I would imagine students sitting in front of me while I gave them advice about life — how to build good habits, how to behave well, how to grow into good people. I did not know it then, but that small instinct quietly became my life.

To me, teaching was never only about the subject. A teacher must give good instruction, yes — but also good examples. Moral instruction. Guidance that students can carry into their future. And most importantly, a teacher must care for every child in the classroom. Not just the ones who score the highest marks, but also the last ones sitting quietly at the back. There should be no partiality. Every student deserves the same attention.

My husband, Chenna, has spent 42 years as an advocate at the High Court. His journey began in a small agricultural family. His parents believed deeply in education and made sure he had opportunities they never had. Because of them, he completed his MA and master’s degree in law and built a long career in the courts.

When he speaks about my years as a teacher, there is always a quiet pride in his voice. He says it openly — that he wants to praise me, that he feels proud of the work I have done. After all these years, that pride still means something.

Together we raised two sons. Both pursued higher education and worked as professors before moving into the corporate world later due to economic circumstances. Life sometimes changes the path, but the education they carry with them remains.

Looking back, our lives were built on learning in different ways — mine in classrooms with children, his in courtrooms with people. Different paths, but the same belief: that knowledge, patience, and guidance can shape a life.”

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