Sukhashraya Trust / ಸುಖಾಶ್ರಯ ಟ್ರಸ್ಟ್

Teaching is a profession that teaches all other professions. Sukhashraya wishes all teachers a very Happy Teacher's Day!

ಎಲ್ಲಾ ಉದ್ಯೋಗಗಳಿಗೂ ಪಾಠ ಕಳಿಸುವುದು ಶಿಕ್ಷಕರ ಉದ್ಯೋಗ. ಸುಖಾಶ್ರಯದ ಪರವಾಗಿ ಎಲ್ಲಾ ಶಿಕ್ಷಕ ಶಿಕ್ಷಕಿಯರಿಗೆ ಗುರುಗಳ ದಿನಾಚರಣೆಯ ಹಾರ್ದಿಕ ಶುಭಾಶಯಗಳು!

Schools in the conventional sense probably kill more creativity than sustain or nurture it: Social-emotional learning (SEL) is the process of developing the self-awareness, self-control, and interpersonal skills that are vital for school, work, and life success. Aligning learning outcomes keeping the social and emotional learning benefits in mind is paramount to educators and the presentation of such learning offerings presents the educational institution favourably amongst parents and higher education students.

Sir Ken Robinson's talk about how learning happens often more effectively outside the classroom setup is very insightful: https://www.ted.com/talks/sir_ken_robinson_do_schools_kill_creativity

A version of The Ramayana that's written by an 8 year old - how beautiful is that! Curiosity about our epics is a lovely thing isn't it? Which story from our land is your child curious about? We'd love to hear from you 😍

Watch the news item here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxaqCBK571Y

An eight-year-old girl from Odisha has made it to the ‘India Book of Records’ by becoming the youngest author to write Ramayana. An eight-year-old girl from Odisha has made it to the ‘India Book of Records’ by becoming the youngest author to write Ramayana.

All of us have multiple ways of learning and assimilating information. Howard Gardner observed this and theorised it in 'Theory of Multiple Intelligences'. A language idea can be understood by some of us musically, or a music idea can be understood or learnt by some of us with the use of our body (kinesthetically).

Read more about this fascinating theory: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theory_of_multiple_intelligences

Test your dominant learning style: https://www.idrlabs.com/multiple-intelligences/test.php

Dedicated to the oppressed and based on his own experience helping Brazilian adults to read and write, Paulo Freire includes a detailed Marxist class analysis in his exploration of the relationship between the colonizer and the colonized. In the book, Freire calls traditional pedagogy the "banking model of education" because it treats the student as an empty vessel to be filled with knowledge, like a piggy bank. He argues that pedagogy should instead treat the learner as a co-creator of knowledge.

As of 2000, the book had sold over 750,000 copies worldwide. It is the third most cited book in the social sciences.

The book can be read here:https://envs.ucsc.edu/internships/internship-readings/freire-pedagogy-of-the-oppressed.pdf

There's always an external journey, and an internal one. Both are necessary.

The first principle of true teaching is that nothing can be taught. The teacher is not an instructor or taskmaster, he is a helper and guide. His business is to suggest and not to impose.

The distinction that reserves this principle for the teaching of adolescent and adult minds and denies its application to the child, is a conservative and unintelligent doctrine. Child or man, boy or girl, there is only one sound principle of good teaching.

Read more in Sri Aurobindo’s writings about education here:
http://saccs.org.in/texts/sama/ipyccomp-6.php

Wish you all a very happy Mahashivarathri 2022!
ತಮ್ಮೆಲ್ಲರಿಗೂ ಮಹಾ ಶಿವರಾತ್ರಿಯ ಹಾರ್ದಿಕ ಶುಭಾಶಯಗಳು!

Vedic Mathematics is a collection of ancient techniques to execute arithmetic operations quickly and more efficiently. Vedic Math comes from the Vedas, more specifically the Atharva Veda. Dr Nidhi Hande’s ‘Katyayana Subasutra: and Modern Mathematical Interpretations of its Sutras’ is a must read in this regard.

Why educating children should be our collective priority - this quote by Neil Postman gives us an important perspective.

ಮಕ್ಕಳಿಗೆ ಶಿಕ್ಷಣ ಸಿಗುವುದು ಯಾಕೆ ಮುಖ್ಯ ಮತ್ತು ಯಾಕೆ ನಮ್ಮೆಲ್ಲರ ಸಾಮೂಹಿಕ ಆದ್ಯತೆ ಆಗಬೇಕು - ಇದರ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ನೀಲ್ ಪೋಸ್ಟ್ಮನ್ ರವರ ಈ ಹೇಳಿಕೆ ಒಂದು ಮುಖ್ಯವಾದ ದ್ರಿಷ್ಟಿಕೋನ ನೀಡುತ್ತದೆ.

12 Feb is celebrated as ‘Darwin Day’, to highlight Charles Darwin’s contributions to science, and promote science in general. The constitution of India too highlights development of scientific temper as one of the fundamental duties of every citizen of India. The website ‘theleaflet.in' mentions that perhaps our constitution is the only one in the world which expressly mentions scientific temper.

೧೨ ಫೆಬ್ರವರಿಯನ್ನು 'ಡಾರ್ವಿನ್ ಡೇ' ಎಂದು ಆಚರಿಸಲಾಗುತ್ತದೆ. ವಿಜ್ಞಾನಿ ಚಾರ್ಲ್ಸ್ ಡಾರ್ವಿನ್ ರವರ ಸಂಶೋಧನೆಗಳ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಜನ ಸಾಮಾನ್ಯರಲ್ಲಿ ಮಾಹಿತಿ ಮತ್ತು ಸಮಾಜದಲ್ಲಿ ವೈಜ್ಞಾನಿಕ ಮನೋಭಾವ ಇವೆರಡನ್ನೂ ಹೆಚ್ಚಿಸಲು ಈ ದಿನವನ್ನು ಉಪಯೋಗಿಸಲಾಗುತ್ತದೆ. ಭಾರತದ ಎಲ್ಲ ನಾಗರಿಕರೂ ವೈಜ್ಞಾನಿಕ ಮನೋಭಾವ ಬೆಳೆಸಿಕೊಳ್ಳಬೇಕು, ಇದು ಅವರ ಮೂಲಭೂತ ಕರ್ತವ್ಯವೆಂದು ಸಂವಿಧಾನವು ಹೇಳುತ್ತದೆ. ‘theleaflet.in' ಎಂಬ ವೆಬ್ಸೈಟ್ ಪ್ರಕಾರ ಈ ರೀತಿಯಾಗಿ ಸಂವಿಧಾನದ ಮೂಲಕವೇ ನಾಗರೀಕರಲ್ಲಿ ವೈಜ್ಞಾನಿಕ ಮನೋಭಾವವನ್ನು ಕರ್ತವ್ಯವಾಗಿ ನಿರೀಕ್ಷಿಸುವುದು ಪ್ರಪಂಚದಲ್ಲಿ ಬಹುಷಃ ಏಕೈಕ ದೇಶ ನಮ್ಮ ಭಾರತ ದೇಶ!