degree lecturers cet question papers iddare send madi plz hindi and all. On Sat, Mar 26, 2016 at 7:44 PM, aravind navalli <[email protected]> wrote:
> thanks guru sir for correcting the error i made while comenting on > finland education system (Ancient education system). and coming back to STF > I always been with STF, whenever I sit before the system my first priority > goes to STF. but I feel comenting on only some posts. I dont know why. > > I do agree with u on bulk curriculum. I dont know when these people > (Educationist) understand this problem and work on it. > > > On Saturday, 26 March 2016 12:35:47 UTC+5:30, itfc.stfkoer wrote: >> >> Thanks Aravind sir for your comments (so wonderful to see you back in the >> STF...) >> >> I agree with your view about local language and local culture. learning >> has to begin from ones context (otherwise it is simply not possible) and >> this means LPS must begin from and focus on local language and local >> culture. I agree we must believe in ourselves and work with our own >> cultural resources >> >> But I will be careful before making generalisations about our past >> systems being ideal. Ancient Indian education was open only to people of >> certain backgrounds and many sections in society were kept away from >> education... so that they could serve the privileged groups. >> >> One of the biggest achievements in last couple of decades is the >> universalisation of education in India, that has of course caused many >> challenges to schools and teachers. but education is no longer a elite >> pursuit in India. >> >> My view is that we should take the good from the past (which is in >> plenty) and avoid the bad/ugly (which also is in plenty)... and not either >> ape the west or completely swear by our past .... as Gandhi said ... >> “I do not want my house to be walled in on all sides and my windows to be >> stuffed. I want the cultures of all the lands to be blown about my house as >> freely as possible. But I refuse to be blown off my feet by any.” >> >> warm regards >> Guru >> >> >> >> IT for Change, Bengaluru >> www.ITforChange.net >> >> On Thu, Mar 24, 2016 at 9:28 PM, aravind navalli < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I do accept that finland has best education method. But I strongly >>> believe that primary education should compulsory be in their mother tounge. >>> and also feel that the curriculum should always reflect that society that >>> the children come from. but our nursey rhymes are all from western. >>> children only learn that rhyme never feel it. we lost best education system >>> we had in our ancient times and trying to find it somewhere in foreign >>> countries. I still believe that we have it all and not ready believe in our >>> selves. >>> >>> >>> On Monday, 21 March 2016 10:21:49 UTC+5:30, itfc.stfkoer wrote: >>>> >>>> Dear teachers >>>> >>>> article worth reading and thinking about and discussing.... comments >>>> welcome.... >>>> >>>> regards >>>> Guru >>>> >>>> The Harvard education professor Howard Gardner once advised Americans, >>>> “Learn from Finland, which has the most effective schools and which does >>>> just about the opposite of what we are doing in the United States.” >>>> >>>> I enrolled my 7-year-old son in a primary school in Joensuu, Finland. >>>> For five months, my wife, my son and I experienced a stunningly >>>> stress-free, and stunningly good, school system. Finland has a history of >>>> producing the highest global test scores in the Western world, as well as a >>>> trophy case full of other recent No. 1 global rankings, including most >>>> literate nation. >>>> >>>> In Finland, children don't receive formal academic training until the >>>> age of 7. Until then, many are in day care and learn through play, songs, >>>> games and conversation. Most children walk or bike to school, even the >>>> youngest. School hours are short and homework is generally light. >>>> >>>> Unlike in the United States, where many schools are slashing recess, >>>> schoolchildren in Finland have a mandatory 15-minute outdoor free-play >>>> break every hour of every day. Fresh air, nature and regular physical >>>> activity breaks are considered engines of learning. According to one >>>> Finnish maxim, “There is no bad weather. Only inadequate clothing.” >>>> >>>> One evening, I asked my son what he did for gym that day. “They sent us >>>> into the woods with a map and compass and we had to find our way out,” he >>>> said. >>>> >>>> Finland doesn't waste time or money on low-quality mass standardized >>>> testing. Instead, children are assessed every day, through direct >>>> observation, check-ins and quizzes by the highest-quality “personalized >>>> learning device” ever created — flesh-and-blood teachers. >>>> >>>> In class, children are allowed to have fun, giggle and daydream from >>>> time to time. Finns put into practice the cultural mantras I heard over and >>>> over: “Let children be children,” “The work of a child is to play,” and >>>> “Children learn best through play.” >>>> The emotional climate of the typical classroom is warm, safe, >>>> respectful and highly supportive. >>>> >>>> The emotional climate of the typical classroom is warm, safe, >>>> respectful and highly supportive. There are no scripted lessons and no >>>> quasi-martial requirements to walk in straight lines or sit up straight. As >>>> one Chinese student-teacher studying in Finland marveled to me, “In Chinese >>>> schools, you feel like you're in the military. Here, you feel like you're >>>> part of a really nice family.” She is trying to figure out how she can stay >>>> in Finland permanently. >>>> >>>> In the United States, teachers are routinely degraded by politicians, >>>> and thousands of teacher slots are filled by temps with six or seven weeks >>>> of summer training. In Finland teachers are the most trusted and admired >>>> professionals next to doctors, in part because they are required to have >>>> master's degrees in education with specialization in research and classroom >>>> practice. >>>> >>>> “Our mission as adults is to protect our children from politicians,” >>>> one Finnish childhood education professor told me. “We also have an ethical >>>> and moral responsibility to tell businesspeople to stay out of our >>>> building.” In fact, any Finnish citizen is free to visit any school >>>> whenever they like, but her message was clear: Educators are the ultimate >>>> authorities on education, not bureaucrats, and not technology vendors. >>>> >>>> Skeptics might claim that the Finnish model would never work in >>>> America's inner-city schools, which instead need boot-camp drilling and >>>> discipline, Stakhanovite workloads, relentless standardized test prep and >>>> screen-delivered testing. >>>> >>>> But what if the opposite is true? >>>> >>>> What if high-poverty students are the children most urgently in need of >>>> the benefits that, for example, American parents of means obtain for their >>>> children in private schools, things that Finland delivers on a national >>>> public scale — highly qualified, highly respected and highly >>>> professionalized teachers who conduct personalized one-on-one instruction; >>>> manageable class sizes; a rich, developmentally correct curriculum; regular >>>> physical activity; little or no low-quality standardized tests and the >>>> toxic stress and wasted time and energy that accompanies them; daily >>>> assessments by teachers; and a classroom atmosphere of safety, >>>> collaboration, warmth and respect for children as cherished individuals? >>>> >>>> Why should high-poverty students deserve anything less? >>>> >>>> One day last November, when the first snow came to my part of Finland, >>>> I heard a commotion outside my university faculty office window, which is >>>> close to the teacher training school's outdoor play area. I walked over to >>>> investigate. >>>> >>>> The field was filled with children savoring the first taste of winter >>>> amid the pine trees. My son was out there somewhere, but the children were >>>> so buried in winter clothes and moving so fast that I couldn't spot him. >>>> The noise of children laughing, shouting and singing as they tumbled in the >>>> fresh snow was close to deafening. >>>> >>>> “Do you hear that?” asked the recess monitor, a special education >>>> teacher wearing a yellow safety smock. >>>> >>>> “That,” she said proudly, “is the voice of happiness.” >>>> >>>> William Doyle is a 2015-2016 Fulbright scholar and a lecturer on media >>>> and education at the University of Eastern Finland. His latest book is “PT >>>> 109: An American Epic of War, Survival and the Destiny of John F. Kennedy.” >>>> >>>> source- Why Finland has the best schools >>>> <http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-0318-doyle-finnish-schools-20160318-story.html> >>>> >>>> regards, >>>> Guru >>>> IT for Change, Bengaluru >>>> www.ITforChange.net >>>> >>> -- >>> 1. Webpage for this HindiSTF is : >>> https://groups.google.com/d/forum/hindistf >>> Hindi KOER web portal is available on >>> http://karnatakaeducation.org.in/KOER/en/index.php/Portal:Hindi >>> >>> 2. For Ubuntu 14.04 installation, visit >>> http://karnatakaeducation.org.in/KOER/en/index.php/Kalpavriksha (It has >>> Hindi interface also) >>> >>> 3. For doubts on Ubuntu and other public software, visit >>> http://karnatakaeducation.org.in/KOER/en/index.php/Frequently_Asked_Questions >>> >>> 4. If a teacher wants to join STF, visit >>> http://karnatakaeducation.org.in/KOER/en/index.php/Become_a_STF_groups_member >>> >>> 5. Are you using pirated software? 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