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This 30-hour course is designed for School Heads and Managers to develop their understanding and skills of managing a school effectively.
Dear Readers,
Please check out our new Opinion Poll on whether television is good or bad for children, and cast your vote by the end of May 2018. As you know …
your opinion counts
Our April 2018 poll was about whether Sports Day should be Competitive:
Should a school’s Sports Day be non-competitive?
Yes. Sports Day should be fun. Children remember positive and negative feelings associated with sport, and ‘public failure’ can put them off doing sport. (86%, 42 Votes Votes)
No. Sports Day should be competitive because life is competitive, and children have to learn to lose as well as win. (14%, 7 Votes Votes)
Result:
The respondents voted overwhelmingly in support of making Sports Day non-competitive. Eighty-six percent (86%) of those who responded to the poll felt that children tend to remember the feelings associated with sport, and if they fail ‘publicly’ at Sports Day, it can put them off sport altogether. Only 14% of the respondents felt that Sports Day should be competitive, because it reflects life, where individuals have to get used to both winning and losing.
Early Childhood Education in Finland is marked by a striking absence of academic pressure. In this month’s Ilm o Amal, TRC staff examines how an early emphasis on free play and play-based learning sets the ground for exemplary academic success in the future.
| Dates: 10th & 11th May 2018 | Time: 2:30 PM – 5:00 PM |
Play is a full body activity that helps young children develop skills that they will need later in life. Play activities foster muscle development and help fine-tune motor skills. They also lead to mental development as children think creatively and create an imaginative world. Through this workshop participants will explore ways through which they can bring a sense of play into the classroom using appropriate materials for every area of learning, thus creating interest in children and promote critical thinking.
| Dates: 3rd & 4th May 2018 | Time: 2:30 PM – 5:00 PM |
Research has proved that the first six to eight years of life are important to gain early experiences in mathematics. All children can learn mathematics if it is taught in an enjoyable manner. It involves the development of the cognitive, affective and the psychomotor domains. By creating a student-centered, positive math learning environment, the teachers can enhance students’ mathematical skills. This workshop will provide ideas to create such an environment.
The end of the academic year is close and it is time for teachers to reflect and start anew. In this month’s Ilm o Amal, TRC staff takes a look at various ways teachers can take stock of the year that has gone by and start looking ahead.
| Dates: 28th April 2018 | Time: 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM |
Choosing a career at a young age can be daunting, if not frightening. Students need to be guided about the changing job market and the new and exciting upcoming careers that they can pursue. Therefore it is important for career councillors in schools to be aware of higher education options open to students of each subject stream, the institutions offering these courses and the steps they need to take to equip themselves for the world of work. This workshop provides a general overview on the numerous career options available with an introduction to career planning, its importance and methodology.
| Date: 21st April 2018 | Time: 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM |
It is essential for one’ well-being to explore the depths and specifics of stress and understand how it builds up, leading to disastrous consequences. The focus of this session is to make the participants assess their level of stress and reflect on all the hassles and concerns that they face in life. They will be guided with the help of practical demonstration as to how they can tackle these factors, and reduce their stress.
| Dates: 19th & 20th April 2018 | Time: 2:30 PM – 5:00 PM |
History can often seem meaningless to students, a confused heap of facts about people who are no more alive. Yet they are expected to understand and interpret the present and look to the future. It is up to us as teachers to make the history lessons interesting and meaningful in the classroom. This workshop has been designed to focus on teaching methods that will maintain the students’ interest and create fun in learning history.