Copy-pasting is killing the quest for originality in our students. What is plagiarism? What are its moral ramifications? Do students even realise that plagiarism is a form of cheating? And what can teachers do to curb this menace? These are just some of the questions Sana Lone raises in this month’s Ilm o Amal.
| Dates: 31st October 2015 | Time: 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. |
Teachers are required to make decisions throughout their career on what to teach and how best to do so. At times they face difficulties in certain complex situations and are unable to make decisions. This interactive workshop is designed for teachers who wish to understand how best to make decisions related to their work. It will help teachers explore the essential skills for making suitable decisions and develop appropriate practices to become efficient decision makers.
| Dates: 28th & 29th October 2015 | Time: 2:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. |
In a class, each student is different and has varied learning needs and preferences. Planning a lesson strategy that “fits all” or “teaching to the middle” leads to disturbance or disinterest for some learners during lessons. The workshop will explore ideas of Differentiated Instructions in the class by effectively using curriculum material to provide variation in learning for students but without the teacher having to plan a different lesson for individual students for the same topic.
| Dates: 9th & 10th October 2015 | Time: 2:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. & 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. |
Mathematics is essentially a tool for everyday life and is used in day-to-day situations. This workshop aims at promoting mental calculation skills that will enable children to effectively improve the speed of their calculations.
| Dates: 5th, 6th, & 7th October 2015 | Time: 2:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. |
Celebrations in schools are part and parcel of school life. Figuring out how to plan and put forth effective and successful celebrations in schools requires years of experiments. This workshop will not only provide teachers and administrators a forum to share their own and each other’s celebration experiences but also focus on how to plan and hold successful events and celebrations in connection with the school curriculum..
We are pleased to inform you that TRC is once again collaborating with The Little Art to bring you the Karachi International Children’s Film Festival 2015. Letters were couriered to TRC Member Schools along with posters and brochures. Please note that member schools will be given priority and first choice. So all TRC Members, please call and book your slot right away.
This year’s festival will showcase 56 films from 24 countries. The details of the shows are given below in the Festival Brochure 2015.
Venue: Cinepax, Ocean Mall, Clifton & City Auditorium, F. B. Area.
Dates: October 5-10 (Monday to Saturday) 2015.
Film Screenings: The films will be screened in three, one-hour slots starting at 9:00 a.m. The last show of the day ends at 1:00 p.m. You will find the dates, films to be shown and time slots in the KICFF 2015 Brochure, given below. For programme details, you can also visit our facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/TRCPakistan
Contact Person at TRC: To avoid disappointment, please call today. We will reserve for members first, on a first come, first served basis and hold your reservation for 24 hours until your payment comes in. Please print, fill and bring the Registration Form along with your payment. For more information and reservations, please call Tabinda Jabeen / Faiza Nabi on the following numbers at TRC.
(92-21) 3539-2976 and (92-21) 3539- 4059
Passes: Rs 250 donation per student/teacher. These can be collected upon payment from TRC from September 15, 2015 between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.
As always, TRC is committed to social, cultural and educational development, and along with The Little Art, we look forward to your support in providing these opportunities for children to experience and learn.
We look forward to seeing you at the festival 🙂
Festival Brochure 2015 (3.7 MB)
KICFF 2015 Poster (3.0 MB)
Registration Form (798 KB)
Dear Readers, Please check out our new Opinion Poll on whether Physical Education should be competitive or not, and cast your vote by the end of September 2015. As you know …
your opinion counts
Our August 2015 poll was about focusing on improving handwriting and teaching students to write in cursive:
Teachers should not focus on improving handwriting and teaching children to write in cursive, because these have become irrelevant in the age of computers and mobile phones.
• I agree. Handwriting will not be used much in the future, as people are mostly typing to communicate. Instead teachers should focus on teaching more useful skills. (15%, 8 Votes)
• I disagree. Handwriting stimulates parts of the brain and this has many learning benefits. Writing by hand not only affects early literacy, but also improves children’s creative writing skills. (85%, 46 Votes)
The majority of those who responded to this poll (85%) think that handwriting is important and should be taught because it has many learning benefits. These respondents feel that when teachers focus on handwriting and children are taught to write cursive, it affects early literacy and improves their creative writing skills. On the other hand, a small percentage of the respondents (15%) believe that handwriting will lose its importance over time (due to technological advances), hence it is not necessary to focus on it or to teach it in schools.
The simplest way to motivate a child is by rewarding him. In the long run, however a direct relationship between reward and motivation can quickly backfire. In this article, Aliya Ladiwala explores reward and motivation and also the ways and means to intrinsically motivate a child.
| Dates: 28th, 29th, & 30th September 2015 | Time: 2:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. |
Reading comprehension is the ability of a reader to extract and construct meaning by engaging actively with written language to derive the intended purpose of the author. It is important to teach active reading strategies, through explicit instruction, throughout the elementary and middle school years to develop independent readers. The aim of this workshop is to give young readers the tools they need to understand increasingly complex text throughout their academic career and beyond.
| Dates: 14th, 15th & 16th September 2015 | Time: 2:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. |
The study of Science takes children on a guided voyage of discovery to understand the wonders of their world. This workshop will highlight the teachers’ role in enhancing the scientific skills that would help children develop an awareness, interest and concern for the animate and inanimate things around them
