A great teacher can play a pivotal role in a student’s life. But what qualities lift a good teacher and turn her into an extraordinary one? Someone who impacts an entire life? For this article, TRC staff spoke to individuals from different walks of life about the teachers who made a difference in their lives.
From playing mediator to doing acrobats with the children, Primary School teachers are expected to wear several hats and also deal spontaneously with the challenges that are part of a day’s work for them. In this article, a Primary School teacher Saima Shiraz discusses interesting details from her day, the things children do and say, and her reasons for becoming a teacher.
Perceived parental neglect has a far-ranging impact on the social and emotional aspects of people’s lives. In this month’s Ilm o Amal, Sarah Ladhani examines two personalities –one real and one fictional – to understand the factors that determined their diverse responses to similar circumstances.
Mired in stigma and ignorance, disabilities and learning disorders are traditionally seen as impediments to a ‘good’ education. In this article, TRC explores how four institutions have taken bold initiatives towards creating inclusive environments in their schools and how they have turned the process of integrating differently-abled children, into a win-win situation for everyone involved.
Continuous teacher training provides teachers with an opportunity to develop expertise in their subject, enhance their skills, and increase their knowledge. In this month’s Ilm o Amal, Shahrezad Samiuddin spoke to three Karachi schools to look at how they meet their teacher training needs.
From recording observations, to becoming a child with children, to recognising and seizing teaching moments, it is all part of a day’s work for an ECE teacher. In this article TRC-IECE graduate Huma Navid walks the reader through her busy (and sometimes unpredictable) day as a kindergarten teacher and also talks about why passion and solid training are vital for the job.
For a dyslexic child small problems can seem like insurmountable mountains. In this article, Sughra Farah Taha uses a real life example and an example from popular media to explore the indicators of this learning disability, and how they affect a dyslexic child’s social and emotional development.
After being fascinated by real time chat at a conference in 1991, a teacher brought the technology to her classroom, where her students used it to begin communicating with people from around the world. In this article, Patti Weeg recounts the first baby steps and the journey that eventually led to her working with teachers to help infuse technology in all curriculum areas to create a truly global classroom.
The Multiple Intelligences Theory, which proposes that each individual has different kinds of intelligences, resonates with a lot of educators. In this article, Dr. Maliha Ahmed explores the various kinds of intelligences, different learning styles, why the one-size-fits-all approach to learning doesn’t always work and how a teacher can cater to a class full of children in which each student learns and processes information differently.
As parents and teachers we are constantly being called on to raise our children’s self esteem and inspire them to reach their potential. For this month’s Ilm o Amal, Shahrezad Samiuddin interviewed Mahenaz Mahmud, Academic Programmes Advisor at TRC and her daughter Sabeen Mahmud, founder and director of Peace Niche and T2F, about the challenges of growing up and having the courage to dream and achieve.
