The quintessential analogy of comparing a teacher to a candle spreading its light of knowledge seems to be losing its ardency today. Gone are the days when just being a candle was enough to guide and enlighten young scholars.

Dear folk, don’t wonder Wait please; one fears Still many more Skeletons would be Tumbling down From the rotten and stinking Cupboards with #Me Too tags. So far many top notch Scorers, Champions, Crusaders - the so called. Politicians, cine…

Teacher-student relationship has the power to keep the student focused on studies as well as to distract him/her from it. During the initial phases of school life, when self-regulation in learning is yet to be attained, the learners view…

As a teacher, I have been a firm believer that a single good conversation can shift the direction of change forever. In my over 20 years of teaching, the endeavour has been to create conversations within the class and I have been pleasantly…

‘Some teachers taught the curriculum today. Other teachers taught the students today. And there is a big difference.’ Were you scared of your teachers in high school? Did you ever hesitate to go to school because of that teacher who always…

With a plethora of learning modules and avenues available to the new age learners, has the teacher become redundant?

Establishing a positive and supportive classroom environment, combined with productive relationships between teachers and their students, will provide a platform in which students are encouraged and motivated to grow both academically and…

Much has been written about the transformative power of an effective teacher. We know intuitively how a teacher can have an enriching effect on the daily lives of children and their lifelong educational and career aspirations. Teaching…

Greetings of the festive season and a very happy New Year to all our readers from The Progressive Teacher. If I treat you as what you are capable of becoming, I help you become that -Goethe Teacher-student relationships lie at the heart of…

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