Editorial

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…

Greetings from The Progressive Teacher. ’We’ve progressed from a society of farmers (AGRICULTURAL AGE) to a society of factory workers (INDUSTRIAL AGE) to a society of knowledge workers (INFORMATION AGE). And now we’re progressing yet again…

Greetings from The Progressive Teacher. Before we discuss the theme of this issue, let me express my gratitude to you and the Almighty for walking us the four year journey of The Progressive Teacher successfully. We completed four years of…

Greetings from The Progressive Teacher After all the fun and frolic of the summer vacation, going back to school can be challenging for the students. While all make a fuss about going back to the school routine, it is this same school…

Greetings from The Progressive Teacher There is a lot of excitement in schools as the much awaited summer vacation is closing in. Students, teachers, school administrators – all look forward to this time in the year. Summer vacation is a…

Greetings from The Progressive Teacher. Spring is seen as a time of growth, renewal, of new life being born. The term is also used as a metaphor for the start of better times. The spring season is full of transformation. Apart from the…

The trip to Finland from 1st to 5th October was an amazing experience. The group of over 35 delegates from India visited the Centre for Continuing Education, University of Helsinki and got to explore the ‘Finnish phenomenon in education and…

Greetings from The Progressive Teacher. It is nothing short of a miracle that the modern methods of instruction have not yet entirely strangled the holy curiosity of inquiry; for this delicate little plant, aside from stimulation, stands…

Greetings from The Progressive Teacher. With the expanding and changing definition of education in the new world, the teacher’s role has also undergone a sea change. The teacher is no longer ‘a sage on the stage’ but ‘a guide on the side’.…

Greetings from The Progressive Teacher. When we look at education in this new century, the possibilities of new instructional tools seems immense. Some of us belonging to the old guard, find the developments in science and technology…