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3 days ago

10 Instructional Principles Teachers Can Learn From Karate

A few days ago, I had an interesting opportunity to observe a karate training session at a dojo in Tokha, Kathmandu. It was given by a sensei (a senior black belt) as a crash course on a style called “Okinawan Goju Ryu” karate. …

Instruction

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10 Instructional Principles Teachers Can Learn From Karate
10 Instructional Principles Teachers Can Learn From Karate

May 25

विद्यार्थीको सम्मान प्राप्त गर्न अधिकांश शिक्षक असफल हुने तीन कारणहरू:

म केहि समय देखि एक शिक्षक र शिक्षक प्रशिक्षक भएर काम गर्दै आएको छु। केहि वर्षा देखि, मैले यस्तो अवलोकन गरेको छु। अधिकांश शिक्षकहरू विद्यार्थीको सम्मान प्राप्त गर्न चाहन्छन् तर असफल हुन्छन्। किनभने सम्मान र विश्वसनीयताको लागि चाहिने आधारभूत अवधारणाहरूलाई उहाँहरूले बेवास्ता गरेको देखिन्छ। उहाँहरूलाई लाग्छ कि शिक्षक भएर क्लासमा…

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Apr 30

Do teachers face any challenges?

Yup. And the list is quite long. We asked a bunch of teachers teaching in higher education — what are some of the challenges you are facing every single day. And here’s what they shared. As a teacher and teacher developer, the list looks overwhelming. A new teacher. Kinda lost…

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Do teachers face any challenges?
Do teachers face any challenges?

Dec 13, 2021

टिचरले अँलर्न गर्नु पर्ने ६ वटा बिलिफहरु:

टिचरहरुले अँलर्न गर्नु पर्ने कुरो १: बिद्यार्थीको ध्यान बिद्यार्थीहरुले टिचरलाई स्वतः ध्यान दिनै पर्छ भन्ने कतै लेखेको छैन। यस कुरोलाई एक्कै छिन आँखा चिम्लेर मनन गरम। कक्षाकोठामा तपाईं छिर्ना साथ् सबै बिद्यार्थीहरु उठेर तपाईंलाई गुड मर्निङ्ग सर (म्याम) त भन्लान, तर सबै जनाले तपाईं प्रति (वा तपाईंले पढाई रहनु भएको विषय प्रति) सम्पूर्ण ध्यान दिनु पर्छ भन्ने छैन। …

Unlearn

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टिचरले अँलर्न गर्नु पर्ने ६ वटा बिलिफहरु:
टिचरले अँलर्न गर्नु पर्ने ६ वटा बिलिफहरु:

Aug 31, 2021

Three Important Tips for Aspiring Presenters

Every aspiring presenters, understand this: Effective presentation is deceivingly complex. There’s a knowing-doing gap. “Stop trying to hit me. HIT me”, Matrix

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Three Important Tips for Aspiring Presenters

Every aspiring presenters, understand this:

  1. Effective presentation is deceivingly complex.
  2. There’s a knowing-doing gap.
  3. “Stop trying to hit me. HIT me”, Matrix

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Aug 14, 2021

सल्लाह, सुझाब, वा फिडब्याक दिन मन लाग्छ?

(You can also listen to me reading this HERE.) हलीवुडको चलचित्र “फाइट क्लब” को म एकदमै ठुलो फ्यान हुँ। यस चलचित्रको केन्द्रमा रहेको एउटा पंक्ति यस्तो छ : “फाइट क्लबको पहिलो नियम — तिमी यस क्लबको बारेमा कोहिसंग पनि कुरा गर्ने छैनौ। र, फाइट क्लबको दोस्रो नियम — तिमी यस…

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सल्लाह, सुझाब, वा फिडब्याक दिन मन लाग्छ?
सल्लाह, सुझाब, वा फिडब्याक दिन मन लाग्छ?

Mar 4, 2021

What works in Teaching: Discovery Learning or Explicit Instruction?

I am learning how to juggle three balls. I was trying to relate the concepts of working memory and cognitive load theory with a concrete example and learning how to juggle three balls made a perfect sense to me. And, I also wanted to experiment on myself. First, I would…

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What works in Teaching: Discovery Learning or Explicit Instruction?
What works in Teaching: Discovery Learning or Explicit Instruction?

Aug 28, 2020

A very lean UbD based teaching plan

The corona pandemic. The need to keep the teaching and learning going. Every teacher scrambling and doing what they can with whatever they have. This is what I’ve been doing, and hope this general, bare minimum, lean lesson plan helps other teachers teaching online (while remaining sane). I teach in…

Pedagogy

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A very lean UdB based teaching plan
A very lean UdB based teaching plan

Published in Empowerment Academy

·Jan 26, 2020

Students and Teachers are the product of the same system

When I reflect on my school/college days as a student, my responsibility as a learner was basically to: - attend the classes regularly, - act obedient - listen to the teachers, - take notes (copy notes), - prepare (re-read and memorize) for the exams and do it all over again and again for many many years…

Education System

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Students and Teachers are the product of the same system
Students and Teachers are the product of the same system

Published in Empowerment Academy

·Dec 31, 2019

2019 in Reflection

At EA, we are passionate about empowering teachers, students, and professionals so that they can create more impact in the society. And we do so by creating amazing workshop experiences. That’s what we have been doing — sharpening our skills in understanding, designing, and facilitating participant-centric workshops so that they…

Empowerment

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2019 in Reflection
2019 in Reflection
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