LATHISH SHANKAR

I hope you have got a glimpse of the concept of cognitive biases and it's impact that we discussed in our previous session. Let me tell you - A large component of critical thinking is simply avoiding cognitive biases. A student in sixth grade once asked me a doubt during my Physics class while I was explaining about the topic Universe. The question was why the randomly scattered pieces from a primitive fireball were spherical in shape. Before this question arose, I had explained to the class that all planets were scattered by a fireball that we named the Sun and the scattered parts revolved around the Sun. When the doubt was asked to me, I was first baffled by the sixth-grader's query, but managed to convince the class sooner by my explanation about gravity. I could explain the fact that a planet's gravity pulls equally from all sides. After the class I quickly decided against looking too deeply into that question, probably how could a child arrive at such an imagination. M...

Dear teachers, I'm super excited to impart some of my expertise on the teaching-learning process and how to use this knowledge to create a productive classroom. Let's talk about certain reading types, educational practices, the contrasts between teacher-led and student-led classrooms, and much more in this book. Let's start with the diverse reading preferences of the students. Every student has an approach for recalling abilities more efficiently when they are studying their lessons. Some of them take notes, some draw diagrams, some prefer to listen to lectures, and so on. Because of the fact that no learning style fits all students, scientists have performed studies to better understand how learners absorb new knowledge. There are many different teaching methods and styles, but they frequently involve giving lectures, leading debates, role-playing, or doing certain demonstrations pertaining to the lesson. Students may become unfocused and unproductive in class if there is ...