Educationwriter

Welcome to my blog. In this blog, I share my views mainly on issues related to Hinduism and K-12 Education. Sometimes I write on political issues related to human welfare and socio-economic development. I hope that you find my blog interesting. Thanks.

29 November 2011

Science fiction as a tool in teaching science

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Though we are flooded with education technology tools to help us reach children in their classrooms, appropriate fiction has always been...

26 November 2011

Samskrit classrooms and Seshaachaarryulu

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This afternoon I happened to watch 'Gyan Dharshan' programme telecast by the Educational Broadcasting Division of our National TV. ...

20 November 2011

Off the beaten track: Musical rendezvous

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After several weeks, I happened to bump in to a softrock music material on the internet a few minutes back and read some write-up on Mary Ho...

13 November 2011

Reading habits in children

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However fluent we may be in English, some times it so happens that we don't get the right word when we communicate to others. Many of...

09 November 2011

Off the beaten track: Krishna Consciousness and George Harrison

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I have always liked many of the songs written and sung by The Beatles .Their music had a profound influence on tens of thousands of youngst...

Off the beaten track: Digital communication on dignified desktop

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I have been using yahoo mail for many years and the social networking site facebook for a few years. While it is beyond any shadow of doubt ...

29 October 2011

Off the beaten track: Accents and auditory ease in communication

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When I watch some good programmes in English on TV, I am sometimes unable to follow what the speaker says. Probably you have had the same ex...

26 October 2011

Naraka Chathurdashi - Deepaavali

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Today is a very important day in the Hindu calender. It is the second day of Deepavali festival. Every year, today is celebrated by Hindus...

20 October 2011

Games and sports in schools

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In some of my earlier posts, I had mentioned about games and sports scenario in our K-12 schools. This evening there was a very interes...

16 October 2011

Off the beaten track: Sounds of Surinam

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Surinam is a country in South America with a large East Indian population, the history of which dates back to a few centuries when indenture...

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About Me

Guruprasad Panamalai: Kumbakonam , Tamilnadu, India; I am a retired K-12 Education Management Professional. I have worked at different levels in K-12 school systems, textbook publishing, elearning and Education NGOs. I have held memberships in The Association for Science Education (UK), American Association of Physics Teachers and The Malaysian Institute of Physics. I hold a 1st class B Sc Degree in Physics followed by B Ed [English and Physical Science] and M A [Childcare and Education] degrees. My published works include 59 articles in teacher development magazines in India and the US and a book entitled `Creative Classrooms and Child Friendly Schools' (listed in Amazon). This book is almost an anecdotal account of my professional experience in six countries (including Cambodia where I worked as Technical Adviser to the Ministry of Education, Youth And Sports). I served as mentor in the Certificate of Teaching Mastery Program offered by Teachers Without Borders.

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