Educationwriter

Welcome to my blog. I share my views on issues related to K-12 Education (and sometimes, on general non-political issues) in this blog. I hope that you find it interesting.

20 March 2013

Writing for children

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Today's children have access to far more print magazines than children brought up in the '60s. However, when it comes to quality, I...

From Senegal to schools

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Yesterday, as I was reading academic news items in newspapers, I came across a disturbing news report . Although Right To Education Act has...
18 March 2013

An oasis in the desert

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With the fact that movies based on religious scriptures are rarely produced and released these days in India, it was a spiritual experience...
05 March 2013

Seetha Jayanthi

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Today is a special day in the Hindu Calender. This is the day on which Seetha Devi  appeared on the Earth during Trethaa Yuga . This day is...
03 March 2013

Memoir of music from Mumbai to Mekelle

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I think that people of my age normally like good songs of the 1960s. Thanks to the Internet, the BBC and my simple and trustworthy Acer Not...
26 February 2013

Arts and Music

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Thanks to satellite technology and TV, we can watch shows of events from around the world without leaving our homes. It was a joy to watch ...
25 February 2013

Chaganti Koteswara Rao Garu to Collaborative Classrooms

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I am one among the large majority of people used to watching favourite TV programmes whenever at the dining table. Spiritual programs are u...
19 February 2013

Madhwa Navami

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People who basically believe in Dvaita School of Vaishnavism observe today as  Madhwa Navami .

Bheeshmaashtami

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Yesterday was an important day for Hindus. It  was on this day in  Dwaapara Yuga  that  Bheeshmacharyaa  passed away. As one of the greates...
17 February 2013

Ratha Sapthami

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Hindus all over the world celebrate today as  Ratha Sapthami . It is interesting to know from the write up that something related to this fe...
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Guruprasad Panamalai
Chennai, 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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