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.

28 July 2013

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It was nice to hear from two of my best friends in the past week. These two gentlemen are a generation apart by age and worked with me in d...
26 July 2013

Science in a social context: Speeding train and centripetal force

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Educationists all over the world agree that basic education is important to all people. It is reflected in K-12 school systems that include...
11 July 2013

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I share a viewpoint shared by most people in our country (India): Though we have law and order rules and regulations on paper, in reality o...
30 June 2013

History TV18 and The Eagles

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On past Friday and Saturday, History TV18 telecast a 2 episodes show on ` The Eagles ', one of the most famous rock music bands of the ...
29 June 2013

UNESCO World Heritage Session in Phnom Penh

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UNESCO World Heritage Committee's 37th session was held from 16 to 27 June in Cambodia. Hope you like the  webcast  of the sessions tha...
02 June 2013

Newspaper nuisance

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I find Sunday supplements of newspapers to be more interesting than newspapers themselves because of less political content and commercials...
01 June 2013

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Sometimes people don't like us when we they do something wrong and we tell them that what they do is wrong. I think that this is true w...
24 May 2013

Koorma Jayanthi

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Today is an important day in the Hindu calender. It was on this day that Shree Mahaa Vishnu  took avatar as Koorma  and protected Vedas (Hi...
23 May 2013

Nrusimha Jayanthi

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Today is a very important day in the Hindu calender and is celebrated as Nrusimha Jayanthi. It was on this day when Shree Mahaa Vishnu took...
21 May 2013

Stories for children

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Though many people call themselves as `story tellers' for children and market their stories flamboyantly, any adult with reasonable sen...
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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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