Learning Never Stops

What an experience. Searching for an apartment in this huge city has been a challenge, but lucky for me, my colleagues did most of the ground work. So all I need to decide is which flat to take. How does one plan the next moves. What do I need to do to make my first few weeks in the place comfortable? Water, gas, an Internet connection, a bed....etc, etc. This is a sketch of the block. This is a learning experience for me and definitely needs a place in my blog. Having travelled from Singapore, to Mombasa and finally Hyderabad within a few weeks has made me appreciate how different cultures are; the cities and its people have a distinct characteristic. Our school talks a lot about pluralism and how we need to infuse this notion into the curriculum. We, as teachers need to be pluralistic...when in Singapore, i miss the naturalness of Mombasa; when in Hyderabad I miss the structure and order of Singapore and the quiet of Mombasa. However, I find myself accepting and engaging with t...

Teachers need to constantly read, watch and learn things beyond what they have to teach. Nothing can really be taught in isolation. We have to make connections, be worldly, and have our finger on the pulse of things. This can be overwhelming but taking small steps at a time is the way forward. So many things, ideas are happening concurrently around the world which can make teaching a dynamic occupation. So here is a TedTalk video from which I learnt many things. As I was hearing Dr Igor Nikolic talk, lots of teaching ideas were flitting through my mind. In our school, Aga Khan Academy Mombasa, http://www.agakhanschools.org/academies/mombasa/about.asp  we try and incorporate the strand " Pluralism " into our curriculum. For kids in the primary years program, the concept can be nebulous and hard to grasp.For adults, it is a concept that has scope for many different interpretations (which is a message quite explicitly stated in the video).Watching this clip helped me appr...