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‘My children’s story writing changed – it brought out their identities through struggles and motivations that were close to their heart.’ Supriya Prakash recalls the impact on her young students of introducing Indian literature to the classroom bookshelves.

We’re thrilled to let you know the Teacher Reader Survey for India is now open. As our dedicated stream of content and readership in India continues to grow, we’d love to find out more about you and the topics that matter to you.

In this reader submission, Meesha Arora – a teacher at The British School, New Delhi – discusses how schools can better connect their vision and mission statements to day-to-day learning activities and collect evidence and feedback to further guide teacher planning.

While ChatGPT can save students time from searching through textbooks or online databases, the AI-generated content is not always accurate. Australian educator Steve Brophy assigned students the task of testing the fallibility of ChatGPT with the lesson activity: Would you lie to me?

In today’s article, Dr Umesh Sharma discusses 5 principles for preventing disruptive behaviour in classrooms. They include setting clear expectations with your students, and the importance of belonging.

Returning with her first Teacher video for 2023, Holly Wedd shares 3 more activities she uses in her classroom to help students learn about directed number. You can watch the video and find links to resources and worksheets mentioned by Holly in this article.

Collaboration is key to undertaking educational reforms. Francis Joseph, named one of the top 25 changemakers in India and Executive Director (India) of GEMS Education, shares with Teacher how collaborative projects have brought notable changes in school education.

What do you need information on? School entrepreneurship programs? Global Citizenship Education? How to use toys to support learning? The second Teacher India alphabet brings you quick links to popular content that you might find useful. Download the PDF for a hyperlinked version.

There is much talk about the impact that artificial intelligence-powered chatbots like ChatGPT will have on students, teachers and traditional classroom learning. But what is ChatGPT exactly? And how will it affect the way we approach assessment, issues of equity, and policy decisions in the future? In today’s article, we speak to 3 experts to find out more.

The issue of teacher wellbeing has received renewed attention since the COVID-19 pandemic. Suchita Malakar from Podar International School shares how she increases teacher retention by nurturing an inclusive, caring culture. Her key message to teachers: ‘I am here to help’.