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Making student assessments inclusive
Making student assessments inclusive

‘… each learner has an equal opportunity to demonstrate their knowledge, skills and learning progress, and therefore at success.’ In this article, Assistant Professor Jwairia Saleem shares 5 ways that teachers can make student assessments inclusive.

How resilient are your students? Unpacking effective teaching practices
How resilient are your students? Unpacking effective teaching practices

Students with academic resilience persist and thrive in their studies, despite the odds being stacked against them. In our latest reader submission Associate Professor Nani Tieg, from the University of Oslo, Norway, explores findings from her UNESCO GEM Fellowship study into the role teachers play in fostering academic resilience in maths and science classrooms.

You Are Not Alone – providing emotional support for school students
You Are Not Alone – providing emotional support for school students

Our latest reader submission comes from Dr Neha Sharma, Principal of GD Goenka Public School Ghaziabad. In 2019 Dr Sharma initiated and launched a project called YANA – which stands for You Are Not Alone – to provide 24/7 emotional support to school students. Here, she explains the thinking behind the creation of YANA, and the how the model works.

Creating effective learning environments
Creating effective learning environments

‘As educators, it is our responsibility to create learning environments that support student achievement, engagement, and wellbeing.’ In a new article for Teacher, Head of Pragyan School Divya Kapoor explores the key characteristics of effective learning environments and how these have informed the creation of model classrooms at her own school.

Strengthening community participation in early childhood education
Strengthening community participation in early childhood education

In this Q&A, the co-founders of Rocket Learning Azeez Gupta and Namya Mahajan, Curriculum Lead Sukhna Sawhney and Communications Manager Sushmita Roy tell Teacher how they are strengthening the early education ecosystem in India. Anganwadi centres are rural centres providing supplementary nutrition, basic healthcare, and preschool education in India.

UNESCO calls for smartphone ban in schools
UNESCO calls for smartphone ban in schools

A major international report released today calls for smartphones to be banned in schools, pointing to concerns about data privacy, cyberbullying, wellbeing and among children themselves. Here are the key messages from the UNESCO 2023 Global Education Monitoring Report on technology in education.

Walking the Foundational Literacy and Numeracy talk in India
Walking the Foundational Literacy and Numeracy talk in India

‘Proficiency in foundational literacy and numeracy for all children must become a primary national mission and a central goal of the Foundational Stage curriculum.’ In his latest Teacher article, Ashok Pandey discusses the Foundational Literacy and Numeracy (FLN) mission and its implementation in schools in India.

ChatGPT lesson activity: Secondary students testing the fallibility of AI
ChatGPT lesson activity: Secondary students testing the fallibility of AI

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?

ChatGPT: Education assessment, equity and policy
ChatGPT: Education assessment, equity and policy

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.

Developing a caring and inclusive school culture to reduce teacher attrition
Developing a caring and inclusive school culture to reduce teacher attrition

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’.