tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7497628230127885101.post7233676258735856324..comments2024-03-27T10:54:51.037+05:00Comments on Learning and Life: How our Curriculum Design (from Simple to Complex) Insults the Intelligence of a StudentDr Irfan Hyderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18217888664188184954noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7497628230127885101.post-12172305430247764692016-10-23T23:11:25.251+05:002016-10-23T23:11:25.251+05:00Frank Smith's book Insult to Intelligence not ...Frank Smith's book Insult to Intelligence not only changed my thinking upside down, but also compelled me to reanalyze all my theories. I have detailed this in another blog post: Testing/Grading vs Motivation: A Variation on Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle for Academics. Please read it too.Dr Irfan Hyderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18217888664188184954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7497628230127885101.post-47474511260175052062016-10-22T11:54:11.093+05:002016-10-22T11:54:11.093+05:00Mind Tapping Articles Dr Irfan. Truly your article...Mind Tapping Articles Dr Irfan. Truly your articles and your Institution have changed my thinking all together. Now I'm teaching with a totally new Perspective, new vision and new hope that I'm going to change the lives of my students for good and for better InshAllah. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14705101538346491468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7497628230127885101.post-70270570124708188492016-07-13T12:19:52.669+05:002016-07-13T12:19:52.669+05:00I think there is a dire need for teachers to have ...I think there is a dire need for teachers to have a paradigm shift and come out of the syllabus-completed-on-time mentality. Teachers are often afraid of missing the syllabus completion deadlines. They should at least start any topic with a complex but real life problem and have discussion and let the students build the problem and dig down in to it. Muhmmad Madni Khanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06333231475492768519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7497628230127885101.post-71950306623659730472013-03-30T08:26:32.204+05:002013-03-30T08:26:32.204+05:00Please see my post on Which field should my child ...Please see my post on Which field should my child choose that has scope (http://ahsanmemorial.blogspot.com/2013/03/which-field-should-my-child-choose.html). This talks about enabling the child to realize his/her own potential and explore what contribution can he make to the society. <br />Dr Irfan Hyderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18217888664188184954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7497628230127885101.post-20205916426579855632013-03-29T23:21:41.500+05:002013-03-29T23:21:41.500+05:00We as teachers, try to impose our will on the stud...We as teachers, try to impose our will on the students and we train them to become our replica, where as we are supposed to inspire them to become, what they are. <br /><br />For them we are from the past and they are for the future, the future which is not exisiting in physical form, so we can not push them from behind we need to hold their hands to to the future by being ahead of them mentally through VISION for the future, which is not a physical entity, at the moment. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com