Learning and Life

  مجھے سب ہے یاد زرا زرا-- تمہیں یاد ہو کہ نہ یاد ہو کس کو یاد ہے ان 6 کتب کی قدر مشترک؟ ملکہ شہرزاد حجام اور قزاق چین کی شہزادی گنجا لنگور ...

ٹارزن کے جنگ اخبار میں روز شائع ہونے والے تصویری سلسلہ سے میں نے تقریباً 5-6 سال کی عمر میں اخبار پڑھنا شروع کیا-- یہ 1967-68 کا زمانہ تھا--...

Lighting up the fire for making tea during tracking and picnicking in the wilderness. Food cooking in scouting. We used to burn the bushes a...

How much time does it take to write a 3-hour exam in an LMS Based Online Taken in Asynchronous Mode? My expectation from faculty members ...

A reply sent to the student who was complaining about excessive assignments.  An assignment in each session is typically given by a fac...

This post describes when to use a pass-fail option and when not to use the pass-fail option. It gives you scenarios in which to select wha...

In "How Children Fail", the acclaimed author John Holt describes how children stop using their mind, and fail. It is quite eviden...

Why Education and Why Higher Education What is the Purpose of Education What does it mean to be well educated and what is our mission ...

Faculty, Parents and my dear students: As I look at your beaming faces full of hope and aspirations and great expectations of your future...

[IoBM Orientation for New Students Sep 1, 2018] As I look at your beaming faces, your youthful energy, and your ambitions for shaping the...

I often see parents worrying about language skills of their children. A closer look at the hobbies of such children will indicate that they...

Here I recall the two experiences of my life while attending two live performance of Beethoven's 6th Symphony, "Pastoral" and...

Yesterday, during my PhD class with students I was trying to explain the complexity of real world and how models (and theories) help us in ...

How can we create readers and an ecosystem where readers can thrive. How do we make reading a contagious disease when our educational ins...

Schools are producing graduates who know how to read but are not readers. They have become non-readers (functional illiterates) because th...

This is the first orientation of new students of IoBM over the last 23 years, where our founder president, Mr Shahjehan Karim is not presen...

[Themes of this post were presented at Forward Institute for Educational Bridgework Seminar on Jan 27, 2016. ] Note: This post is specif...

I am forced to write this post as I increasingly encounter cases upon cases of children with shattered confidence, broken personality a...

About 5%-10% of students entering the university are unable to survive the semester system. The following list of top 10 reasons is based ...

[Presented at IoBM Orientation Session for Fall 2016 intake on Sep 3] Last Wednesday I had the pleasure of attending a workshop on lea...