Rahul International School (RIS) - Education Blog

When we think of student engagement in learning activities, it is often convenient to understand engagement with an activity as being represented by good behavior i.e. (behavioral engagement), positive feelings (i.e. emotional engagement), and, above all, student thinking (i.e., cognitive engagement). This is because learners may be behaviourally or emotionally invested in a given activity without actually exerting the necessary mental effort to understand and master the knowledge, craft, or skill that the activity promotes. In light of this, considering the following interrelated elements when designing and implementing learning activities may help increase student engagement behaviorally, emotionally, and cognitively, thereby positively affecting student learning and achievement. Connect what you’re teaching to real life One key way to involve learners in their learning is to make sure the material speaks to them.  Choose culturally relevant materials . Have lea...

Blending of technology-based teaching strategies into the teaching curriculum to get students to acquire, organize, and demonstrate information is known as technology integration. Technology, when integrated into the curriculum, revolutionizes the learning process. More and more studies show that technology integration in the curriculum improves students' learning processes and outcomes. Teachers who recognize computers as problem-solving tools change the way they teach. " Integrating technology into classroom instruction means more than teaching basic computer skills and software programs in a separate computer class. Effective tech integration must happen across the curriculum in ways that research shows deepen and enhance the learning process. In particular, it must support four key components of learning: active engagement, participation in groups, frequent interaction and feedback, and connection to real-world experts." The goal of ...

RIS promotes the learners to acquire STAR Skills. Learners develop their synthesizing, thinking, analyzing and reasoning abilities through the innovative pedagogy and curriculum transaction in the classroom. In today’s global and rapidly changing world, learners need to be able to do much more than just repeat facts or continue with rote learning; they need to be critical thinkers who can make sense of information, analyze, compare, contrast, make inferences, and generate higher-order thinking skills. Learners begin to express verbally from the age of 2 years and we are able to recognize their first development in conversational skills and the other skills take time to develop and change over time. They observe and imitate from the environment but over the years they develop STAR abilities and are able to use critical thinking skills to think back on how to solve problems in order to find solutions.    There is no formula to make your child think critically. As a parent or f...

Today, the pandemic has brought forth that e-Learning is the need of the world. In this, the digital era, many sectors, departments, industry, regions, and countries are following the e-Learning concept for education, training and evaluation purposes. In my opinion, e-Learning is not just an electronic transfer of content; it is a different way of presenting and teaching content to interested learners. It is a medium of transferring knowledge, not content and syllabus. E-Learning is not just limited to content alone, it goes beyond that. To understand the impact of e-learning, let us take an example of a movie. If you give the script of a movie or a novel to someone and ask him/her questions based on them, 99% of the people will not be able to give answers to all the questions. However, if the same novel or script is converted into a movie, the same people will be able to answer 99% of the questions. The content, context and story are all the same, but the results vary. E-Learnin...

The idea of adventure or fun in learning can be difficult to understand for many. This is because we generally have a notion that learning and entertainment are two poles apart. But that is not the truth. They both can overlap with one another and indeed bring out the best outcome in learners. Not convinced? Well, you need to have a second thought! Do you really think a monotonous way of learning would be productive? Surely, you might not agree. This is because tedious, repetitive learning makes the process dull and inefficient. Besides that, we are sure you would agree that today’s children are too smart to be confined into the traditional learning methodology. They need to be taught in innovative ways that let them grasp concepts with full understanding. The traditional, mundane teaching approach can make the children’s learning process a bit dull and boring. It indeed makes them unengaged and unmotivated to learn. This is why fun and adventure in learning is necessary to make ch...

Would teachers, busy as they are, also benefit from blogging? Should every teacher engage in blogging and build her/his own teacher-centred blog? Absolutely! Moreover, here is the  why  part: Teachers can Share their successful projects, ideas, resources, etc. Think of those brief, on-the-go encounters with fellow teachers by a microwave or coffee machine. Don’t they often turn into helpful “how-to” sessions, where we exchange our best teaching practices, lesson ideas, or classroom management strategies? Expand that “kitchen space” and reach out to thousands of teachers worldwide. Blogging will enable you to share 24/7/365! They can reflect on their own learning and teaching by engaging in the best thinking activity – writing! What kind of teacher are you? What kind of a learner? What is your teaching philosophy or style? What are your beliefs and preferences? Blogging will reveal your own story to you! Also, blogging will help you clear up the head and make sense o...