Every meaningful change in a classroom starts with a teacher willing to learn…and this Saturday, I got to spend the day with a room full of them. I had the …
Pihu Kapoor
Why relationships remain the most powerful curriculum. Why Students Remember Their Teachers Long After They’ve Forgotten the Lesson “Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.”​ — William Butler Yeats Close your eyes for thirty seconds. Think of your favourite teacher. Not the one who gave the highest marks. Not the one who finished every chapter on time. The one you still remember. Can you picture them? Now ask yourself one question. What came to mind first? Was it a lesson they taught? A worksheet? A presentation? A test? Probably not. More often than not, what we remember is something much quieter. The teacher who smiled at us when we doubted ourselves. The one who waited patiently while everyone else had finished. The one who noticed when we weren’t ourselves. The one who believed in us long before we believed in ourselves. That is perhaps the simplest answer to why students remember their teachers. As educators, we spend countless hours refining lesson plans, preparing assessments, choosing resources and searching for better teaching strategies. All of that matters. Good teaching deserves thoughtful planning. But somewhere in the middle of curriculum documents, learning outcomes and …
Long after the workshop ended, something about that workshop at Udgam School for Children continues to stay with me. Not just the workshop itself, but the people in the room. …
The people who care the deepest are often the ones who learn to hide their exhaustion the best. Sometimes the work we do in education asks us to give endlessly.. …
What we value in education is quietly evolving. From delivering answers… to awakening thinking. I recently facilitated an online workshop with educators at Greenwood International School, Qatar on creative and …
My recent visit to Chennai to facilitate a two-day workshop at Don Bosco School of Excellence and Don Bosco Matriculation School was one such experience, deeply grounding, quietly transformative, and …
