Education Perspective (Express newspaper columns)

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    Are Parents Doing it Right?
    (Daily Express, 2003-12) Maharaj-Sharma, Rawatee
    This article examines the parent-teacher relationship and the impact this relationship can have on the child, if not properly managed. It is suggested that there comes a time when the role of parents as teachers of their children is not as significant as the role of teachers at school, and that the parents need to become teacher facilitators who work behind the scenes to equip their children with the attitudes and understandings that will make them good students at school and good children at home
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    Coaches are Teachers Too
    (Daily Express, 2008-04) Maharaj-Sharma, Rawatee
    This article examines the role of physical education teachers and coaches, and argues that, like teachers of academic subjects, these personnel should be well trained, both in the discipline and in pedagogy
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    Conception or Misconception?
    (Daily Express, 2007-04) Maharaj-Sharma, Rawatee
    This article discusses the problem of teachers who provide students with wrong information, with particular reference to the incorrect teaching of concepts in science. It suggests that there is a need for suitable mechanisms to detect and address such occurrences
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    Conflict in the Classroom
    (Daily Express, 2008-07) Maharaj-Sharma, Rawatee
    Recognizing that conflicts are inevitable in human relationships, and that the teacher-student relationship is not exempted, this article discusses issues surrounding the management of classroom conflicts
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    Consciousness-Based Education
    (Daily Express, 2008-01) Maharaj-Sharma, Rawatee
    This article reflects on the ideas presented at a two-day conference on "Adding Consciousness Based Education for Total Brain Development," which was held in Trinidad. The consciousness-based education programme involves students' participation in transcendental meditation for short periods before the formal start of school and at the end of the school day. This programme is expected to strengthen the cognitive, physiological, and affective domains of learning, while promoting healthy lifestyle choices and positive behaviour
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    Dimensions of Homework
    (Daily Express, 2009-01) Maharaj-Sharma, Rawatee
    This article examines the role of homework in schooling in Trinidad and Tobago, and the way that it is treated by teachers. It notes that despite the documented benefits of homework, a growing number of parents, students, and teachers in Trinidad and Tobago are beginning to question both the quantity and quality of homework. It is suggested that there might be need for an articulated policy on homework
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    Encouraging and Responding to Students’ Questions
    (Daily Express, 2004-12) Maharaj-Sharma, Rawatee
    This article discusess questioning as a technique for facilitating student learning
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    Enriching the Curriculum - Reflections
    (Daily Express, 2004-09) Maharaj-Sharma, Rawatee
    This article uses personal reflections to illustrate the value of using current events to enrich teaching
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    Ethics in Education
    (Daily Express, 2008-05) Maharaj-Sharma, Rawatee
    This article discusses the issue of ethics in education, and uses the fiasco surrounding the School-Based Assessment (SBA) assignments for the 2008 examinations of the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) as an example of secondary school students compromising ethical principles in their quest for good grades. The article recommends the resumption of efforts towards the introduction of a programme of ethics in schools in Trinidad and Tobago
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    Gaming in the Classroom?
    (Daily Express, 2006-10) Maharaj-Sharma, Rawatee
    This article discusses the possible educational uses of video games
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    Group Pressure – A Reality
    (Daily Express, 2006-06) Maharaj-Sharma, Rawatee
    This article discusses the effects of peer group pressure on student behaviour, and provides some strategies that students might adopt to resist the influence of such pressure
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    Handicapping the Teacher
    (Daily Express, 2004-04) Maharaj-Sharma, Rawatee
    This article identifies some of the factors that might constrain a teacher's effectiveness in motivating and facilitating learning, including: 1) teachers are subordinates, 2) teachers do not participate in decision making, 3) schools are rigid and resistant to change, 4) teachers are not assertive enough, and 5) the quality of the teacher's relationship with other stakeholders in the school
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    “Integrated” Special Education
    (Daily Express, 2007-10) Maharaj-Sharma, Rawatee
    This article reports on the views articulated by some teachers in Trinidad and Tobago at a round-table discussion on special education and the classroom requirements of students with special needs
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    International Year of Physics
    (Daily Express, 2005-03) Maharaj-Sharma, Rawatee
    This article applauds the declaration of 2005 as the International Year of Physics by the United Nations General Assembly, and hopes that the observance will help all concerned to explore ways of shifting the physics teaching/learning focus into a more practical-oriented dimension
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    Is Education Fun?
    (Daily Express, 2005-05) Maharaj-Sharma, Rawatee
    This article laments the fact that the education system overburdens students with factual concepts, inert ideas, and redundancy. It advocates the use of techniques and strategies that will make the learning experience fun, exciting, and relevant for all students
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    Lecture or Discussion?
    (Daily Express, 2007-11) Maharaj-Sharma, Rawatee
    This article examines the lecture as a teaching method, and argues that with a little teacher creativity and some pre-planning time and effort, it is not difficult to transform a teacher-controlled boring lecture into an engaging and interesting whole-group discussion
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    The Lighter Side of Learning
    (Daily Express, 2008-10) Maharaj-Sharma, Rawatee
    This article recommends humour as a strategy for capturing students' attention and getting them involved in classroom learning. It notes that classroom humour is most effective when it is appropriate to the student audience, strongly related to the topic being discussed, and contextualized within the learning experience
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    Mastery Goal Orientation
    (Daily Express, 2008-11) Maharaj-Sharma, Rawatee
    This article discusses the mastery goal orientation approach, an adaptation of the constructivist approach, which has proven to be particularly useful for teachers in the science classroom
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    Microteaching
    (Daily Express, 2008-09) Maharaj-Sharma, Rawatee
    This article describes the microteaching process and recommends it as a mechanism for providing teachers with opportunities for reflection and introspection
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    Mnemonics as a Learning Tool
    (Daily Express, 2008-02) Maharaj-Sharma, Rawatee
    This article discusses the role of mnemonics as a teaching/learning strategy