What the Dog saw is one of the exciting books from the collection of Malcolm Gladwell. I really love the way Malcolm addresses his thoughts. He is always clear about his idea and knows how to structurally present it to his readers.
The global pandemic has changed everything, whether it’s the mode of teaching or the way of official work. Presently, I believe everyone is amid thinking about what will happen next.
Many studies revealed how dress codes harm student’s feelings and there is a drastic change in their behaviour. Dress codes are meant for creating uniformity among the students and not any form of discrimination. If properly and leniently enforced, the concept of dress code could be a source of positivity and unity in the schools.
Generally, Dr. Spock is a go to guide for newbie (first-time) parents. But this book is more Indian. I bought when my first child arrived. My wife actually visited him when she was an infant. So we trusted this book. A complete guide for new parents or rather I would say an encyclopedia containing useful information about child care. It can be a wonder for the inexperienced or the struggling new parents. The book contains a wide range of information from newborns to teenagers.
This is an excellent book examining the parallel passages from both the Bible and the Hindu scriptures to unveil the fundamental unification of all the religions. Swami Sri Yukteswar Giri beautifully explains the universal path of enlightenment that everyone must follow.
If you have failed to understand calculus in your initial years of studying then you should definitely read this book to help you understand it better. It is written at an elementary level giving the inside out of all the techniques used in calculus.
Connectivism is the collective connections between all the ‘nodes’ in a network that result in new forms of knowledge. It is the learning of Digital Age, recently introduced in the year 2005.
This post will walk you through the application of Cognitive Load Theory with the help of 10 Principles
Our short term memory, or working memory, can only retain a certain amount of information simultaneously. Cognitive Load Theory unlocks how and why we learn the way we do.
As per Constructivism, people actively construct or make their own knowledge and that reality is determined by the experiences of the learner
If you are searching for a job at the executive level, this needs to be step 1. It’s the proverbial answer to “Know Thyself”. I really liked this thought of the book which says “from the cradle to the cubicle, we devote more time to fixing our shortcomings than to developing our strengths”. We give less importance to things we already have and just run for acquiring some other capabilities.
If you are a maths and science buff- this is for you. This is a book that unlocks the philosophy behind the subject. Solid story telling. Sufficiently non-technical for masses.
Mukherjee makes science history interesting, accessible and relevant. It’s a book describing the tale of the birth, growth, and future of one of the most important concepts in the history of science: the Gene, which is the basic unit of genetics, and the basic unit of all biological knowledge.
The key takeaway is that the environment (home, work, school) has a WAY bigger impact on our behavior than we understand. Author refer to people that design menus of choices as “choice architects”. Nudges are little design tweaks
The book is full of several interesting incidents. I really enjoyed the few last chapters that were essentially based on the discussion about the future of AI, privacy, digital values, and the author’s point of view on Kurzweil’s looming ‘singularity’
The book is thoroughly based on researchers, interviews, and the author’s own experiences. The best thing was the experiences mentioned by him were very recent, unbiased & did not take the sides of any party or community.
Cognitivism is an analytical framework for understanding the human mind. Here in this post, we are going to look at what is cognitivism, its impact on the learning process, and more specifically on adult learners.
We’re going to look at what is Behaviorism, how the Teaching Learning Process works and what is the Impact on e-learning and adult learning.
Each page of this book contains different decision models, making it a reference book that you can use in everyday life. Don’t rush through this book. Read and then reflect.
The EdTech companies are using the strategy of pairing up with the local tutors to provide personal learning help to the students rather than just adopting the technique of providing tuitions on video chats to a group of students. These local tutors are certified and quite eligible to pinpoint and solve the doubts of the students.
