Category Archives: DIALOGUES

The Probing Pupils

As learners, we spend most of our lives answering others’ questions and least through finding the answers to our own. As teachers, we reiterate to our students most of the questions that we tried or failed to answer as learners. … Continue reading

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Answering Students-I

One of my recent activities with students has been to communicate in emails. I assigned one student from each class to send  me three questions, and answered them in detail. Presented here are two of the questions and their answers. … Continue reading

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Answering the Students-II

From a class three years ago. Outcomes of an interactive email assignment. Not irrelevant yet. In what quality was Yudhisthira different from his brothers? Yudhisthira could wait/pause to study the situation he was in. He was rational, reasonable in this … Continue reading

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Answering Students-III

As a part of learning how to write inquiry emails, I ask students to ask me questions. They can ask me whatever they would like to know about the course and myself. Some of the queries, such as the following, … Continue reading

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