Nurturing Learning at Home
In this issue, Discover a wealth of educational resources, including worksheets, books, and art materials, from platforms like Teacher Plus, Eklavya, Ektara, Art Sparks, and global resources such as the Global Digital Library and OpenStax.
Access to online learning material and resources has improved over the past couple of years. Many organizations have adapted their curriculum to the web and app mode, improving access to worksheets, books, and art learning materials for free. From the plethora of resources available, a few stand out for the thought behind the materials.
Indian Context Resources
The website of the ‘Teacher Plus’ magazine, a forum where teachers can raise their concerns, discuss ideas, and share their knowledge, has put together worksheets in Hindi, English, Maths, Physics, Geography, Social Science from Grade 3 to 12. You may want to visit them here – https://www.teacherplus.org/worksheets/ This magazine draws from a large pool of contributors from across India, including persons with experience in varied aspects of education. The topics covered range from primary school teaching to tackling board exams to the place of art and craft in learning, and child development and classroom management.
Founded in 1982, Eklavya has made available multiple books in Hindi on Science Modules / विज्ञान मॉड्यूल, Picture Stories / चित्र कथाएँ, Folktales / लोककथाएँ, Poems / कविताएँ, Activity Books / करना और सीखना and many others. Eklavya is perhaps one of the few organizations known for conducting microlevel field-based experiments in education and developing methods and collaborations. Download their books here – https://www.eklavya.in/eklavya-books-pdf. Those interested in exploring material on children’s literature can also explore the website of Ektara–Takshila Centre for Children’s Literature & Art – https://www.ektaraindia.in/en/en-publications/ektara-kidhun/. For a collection of activity resources on art education for all age groups, that are independently accessible without any prior experience of these methods, you may want to visit the website of Art Sparks – http://www.art-sparks.org/resources.html.
For resources from government supported platforms, visit https://epathshala.nic.in/ and https://nroer.gov.in/ and get access to model textbooks, supplementary material, and digital multimedia materials, in addition to a collaborative platform for everyone interested in school and teacher education.
Global Resources: Expand Your Horizon
Disability is an aspect of human experience that crosses all boundaries of race, class, and gender, and it leaves a trail in all societies, everywhere. The disability museum collections aim to reveal the rich possibilities and directions disability history offers as a means to study our collective human experience. Browse the website here https://disabilitymuseum.org/dhm/lib/browse.html
The website https://phet.colorado.edu/ is an exciting resource for teachers with interest in simulation-based teaching. Equally interesting is https://fossee.in/, a Free/Libre and Open Source Software for Education that promotes FLOSS tools in academia and research. Those looking for high-quality peer-reviewed textbooks can explore https://openstax.org/, which aims at improving educational access and learning for everyone by publishing open-license books.
The Global Digital Library (GDL) has been collecting existing high-quality, open, educational reading resources and making them available on the web, mobile, and print for over three years. A unique aspect of this platform is that it offers books in 76 languages. To explore their rich learning archives of 6000+ books, visit https://digitallibrary.io/hi/.
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