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“Hi, Harish! Namaskaar Mausi! It’s really a pleasant surprise to see you help Harish in the shop.” Manoj announced his ritual morning visit to his friend Harish, his childhood friend. Manoj was a young horticulturist working in the district horticulture office. Every morning, on his way to his workplace, he would visit Harish’s hardware store, situated near the bus stop. Harish, would wait for Manoj to have the morning cup of tea together. Rohini, Harish’s mother was a housewife in her late fifties. She would wake up at cock’s crow in the morning and would complete all the household work before she would serve the breakfast to Harish and a flask full of morning tea for him and Manoj. Harish was the eldest of Rohini’s three sons. Due to genetic complications, two of her younger sons were physically challenged and she would take care of them without complaining to her almighty Lord Shiva for her fate. She was only sixteen years of age when she married Virupaksha Garavalli and enter...

Arjun, a student of grade six stood staring at the floor of the classroom, while Seema, the class teacher, continued urging him to read the lesson on the Solar System. It was the Science class just after lunch time and Seema always used to find it difficult to gain the attention of the students in all her classes post lunch. “What’s the matter Arjun, why don’t you read the lesson on Solar System? You have your Science book in front of you. Why can’t you read it?” “Miss, Ravi has torn a few pages from Arjun’s Science book, because Arjun had refused to lend his video game to him.” piped in Shashank, who used to sit beside Arjun in the classroom. “Arjun, when did this happen?” asked Seema. “Miss, during Mathematics class, when we were to do a class work….” Arjun’s voice trailed off and he continued look at the floor. “Your first morning classes are Mathematics class isn’t it?” asked Seema. “Yes miss...” Arjun merely murmured his response and stole a quick look at S...

One may ask, ‘What is a mosaic and what has it got to do with learning?’ According to Oxford Dictionary, it is a form or work of art, which makes designs or pictures by fitting together different coloured pieces of materials like stone, glass, etc. In a mosaic work, each piece of stone or glass pebble is relevantly significant; its omission leaves a visible gap in the big picture. In collaborative learning process, and this method of learning is successful only when each member of the learning team effectively achieves the learning objectives. We often have read posts and reports on the efficacy of application based learning and how it can be well achieved through collaborative method of learning, ensuring involvement of every learner in the learning process. We also are aware of the fact that the biggest challenge the educators and facilitators face in collaborative or team learning is to ensure total involvement in the learning process of all the members in the learning te...

Know your d omi n ati n g e m oti o n s a n d state of mind An activity with multidisciplinary approach to collaborative method of learning to enable the learners to learn about their emotions and state of mind through the study of the solar system, navrasas (nine emotions) Use the following link to read in detail about the activity: https://www.scribd.com/document/339051739/Solar-System-a-Self-Awareness-Game-Ver2-1                                                                                          ...