Unplugged conversation with a learner at The Integral School, Hyderabad. As usual, conversations have a start point. They have no predestined roads, no predestined conclusions. We stop, whenever. He peeps through the open door, takes a few steps away and then turns back. “You said we can talk,” he says. I nod. Within an Asian…
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Spirituality in Education: Why ignore it?
Unplugged conversations with a learner at The Integral School, Hyderabad. A free flowing discussion with no predestined routes, starting from a word. It is actually good to sit down and have unplanned conversations with learners. Move out of prescribed curricula, throw a word into the air and see what comes out of it. What…
Reflections on Learning
An unplanned, unplugged conversation with a learner at The Integral School, Hyderabad Soaring temperatures. Fans that whir but only buzz hot air. Lethargy in the air as energy bounces off the walls. Books that are excited, some for being touched, others for being ignored. An ambling gait precedes a gangly young man who plops down…
Why History? What is History?
This is a letter addressed to the learners at The Integral School, Hyderabad, who researched on the Silk Road. I had the pleasure of watching you research on the silk road, taking care to do my best impersonation of a cat on a hot tin roof whenever i saw that you became aware of…
Moments
From the kindergarten of The integral School, Hyderabad.
Why do we ask you to sleep?
As facilitators in a learning space, we advise parents to see that their children get enough sleep. We recommend the need for a rhythm to sleep (and wake up) and discuss some aspects that may interfere or make the difference between a good sleep and a disturbed sleep. Sometimes, we hear parents ask us if…
Through a lens
A 11 year old learner views the environment around The Integral School, Hyderabad, through a lens.
Pompeii
Author: Aatmesh, Learner at The Integral School. A self directed learning project on Pompeii. Pompeii is the name of an ancient Roman city-state, located on the coast of Italy and bordered by Mt. Vesuvius. The city is famous for being destroyed by a violent eruption in 79 AD. Today, the ruins of Pompeii are…
A Pause and Look
This is an open access resource that will be used between sets of lesson units. The resource is used to take a step back, reflect on the learning, revisit thoughts and start again. A circle in the loop or loop in the circle or just loopy. Thinking Biology-9-Pause
The Integral School Journals 