Found this piece that Uma has linked to – Andre Beteille in the Telegraph about Intellectual Capital in India that needs to be rebuilt from a different perspective – and quickly – through good quality undergraduate education… Brought back many memories of my own undergraduate days. The time when I managed to disgrace my family… Continue reading Bachelor of what degree?
Category: – Education
elementary education, trends in teaching and learning…
The Kalleda photoblog project
Happy Monday Morning. Happy – to be back in Bombay, back home, and back at my blog (there, I said it) – and earlier than I had planned… Also happy to have come across this remarkable initiative in flickr – The Kalleda Rural School Photoblog. This is the photoblog of the kids at Kalleda Rural… Continue reading The Kalleda photoblog project
“New Paradigm in Management Studies”
I had put this as an update to my earlier post the MBA game. But then I decided this was too good to be true – it deserves a post all by itself. MBA after 10th! “Management Studies through Early Intervention for a Borderless Corporate World”. A New Paradigm in Management Studies, Corporate Institute of… Continue reading “New Paradigm in Management Studies”
The MBA game
If you are an MBA basher, you might find this article from Economic Times interesting – B-Schools mean wrong training only. The debate on the relevance of business schools refuses to die down. In the past, various academics – including Henry Mintzberg of McGill, Jeffrey Pfeffer of Stanford-GSB and Warren Bennis of University of Southern… Continue reading The MBA game
The education “system”
Update: Came across this very interesting piece on Robert Paterson’s blog. It ends with In short: As connectedness transforms knowledge, our education system is swinging–running–in the other direction. Do read it fully – Robert has linked to the original piece by David Weinberger there on his post. Found two pieces of writing on the education… Continue reading The education “system”
Advertising to invade textbooks
I remember some of my most exciting moments in school were when we got free samples of new products – usually food-beverage types – I would run home proudly and show them off to friends and family… And my parents would never hear the end of it till we actually brought home the stuff in… Continue reading Advertising to invade textbooks