Daya Foundation

09/05/2019

07/08/2017

Approaching the Elephant: A brilliant documentary that looks at the concept of a "free" elementary school in New Jersey which follows a highly unorthodox pedagogic approach where students get to decide what and how they are taught: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdGIkBSkEdc

APPROACHING THE ELEPHANT opens February 20th at the Made in NY Media Center by IFP as part of our Screen Forward program.

23/06/2017

The four paths of Yoga.

19/05/2017

http://www.filtercopy.com/posts/india-s-first-village-of-books-is-spreading-love-for-the-written-word

Stop by at Bhilar for strawberries, rural art and a great book!

10/04/2017

Daya Foundation is looking out for a Sanskrit scholar for paid translation work.

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21/02/2017

Great news on education children about gender and sexuality in the modern world by the Indian govt!

20/02/2017

http://blogs.iadb.org/education/2014/03/14/how-our-brain-learns-to-read/

Our brain is not wired to read. Written language is an invention. An invention that, in the words of the poet Francisco de Quevedo, allows us: “listen with our eyes to the deceased.” In the 21st century, the ability to understand what we read has become the most fundamental of all academic and work-...

17/02/2017

5 ways in which teachers are inculcating critical thinking skills in their students in order to fight fake news: http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2017/02/16/514364210/5-ways-teachers-are-fighting-fake-news

In an era of national attention to what's real and what isn't, we asked educators to share their strategies for helping students sort out fact from fiction.

19/01/2017

Answer by Amar Kumar

16/01/2017

An American teacher in Helsinki questioned the national practice of giving 15 minute breaks each hour—until he saw the difference it made in his classroom.