3-2-1 TUESDAYS WITH MS NIV

Issue #117, 4th October 2022

We fret about it. We try to avoid it. We are embarrassed by it. We try to hide it. Failure, everyone faces it more often than we would like. If it is so universal, how do we teach our child/student to cope with it? how do we cope with it? Is it a learning moment, a moment of reflection, or of shame, or worse, blame?

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Three Images of the Week

Two Thoughts of the Week

“If you’re not prepared to be wrong, you’ll never come up with anything original.” – Ken Robinson

“If you don’t try at anything, you can’t fail… it takes backbone to lead the life you want” – Richard Yates

Showcase of the Week

Link for registration: https://m.centa.org/pwa/masterclasses/package/ind/315

To Rubric Or Not To Rubric – a recorded masterclass with CENTA certification.

Key Takeaways:

1. Why do we need a Rubric for an assessment?

2. When does one use a Rubric?

3. How to create a Rubric?

4. Who is the Rubric for – student or teacher?

About the expert:

This masterclass is being facilitated by Ms. Nivedita Mukerjee. Nivedita is an education advisor for schools, higher education institutions, and ed-tech companies. Over the last 3 decades, she has taught life sciences and communication in high schools and colleges, co-founded a Post Graduate Institute of Media studies, an IB world school, and, helped set up a private University in Bangalore, India.

The recording will be made available for 3 months from the date of purchase.

One Video of the Week

He is a veteran in the field of Economics and has donned many hats. A professor by choice, he obtained his Ph.D. from the Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. He has been a visiting professor of the Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Simla, an Honorary Senior Fellow of the Institute of South Asian Studies at the National University of Singapore, a Visiting Scholar at Columbia University, and a Visiting Professor at the Turin School of Development of the International Labour Organization.

Professor Errol D’Souza – the Director of the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad speaks about facing failures from his personal life experiences.

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I have been a research scientist, a journalist, and an educator for over 3 decades. I read and, I write.  With this weekly newsletter, I share what I read, learn, and, experience. At the same time, I engage with students, parents, and teams of teachers across K-12 schools, higher education institutions, and ed-tech organizations.

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