Tag: school

3-2-1 Tuesdays with Ms Niv

Classroom monitoring system with tracking technology versus small group individualized education for ages 8-12.

Issue #312, 23rd June 2026 https://niveditamukerjee.com/ This weekend we went to visit the British Schools Museum. The last Monitorial Schoolroom in the world. Also known as the Madras System or Bell-Lancaster method was an early 19th-century educational approach designed to school hundreds of poor children… Continue Reading “3-2-1 Tuesdays with Ms Niv”

3-2-1 Tuesdays with Ms Niv

Grandmother with family enjoying a tablet on a couch

Issue #311, 16th June 2026 https://niveditamukerjee.com/ Show up, reach out, check in. Connect, connect connect… that is something we need to weave into our parenting and our school/college/university education. Children, adolescents, adults are growing up to be more lonely and alone in this hyperconnected world.… Continue Reading “3-2-1 Tuesdays with Ms Niv”

3-2-1 Tuesdays with Ms Niv

Audience members using mobile phones at a community workshop on social media AI

Issue #310, 9th June 2026 https://niveditamukerjee.com/ Phone-based childhood. Social media influenced teenagers. What is it doing to our children’s growing brains and to each of us as social beings when we already know that much of our social bonding involves bodies? When we eat food… Continue Reading “3-2-1 Tuesdays with Ms Niv”

3-2-1 Tuesdays with Ms. Niv

Indian primary children in STEAM lab activity

Issue #309, 2nd June 2026 https://niveditamukerjee.com/ How does my phone work? How does my hotel key card work? How does my smart ring work? How does my induction cooktop work? How do things around us, which we interact with every day, all the time, irrespective… Continue Reading “3-2-1 Tuesdays with Ms. Niv”

3-2-1 Tuesdays with Ms. Niv

Upfest 2026 street art Biennale Bristol UK

Issue #308, 26th May 2026 https://niveditamukerjee.com/ I am at Upfest 2026 this week. The street art Biennale in Bristol UK. We had visited this town in 2019, and while going on a walking tour themed on graffiti – writings and drawings made on the walls,… Continue Reading “3-2-1 Tuesdays with Ms. Niv”

3-2-1 Tuesdays with Ms. Niv

Students sitting, walking, and working near Makerspace and STEM Center on campus

Issue #307, 19th May 2026 When you walk into a school, how do you assess its environment? What makes some schools more optimised for learning? What are some of the key markers of a learning community and a learning environment you are looking for as… Continue Reading “3-2-1 Tuesdays with Ms. Niv”

3-2-1 Tuesdays with Ms. Niv

Young woman reading a book titled 'A Journey Among Stars' on an airplane at night with a cup of coffee, headphones, and journal on the tray table.

Issue #306, 12th May 2026 When do you read? Which are your favourite places to read in? How do you read – paper books, e-books, or audiobooks? What makes you pick what you read – a friend’s or a teacher’s recommendation? a book review? a… Continue Reading “3-2-1 Tuesdays with Ms. Niv”

3-2-1 Tuesdays with Ms. Niv

Children and adults participating in summer learning at Eco-Explorers Garden and Community Summer Academy gazebo

Issue #305, 5th May 2026 https://niveditamukerjee.com/ How can we create a summer that is equitable for education for children who are underserved? How can we have a summer program that supports the children who are taking time to catch up or cope with the regular… Continue Reading “3-2-1 Tuesdays with Ms. Niv”

3-2-1 Tuesdays with Ms. Niv

Children swimming, reading, studying under starry Jaipur sky

Issue #304, 28th April 2026 https://niveditamukerjee.com/ Summer vacation for me growing up in the 70s looked something like this. Cycling to the swimming pool, swimming some, springboard diving, and playing water polo more, late mornings in the children’s library, afternoons inside home in a darkened… Continue Reading “3-2-1 Tuesdays with Ms. Niv”

3-2-1 Tuesdays with Ms. Niv

Group of teachers, parents, and children standing and pointing fingers in a classroom

Issue #303, 21st April 2026 https://niveditamukerjee.com/ I am a good parent, I was having a bad day. I am a good teacher, I was having a bad day. I am a good colleague, I was having a bad day. I am a good student, I… Continue Reading “3-2-1 Tuesdays with Ms. Niv”