Paths and patterns on Earth:
The power of maps

What are maps? What do they tell us? How can they help bring geographical thinking to help teach not just Geography but also art, economics, physics, chemistry, biology, etc.? Teachers in Kuppam found out. Continue reading…

“Huyyo huyyo maley-raaya”
Linking different subjects through Geography

What are the geographies of the monsoons in India? What do they have to do with art, literature, physics, biology, and film songs? Teachers in Hubballi (Karnataka) found out! Continue reading…

18 standards mapped over six “essential elements” … applicable worldwide and … can be … adapted … with local examples and case studies. Continue reading…

Introduction:

Ralph Waldo Emerson is reported to have said, “A weed is a plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered.” Continue reading…

Enabling Geography teachers is vital to the enhancement of Geography education in India. This is because most teachers of Geography are not formally trained in the discipline of Geography. Initial efforts at this have been successful in stimulating interest and excitement among teachers. TIIGS is undertaking efforts now to institutionalize capacity-building for teachers of Geography.

• Bangalore; February 2007. Presentation to Montessori educators on “Geography in the Montessori Curriculum” at their convention.
• Bangalore; January 2007. Workshop for teacher candidates on teaching latitudes and longitudes. Sponsored by: Children’s Lovecastle Trust, an educational NGO.
• Bangalore; May/June 2006. Workshop for teachers of primary and middle school on (a) basics of Geography and (b) including Geography in other subjects (interdisciplinary linkages). Sponsored by: Bangalore International School
• Hyderabad; January 2005. Multi-media workshop for teachers of all grades on teaching about the Geography of the South Asian monsoons – “The Dance of the Peacock” * (*an Indian reference to the association between the arrival of the southwest monsoons and the dancing of peacocks). Sponsored by: Spark India publishing house. The workshop also provided inter-disciplinary linkages for horizontal integration in curricula.