Focus and Diffuse Thinking - Richa Solanki

When we are in difficulty and solving a problem, there are two ways we can solve it: using focused

thought or using diffuse thought. Focused thinking is just straightforward. It concentrates on the main matter. If we adopt Focused thinking it is a highly attentive state of mind where the brain uses its best concentration abilities to ignore all outside information. As you all know when we are in our focused mode of thinking, it’s like we have a sure solution for the matter at hand. Whether we are practising or doing any work or skill, focused thinking allows us to zoom directly in on the most important information.

Another way of thinking in a  diffuse way, it looks at a big way of sight. Unlike focused thinking, diffuse thinking is all of our mind distractions. Diffuse thinking happens when you let your mind freely and think peacefully. The diffuse mode of thinking does not happen in any one area of the brain, but rather all over. Diffuse thinking gives you an opportunity to connect with any situation because it's happened randomly. Between focused and diffuse thinking is the best way to solve a difficult problem. First, we use the focused mode of thinking to understand the basics of a topic without any distractions. Then we use the diffuse mode to learn and make connections to other things we already know. 

Once you have repeated this process a few times, the information will get you.

Richa Solanki 

The Fabindia School

rsi@fabindiaschools.in

Homework and Tuitions: Prerna Rathod

Homework and tuitions are the terms connected with the school. Homework is an essential part while tuition is an imposition. If a school handles homework in the correct way, then there is no need for tuition.

Many times homework is given and students don’t do it. There may be many reasons for this like student may not have understood it or he has forgotten or he needed guidance but he did not get help for parents. Homework must be given in such a way that students can do it easily and independently. It should be interesting so that he is eager to do. Too much homework should not be given otherwise the student will think it as a burden and not do it. Homework should be given to developing skills in a student like reading, creative writing, thinking skills, etc. In Mathematics sums should be given which have been taught in the class and students have understood it properly. This will help them to practice sums and improve it. Thus, a school must have qualified, compassionate, hardworking and caring Educators who will set homework keeping in mind their students. If homework is given keeping time in mind, then the child will get time to play, spend time with family and friends and do work which he likes.

Tuition, on the other hand, are an extra burden for the child. Nowadays, it has become a fashion to go for tuition. In some cases, parents send their child thinking this will help their child to get good marks. While sometimes, a child joins tuition because all his friends are going so he joins too. If a child is attentive in class and concentrates while the teacher is teaching then there is no need for tuition. Tuitions are necessary only for those children who really can’t do learning on their own and needs guidance. Parents should understand this and not put their child under stress.

If a child is able to do his homework on his own, then it is a sign that your child is going in the right school and is making progress. Also, your child does not need any tuition. It is important that your child becomes a good human being by developing skills rather than just mugging up notes.  

Prerna Rathod

prd4fab@gmail.com

The Fabindia School, Bali

Students define the Classroom, Not the Walls

The real classroom is the mind of the student and not the classroom of a school.

Today’s classrooms are in which either the teacher explains using a board or in an audiovisual – a smart class, in both type of classrooms the minds of the students are receiving audio and video signals in the form of lecture and visuals – students mind is only receiving, not able to interpret herself, it quickly tries to interpret when a question is asked and this time is very less to analyze and interpret information provided.

A good classroom is where the student’s minds are free and attentive to what is explained.

A good teacher should be able to develop discipline and creativity in his students without force.

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Our learning from “Can You Teach A Zebra some Algebra” by Debashis Chatterjee.

Ajay Vijayvargi, Kusum Dangi, Tarun Mishra &Usman Gani - The Fabindia School