Training in Special Education

Special education means the education of children with disability like Mentally Retarded, Visually Impaired, Hearing Impaired, Cerebral Palsy etc. But now-a-days, a more suitable and respectable word for disabled children is "Differently Abled".

B.Ed. (Special Education) or B.Sp.Ed is a graduate degree in Education to teach special children.

Similarly, there are M.Ed. (Special Education) or M.Sp.Ed., a post graduate degree in the same field and various other PG Diploma and Certificate courses.

Now-a-days, we have inclusive or integrated schools where special and normal students study together. (Earlier there were separate school called General Schools and Special School)

If you are interested in getting a training in Special Education, please visit the website of Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhiwww.ignou.ac.in

Green Teacher - A New Term

The new term Green Teacher is used for environmental educators. Earlier environmental educators only provided theoretical knowledge about environment. But a green teacher is expected to do further more. That is, they have to take up practical measures for the betterment of environment. They will not only teach that use of plastic is bad for environment, but themselves also will stop the use of plastic. Just giving a lecture on the importance of tree in controlling climate change and taking up a project to grow 100 trees in the school/college/roadside and then taking care of those tree, are both different things. The later is expected from the Green Teacher.

If you are interested in getting a Diploma in Environmental Education (also called Green Teacher Diploma) offered through Distance Education / Online, please visit http://www.greenteacher.org
This course is recognised by the Govt of India and The Commonwealth of Learning.

Happy Greening!!!

Tips for Developing Reading Habits among Children

Researches prove that children who read for about 20 minutes daily score better in their school tests.
Reading does not mean reading only the textbooks. It includes various studying material like newspaper, novels, comics, webs, etc.
It is very essential that parents develop the reading habit of their children right from their infancy.
First of all parents must themselves spend a substantial time reading. If children see their parents reading daily, they understand that reading is not just a part of school curriculum, but is a part of our lifestyle.
Time for T.V. and video games must be reduced and controlled. So that you get time for reading.
All members of the family should get together for reading. If the child in at elementary level, reading aloud also should be encouraged.
Parents should read stories to their children.
Children should be asked to read stories to the parents or younger siblings.
Various books must be readily available in all the rooms of the house.
Get a library membership for all the members of the family.
There are many other ways to promote reading habits.

Today a Reader, Tomorrow a Leader!!!

Email in Education

Using email for/in education is comparatively a recent trend. People who are Computer non-savvy may wonder how a thing like email can be related with education? But it is a simple and well known thing for people who regularly use computer/internet. There are many online universities established all over the world (mostly in USA) which offer courses through online mode. There are many other institutions including traditions ones which also have started such courses. Moreover, all universities and institutions have websites. If visitors, students or others want to contact them, naturally an email will be used.

Online courses are offered in which email plays an important role. There are many networks which offer free email account, namely, Hotmail, Yahoo, Rediff,Gmail etc.

Now-a-days, custom email has got into trend.