The Art and Craft of Constructing and Evaluating Theories
K. P. Mohanan In this talk at IISER Bhopal (8th August 2019) , Professor Mohanan explores what it takes for an educational program to...
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The what and how of learning
K. P. Mohanan, Tara Mohanan By and large, most discourses on educational reform focus on pedagogies: how teachers teach and learners...
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Scientific Temper in Education
K. P. Mohanan You can watch a recording of the talk given by KP Mohanan on "Scientific Temper in Education" in VarahaMihira Science...
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Questioning Authority
K. P. Mohanan Intellectual skepticism ought to be one of the most important aspects of our education system. Our experiences in the...
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Transdisciplinary Thinking
K. P. Mohanan There are various ways in which disciplines interact. There is interdisciplinarity, which is about ideas present in the...
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Listening to Learn: How to learn to reason through listening
K. P. Mohanan You can watch the two talks given by K. P. Mohanan on "Listening to Learn", as part of the NCERT webinar series Talk 1:...
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Constructing Theories of Geometry with Excursions into Biology
K. P. Mohanan, Tara Mohanan This book is an attempt to introduce the reader to the art and craft of theory construction. While we use...
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Constructing a Theory of Motion
K. P. Mohanan, Tara Mohanan About this book: This book is an introduction to how we construct theories in science to explain natural...
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Conceptual Inquiry: Democracy
K. P. Mohanan This recording of a classroom session delves into the concept of democracy. Students are attempting to clarify the concept....
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The Earth and the Sky
K. P. Mohanan, Tara Mohanan You can download this article here
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Inquiry and Critical thinking
K. P. Mohanan, Tara Mohanan This is the first unit of a set of units on Inquiry and Critical Thinking for 8th/9th graders. Download the...
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Statistical Thinking in the Kitchen: Diced Potatoes
K. P. Mohanan, Tara Mohanan This dialogue involves KPM, his sister-in-law AW, and his niece MW. The activity is one of dicing potatoes...
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Concept Clarification in the Kitchen: What is a Salad
K. P. Mohanan, Tara Mohanan In this dialogue, MM, DD, TM, and KPM, engage in conceptual inquiry into the question, “What is a salad?” In...
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Scientific Thinking in the Kitchen: Banana Chips
K. P. Mohanan, Tara Mohanan This dialogue is between a nine-year old girl (MM), her mother (TM) and her father (KPM). It is triggered by...
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Enhancing Academic Intelligence: Interview
This is the first part of an extended conversation in the Nalanda Series in Ahmedabad University, between Professor K P Mohanan and the...
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