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चारित्र्यमाला ३: विनयशीलता, क्षमाशीलता, आणि नैतिकता
चारित्र्य म्हणजे काय? व्यक्तिमत्त्व आणि चारित्र्य समानार्थी शब्द आहेत का? चारित्र्याचे पैलू कोणते? व्यक्तींना आणि समाजाला चारित्र्याची गरज आहे का? चला जाणून घेऊया. आपण सहसा जसे वागतो ते झाले आपले व्यक्तिमत्त्व. परंतु एखाद्या अवघड प्रसंगी किंवा आपला कस लागतो त्या क्षणी आपण जसे वागतो ते आपले चारित्र्य. मूळ स्वभाव शांत असणे हे झाले व्यक्तिमत्त्व. परंतु सहसा…
चारित्र्यमाला २: कृतज्ञता, सहिष्णुता, आणि चिकाटी
चारित्र्य म्हणजे काय? व्यक्तिमत्त्व आणि चारित्र्य समानार्थी शब्द आहेत का? चारित्र्याचे पैलू कोणते? व्यक्तींना आणि समाजाला चारित्र्याची गरज आहे का? चला जाणून घेऊया. आपण सहसा जसे वागतो ते झाले आपले व्यक्तिमत्त्व. परंतु एखाद्या अवघड प्रसंगी किंवा आपला कस लागतो त्या क्षणी आपण जसे वागतो ते आपले चारित्र्य. मूळ स्वभाव शांत असणे हे झाले व्यक्तिमत्त्व. परंतु सहसा…
चारित्र्यमाला १: धैर्य, करुणा, कृतज्ञता
चारित्र्य म्हणजे काय? व्यक्तिमत्त्व आणि चारित्र्य समानार्थी शब्द आहेत का? चारित्र्याचे पैलू कोणते? व्यक्तींना आणि समाजाला चारित्र्याची गरज आहे का? चला जाणून घेऊया. आपण सहसा जसे वागतो ते झाले आपले व्यक्तिमत्त्व. परंतु एखाद्या अवघड प्रसंगी किंवा आपला कस लागतो त्या क्षणी आपण जसे वागतो ते आपले चारित्र्य. मूळ स्वभाव शांत असणे हे झाले व्यक्तिमत्त्व. परंतु सहसा…
My experiments with education: Polarization and curiosity
On Mahatma Gandhi’s birth anniversary (Oct 2), I engaged in a conversation with a high school student in India on Instagram. He had posted a negative story about Gandhi (calling him harmful) to provoke one of his classmates, who supports Gandhian views. Although Gandhi is revered globally, Indians can have polarized views about him, his…
My experiments with education: Responsible leadership and trolley problems
Last year, I conducted a workshop on responsible leadership (RL) at a #leadership development summer program for #adolescents in #India. I introduced the idea that leaders should assume #responsibility not only toward beneficiaries but also people, society, and the planet. After all, we have plenty of irresponsible leaders in the world. I also introduced 5…
My experiments with education: chatgpt
chatgpt, an AI-based chatbot, rocked the world toward the end of 2022. The platform attracted a million users in just 5 days! That’s faster than Instagram and Netflix! I instantaneously fell in awe of its functionality and decided to try it with teachers. The subsequent week, while in India, I got a chance to conduct…
Navarasa: The Nine Flavors of Emotions
My Sister, Antara Chowkase–a passionate artist and a master of portraits–draws a series of nine portraits every Navaratri. Crazy that she is, she draws one portrait a day during the nine-night festival (huge respect!). This year, she explored the theme of Navarasa, a unique feature of the Indiana theory of Natya Shastra attributed to Bharata…
My experiments with education: Wonderment board
Last week, I taught a course named Phatastics Physics to a group of high-ability adolescents (7th-8th graders) at Purdue University. I was excited (and quite scared, to be honest) to teach physics after a long gap (yeah, 7 years). I was under pressure because I was substituting my friend who was down with COVID-19, and…
My experiments with education: Open-ended dialog
Last week, I interacted with a group of high-school students in India whom I have known for five years now. I was invited to have an open-ended virtual dialogue with them with no predefined agenda. I was excited (and a bit worried) about this interaction as high-schoolers have the unique ability to ask surprisingly awkward…
My experiments with education: Responsible leadership
I like to experiment with teaching new topics. Today (18 May 2022), I conducted a session on responsible leadership for 40 6th to 8th-grade students. This was a part of an ongoing leadership development camp at Jnana Prabodhini’s Institute Of Psychology. Although responsible leadership training is quite popular in the business world, I doubt if it…
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