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Conflicts - K. Krishna Kumar
The discussion with 12 teachers went on from The discussion points are :
10:30 am to 1:30 pm at Mudaliarpet TRC.
Teacher 1 : Teachers discussed how a text book is
The facilitator started the discussion with the
biased based on religion and gender. In text books
introduction of the author and the main theme
we can see more reference of Hindu
of the book. She gave an example of how our
festivals and there is just mention of
teaching approach conflicts with practical life-
a few other religious
‘we are saying not to touch garbage; but parents
festivals. Even in
of our children must be cleaning out garbage.
Manu Sastra we can see a
How are we discussing this in the classroom?”
detailed explanation of various
punishments for each mistake; but we are
teaching children to adjust, compromise, forgive,
etc.
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