14.Two Must Read Articles

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Forum of English Teacher Educators of Kannur University

Two articles which appeared in  online  version of  The Hindu is worth reading:

The first one by Maya  Thiagarajan is  entitled  ‘Make teachers matter’.  It reminded me of a significant observation made by Diana Oblinger, the President and CEO of EDUCAUSE  in 2012:
Information technology can be a game changer in higher education… information technology enables new models. It can disaggregate and decouple products and processes, allowing the creation of new value propositions, value chains, and enterprises. These new models can help higher education serve new groups of students, in greater numbers, and with better learning outcomes.

Please view Ms. Maya’s  article Online




http://www.thehindu.com/education/make-teachers-matter/article23465056.ece

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In 2013. Frank and Scharff,  proposed Learning Contracts which can impact student behaviours and academic performance in the Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (13(4)36-53.
In a similar vein,  the second article by  Ms. Usha Raman, a faculty of the University of Hyderabad,  speaks about the setting up of a learning contract between the teacher and the learner.




The article is available at the following link
http://www.thehindu.com/education/a-learning-contract/article23464988.ece

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