Why should a teacher write?
It is a truism that teachers want to interact with the students, get to know them as individuals with unique lives and personalities. At the same time, teachers also bring their unique selves into the class but often feel that they can’t spend valuable classroom time narrating episodes from their own biographies.Read More
Musings on Ikigai
What is your reason to rise in the morning?Read More
“Do not limit their learning by taking them back in time” – An Interview with Abbas Husain
Ayesha Amin Usman interviews TDC Director Abbas Husain for ChalkTalk.Read More
Rumi’s Parable: The Tattoo Master From Qazwin
This story from Rumi is the story of all of us. It is the story of a tattoo master and a man who lacks the drive and determination to get what he desires.Read More
Designing spaces for learning
The first step in changing our habits is recognizing how space is always a demonstration of power. Read More
Abbas Husain In The Loop
Abbas Husain featured in Interloop’s biannual newsletter for conducting the ‘Personal Effectiveness Toolkit’ workshop.Read More
Yoga for Leaders and Others: A poem by Philip Fried
This poem, courtesy of Guardian London, captures the sly nonchalance of the leader who keeps his cool under all conditions. Read More
Musings from Abbas Husain: A Moment of Compassion for Teachers
If it does not sit well with us to return to a gathering where we have been insulted, then we should offer our salutations to all those teachers who return to their classrooms the very next morning.Read More
TDC at First Metro Kids Carnival
The keynote address was by Abbas Husain, director, Teachers Development Centre (TDC).Read More
Notes from 33rd SPELT Conference, Karachi
We are not moving towards liquid modernity, says Abbas Husain, we are already here! We must stop analysing our methologies from the lens of our own times. We must not repeat the past, we must be willing to adapt to this new world. Read More