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Teacher Plus Teacher Plus, the magazine for school teachers, brings you thought-provoking features about education and ideas for your classroom month after month.

Teacher Plus, created in 1989, is a magazine for the practicing teacher who wants to keep up with trends in education and find ways to energize his or her classroom with new ideas and approaches. Teacher Plus is published monthly from Hyderabad. It draws from a large pool of contributors from across India, persons with experience in varied aspects of education, from primary school teaching to tack

ling board exams to the place of art and craft in learning, to child development and classroom management. Each month brings the reader a mix of thought-provoking features and hands-on activities that can be adapted for use in most classrooms. It is a forum within which teachers can raise their concerns, discuss ideas, and share and update their knowledge. Teacher Plus discusses alternative ways of thinking and doing within the context of the Indian classroom, while recognizing the constraints that most teachers face, day to day. The magazine contains all your favourite subjects, as well as an attractive centre spread illustrating a project theme which alternates with a set of worksheets.

What does a loud explosion in a school corridor reveal about a workplace culture?Neeraja Raghavan recounts an incident t...
12/01/2026

What does a loud explosion in a school corridor reveal about a workplace culture?

Neeraja Raghavan recounts an incident that led a new school principal to an unsettling realization: while teachers were sincere, efficient, and deeply committed to their classrooms, many lacked a sense of ownership, belonging, and agency beyond their assigned roles.

Instead of ignoring the silence that followed the blast, she decided to address the issue. Through thoughtfully-designed initiatives such as Motivational Monday, Trust Tuesday, and Thought-Provoking Thursday, the school began working towards a culture of trust, respect, and shared values.

Read here: https://teacherplus.org/2026/2026/january-2026/the-courage-to-disagree/



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India’s tea gardens are often imagined as calm, lush landscapes, but Gautam Bisht’s article urges us to look beyond this...
12/01/2026

India’s tea gardens are often imagined as calm, lush landscapes, but Gautam Bisht’s article urges us to look beyond this romantic image. Focusing on Assam’s tea plantation communities, he traces the origins of the system back to colonial exploitation and shows how its effects continue to shape lives today through poverty, poor health outcomes, and limited access to education.

The article highlights how children in these communities are especially vulnerable. With high dropout rates and few alternatives, many are pushed into the same cycle of labour as their parents.

In response, Gautam shares insights from an education-focused intervention designed with local partners. It aims at strengthening foundational skills in children so they can stay in school longer and build different futures for themselves and their families.

Read here: https://teacherplus.org/2026/interventions/brewing-different-futures-in-the-tea-gardens-of-assam/

Beyond academics, schools shape how students see themselves and others. Dr Ragini reflects on how education systems that...
09/01/2026

Beyond academics, schools shape how students see themselves and others. Dr Ragini reflects on how education systems that prioritize competition often overlook emotional intelligence, belonging, and interpersonal understanding.

The article highlights how art can become a powerful counterbalance. Art creates spaces where students feel heard without having to explain themselves in words, allowing them to express their emotions, identities, and experiences safely. Through artistic expression, students learn empathy and respect for perspectives different from their own.

Read here: https://teacherplus.org/2026/2026/january-2026/building-bridges-cultivating-peace-in-education/

Artificial Intelligence is no longer the stuff of science fiction. It is already shaping how we work, listen to music, a...
08/01/2026

Artificial Intelligence is no longer the stuff of science fiction. It is already shaping how we work, listen to music, and communicate. Neerja Singh takes the conversation further by examining what happens when AI evolves into Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) and enters classrooms in deeper, more transformative ways.

For Indian education, this shift goes beyond teaching coding or digital tools; it is about embracing a broader approach to education. It is about preparing children to think critically, question ethically, and remain curious throughout their lives. As AGI becomes capable of learning and adapting across domains, students will need judgment, empathy, and the ability to keep learning beyond formal schooling.

With strong teacher leadership and ethical intent, AI can become a tool for social transformation, writes Sing

Read here: https://teacherplus.org/2026/a-step-ahead/blackboard-to-bot-teaching-in-indias-ai-age/

Group work is often assumed to build collaboration. But without guidance, it can lead to imbalance and possible conflict...
08/01/2026

Group work is often assumed to build collaboration. But without guidance, it can lead to imbalance and possible conflict. Aruna Sankaranarayanan draws from her experience in teacher education to examine why many group assignments fail to realize their collective potential.

She explores common classroom dynamics where dominant voices steer project outcomes, and some of the quieter participants hold back out of politeness. Overall, instead of a sense of collective learning and growth, the different individuals in the group prioritize their personal success over shared goals.

She argues that while formal education instills competition, it rarely teaches students how to collaborate meaningfully, even though teamwork is central to most professional environments.

Read here: https://teacherplus.org/2026/2026/january-2026/classrooms-that-collaborate-and-co-create/

Learning about biodiversity cannot happen just from the textbook. The Backyard Discovery group’s latest experience in th...
07/01/2026

Learning about biodiversity cannot happen just from the textbook. The Backyard Discovery group’s latest experience in the tamarind grove shows how children learn best in their lived environments amidst shared experiences. They discuss and learn about the landscapes from Bengaluru, Assam, Kerala, Gujarat, and beyond, before being introduced to the People’s Biodiversity Register (PBR).

Through this process, they begin to understand how documenting flora and fauna requires patience, seasonal observation, and collaboration with local communities.

Read here: https://teacherplus.org/2026/ecowatch/learning-about-conservation-in-tamarind-grove/

As classrooms move steadily toward self-learning and digital expression, Surabhi Agarwal explores the role of parents as...
07/01/2026

As classrooms move steadily toward self-learning and digital expression, Surabhi Agarwal explores the role of parents as active partners in a child’s learning journey.

She says skills like neat handwriting, attention to detail, and pride in written work don’t develop overnight. They grow over time, through consistent efforts from parents and teachers.

Anchored in real parental experiences and research, this article explores the small but significant challenges children face in early learning, like random capitalization, letter reversals, inconsistent spacing, and spelling or punctuation errors.

Agarwal shares practical strategies to guide children toward better presentation and focus. Moreover, these strategies can be adapted across age groups—a proof that even in a digital-first world, handwriting shapes how children think, learn, and express themselves.

Read here: https://teacherplus.org/2026/cover-story/from-patience-to-precision-guiding-learners-to-pay-attention-to-details/

In her first editorial of 2026, editor Usha Raman reflects on a lesson she’s been teaching for decades: the power of pay...
06/01/2026

In her first editorial of 2026, editor Usha Raman reflects on a lesson she’s been teaching for decades: the power of paying attention to detail. From misplaced commas and misused apostrophes to the deeper idea of pride in one’s work, she explains why the “tiny quibbles” are never really tiny.

They shape how others perceive our thinking, our care, and our credibility. Or in other words, how you do something is how you do everything.

“One can find any number of examples from every field that emphasize the need for care and focus, and the cover theme of this month’s issue illustrates this by unpacking how to build such an attitude in children,” she adds.

Read here: https://teacherplus.org/2026/editorial/the-devil-is-in-the-detail/

Aparna D draws a powerful connection between literature and museums, both spaces where human experience is observed, int...
31/12/2025

Aparna D draws a powerful connection between literature and museums, both spaces where human experience is observed, interpreted, and understood. She shows how museums can become living extensions of the English classroom.

“I have always believed that learning goes beyond the four walls of the classroom. Through differentiated instruction, active learning strategies, and multilingual approaches, I have encouraged students to engage, ask questions, and explore concepts in ways that make learning meaningful and memorable,” she writes.

By linking museum visits to lessons from Classes 9–12, Aparna demonstrates how deeply children learn when they see what they read and feel what they study.

Read here: https://teacherplus.org/2025/2025/december-2025/museums-as-living-classrooms-exploring-english-beyond-textbooks/

Radhika Chhaparia explores how children can be introduced to museums not only by visiting them, but also through books a...
30/12/2025

Radhika Chhaparia explores how children can be introduced to museums not only by visiting them, but also through books and libraries. When access to museums isn’t always possible, resources like comics, interactive books, documentaries, and visual materials can help to arouse children’s curiosity.

From ‘A Day at the Museum’, which follows five children discovering the purpose and excitement of museums, to ‘Sculpted Stones – Mysteries of Mamallapuram’, an engaging introduction to India’s rock-cut heritage, and ‘A Children’s History of India in 100 Objects’, which narrates history through tangible artefacts, Radhika highlights how storytelling and objects can bring museums alive on the page.

Read here: https://teacherplus.org/2025/2025/december-2025/what-could-a-library-teach-about-museums/

Sadhana Ramchander writes about a visit to the Indian Music Experience (IME) in Bengaluru. She writes about how music of...
29/12/2025

Sadhana Ramchander writes about a visit to the Indian Music Experience (IME) in Bengaluru. She writes about how music offered her comfort when live performances were paused due to COVID-19, and how musicians turned to digital spaces to survive and stay connected.

From Gandhiji’s letter to M. S. Subbulakshmi to immersive experiences that help visitors discover their own pitch, the music museum becomes a space where all musically inclined visitors can listen, learn, and participate.

Read here: https://teacherplus.org/2025/2025/december-2025/an-immersive-musical-walkthrough/

Divya Shukla takes us to Raj Ghat on a freezing December morning, where 40 students unearthed over 300 artefacts in a si...
27/12/2025

Divya Shukla takes us to Raj Ghat on a freezing December morning, where 40 students unearthed over 300 artefacts in a single day. A shard of northern black polished ware, delicate terracotta pieces, ancient toys, beads, and even thin clay glasses were extracted.

She writes about how the classroom transformed into a workshop where students learned to catalogue history by themselves. They measured, identified, and cleaned. Read the article to know how this transpired.

Read here: https://teacherplus.org/2025/2025/december-2025/how-a-field-trip-birthed-a-living-museum/

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