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Articles with tag: learn

Reckoning Time for HEC

Pervez Hoodbhoy   Oct 30, 2008   interacts: 107

The new HEC head, yet to be appointed, has a difficult task ahead. One hopes that he or she will have the dynamism and eloquence of Dr Atta-ur-Rahman, but not the flaws.

Educational Practices in Private Schools in Pakistan

Farzana Tahir   Aug 26, 2008   interacts: 73

Education has becomes an act of depositing. Instead of communicating, the teacher issues communiqués and makes deposits which the students patiently receive, memorize, and repeat.

Rote Learning Vis-à-vis Physical Comprehension

Mohammad Gill   Jul 19, 2007   interacts: 66

It’s beautiful to design an experiment. It’s equally beautiful to construct a working theory from the empirical information.

Knowledge and Wisdom

Rajesh Shankaran   Jan 17, 2007   interacts: 2

There is an old Tamil song which goes 'Mind - you who can remember, can you not learn to forget'.

The Responsibility of Students

Nima Shirali   Sep 16, 2004   interacts: 15

I started my university studies with the expectation of elevating my level of academic understanding. I was of the notion that I would be entering a “sanctuary for free thought”. Yet, the notion of this “sanctuary” was violently br

Translucence

Maryam Ansari   Feb 22, 2004   interacts: 13

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