My Republica

Shyam Sharma

The author teaches writing and rhetoric at the State University of New York in Stony Brook. He can be reached at shyam.sharma@stonybrook.edu
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Translingual benefits

Published On: October 24, 2017 01:30 AM NPT By: Shyam Sharma

Scholarship based on classroom observations has consistently shown that teachers of content subjects, in general, cannot teach in English effectively.

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English dreams

Published On: October 11, 2017 01:30 AM NPT By: Shyam Sharma

For every child who may enter a profession where English is needed, there are a hundred others who perform poorly in math and science because of their poor English.

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Internationalizing education

Published On: August 17, 2017 12:30 AM NPT By: Shyam Sharma

Based on the number of regular and one-off discussions, including organized training initiatives, that I’ve joined or led, I’ve found online collaborations incredibly productive

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A higher calling

Published On: July 10, 2017 12:35 AM NPT By: Shyam Sharma

Teachers are in the business of creating new ideas. They must develop ideas that the system can adopt

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Adapt and learn

Published On: June 14, 2017 01:30 AM NPT By: Shyam Sharma

Even when we know how we are supposed to behave in a new system, we don’t realize we are resisting or not making the shift

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Purposeful learning

Published On: May 6, 2017 12:35 AM NPT By: Shyam Sharma

Intellectual and professional purposes are the horses that we must put in front of the cart of higher education

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Semester misalignments

Published On: April 19, 2017 12:35 AM NPT By: Shyam Sharma

There is still no teaching-to-assessment alignment. The attempt to introduce new forms of assessment may have added new misalignments

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Perceived smart

Published On: March 18, 2017 12:35 AM NPT By: Shyam Sharma

The individuals who view themselves as smart and hard-working also seem to be perceived by others as smart and hard-working

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Marks for life

Published On: January 4, 2017 12:35 AM NPT By: Shyam Sharma

As the semester system increases the weight of internal assessment, private colleges  can choose to abuse their new-found powers or to greatly improve higher education

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Cheerleaders for education

Published On: December 12, 2016 12:35 AM NPT By: Shyam Sharma

The TU leadership must quickly implement training programs for faculties, create academic support beyond class for students and take up advocacy

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Beyond classrooms

Published On: November 26, 2016 12:35 AM NPT By: Shyam Sharma

The question educators should be asking is not whether the cause of justice is within our professional domain but how we ensure that it is

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Myths about English

Published On: November 16, 2016 12:35 AM NPT By: Shyam Sharma

If language learning is a greater objective than learning math and science, we wouldn’t need schools and colleges. Language institutes would suffice

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Gentle, semester-ward

Published On: October 18, 2016 12:35 AM NPT By: Shyam Sharma

Changing from the annual to the semester system will improve education to the extent that we improve practice and culture of teaching and learning

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Logic of writing

Published On: July 2, 2016 12:20 AM NPT By: Shyam Sharma

It is not necessary to “dumb down” specialized ideas when writing for “general” public, which, by the way, doesn’t exist

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On “good writers”

Published On: June 7, 2016 07:56 PM NPT By: Shyam Sharma

The belief that you need to be a "good writer" to write effectively is a myth that has insalubrious consequences

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