Teachers as Readers and its Ripple Effect!
“When I started taking books into my classes, I realised my students made a note of it, went to the librarian and pestered her to give them the same book,” says Kaynat, a Primary English and Math teacher at Akshara High School.“I saw the effect it had on my students who wanted to be well-read and join conversations on whether they have read a certain book or not.”
This article focuses on the impact books and a thoughtful school library programme can have on teachers, developing a teacher’s professional and personal capacities, and how it also deeply impacts the students of the school bringing about a reading culture for all.
The Akshara context
Akshara is a not-for-profit school, following the ICSE board. English, in most cases, is the third (if not fourth) language for our children a...