All students from Class 1 to Junior Secondary School (JSS) 3 (9th grade) had lined up in arrow-straight rows by grade in my new school’s large courtyard: boys on the… Read More
Category: For Parents and Teachers
For Parents and Teachers
Compositional Tinkering in the Music Room
In this article, I explore if a music educator can and should think of composition as tinkering. Traditional compositional pedagogy may miss valuable and enjoyable learning experiences the tinkering process… Read More
Crayons, Cardboard, and Virtual Reality
Teaching children to be creative is easily done through play. In fact, it is impossible not to be creative once you enter a state of play [1]. Children play intuitively… Read More
Can Learning Be Playful In 6th Grade Like Kindergarten?
Hi! My name is Claire, and I’m a 6th-grade student who lives in Taipei, Taiwan. I love to read, and today I’m here to talk about the topic of whether… Read More
Food for Thought
Parents say, “don’t play with your food.” But have you ever considered food as art? Every week, grocery shopping is an essential activity for each family, and there is no… Read More
DJing and the Four C’s of 21st Century Learning
The Partnership for 21st Century Skills introduced a new set of necessary skills that students today need in order to be successful learners and productive members of future society. These… Read More
Ottiya Play Issue Contributors: Travis Fuchs
Travis is a science and math educator working at West Point Grey Academy in Vancouver, B.C. His piece on Compositional Tinkering makes a case for going beyond traditional pedagogy and… Read More
Ottiya Play Issue Contributors: Nitasha Manchanda
Nitasha is a parent and biotech consultant, who is passionate about creative education. She curates innovations in education at theinnovativeparent.io. Her piece, “Learning by Tinkering”, which appears in the upcoming… Read More
Issue Two Contributors: Rute Nieto Ferreira
Rute Nieto Ferreira is an architect, urban designer, and author. She is the co-founder of small press children’s publisher Tower Block Books. She contributed a fun piece about the big… Read More
Talking About Japan’s Education for International Understanding
Hann Otani is an international education professional working at the Nippon Foundation in Japan. She wrote an article entitled “Teaching Diversity in Japan” for the Community Issue of the Ottiya… Read More