Sifaan Zavahir“There’s a Fine Line…” — No, there isn’tPeople use the expression “there’s a fine line between x and y” to describe a difficulty in distinguishing between x (some acceptable or…Nov 1, 2020Nov 1, 2020
Sifaan ZavahirFlipping the WebinarIn a flipped classroom, the bulk of the “content download” part of the lesson takes place prior to the class, so the shared time in the…Oct 27, 2020Oct 27, 2020
Sifaan ZavahirWhither native language… will it wither away?I’ve been fascinated by languages for years, and more so recently with our work on Schools 4.0 Lanka (e.g. why would a Sinhala speaking…Aug 27, 20201Aug 27, 20201
Sifaan ZavahirThings we don’t say to our childYesterday I realized that there are many typical parenting phrases that we don’t use with our child, and we started listing down the ones…Aug 11, 2020Aug 11, 2020
Sifaan ZavahirWhy we need more women in ParliamentAt the General Election held on August 5th, only 8 of the 196 directly elected MPs were women (and of the 29 National List seats, so far…Aug 9, 2020Aug 9, 2020
Sifaan ZavahirHomophobia is PoliticalOn 29th July, when a story broke on how Dr. Kavinda Jayawardana, a candidate of the SJB for Gampaha District, had made strongly homophobic…Jul 30, 2020Jul 30, 2020
Sifaan Zavahir3 kinds of Acting — Faking it; For an Audience; and AutotelicObserving Sahil pretending to be the birds in Angry Birds 2, I wondered how widespread this kind of acting is in children — and wanted to…Jun 30, 2020Jun 30, 2020
Sifaan ZavahirBeing born Black: Karma?Samantha Katie James, Miss Malaysia for Miss Universe 2017, has sparked fury online over her controversial remarks on the Black Lives…Jun 2, 2020Jun 2, 2020
Sifaan ZavahirShould we invest in space exploration? A blast from the pastIs it ethical to invest money in space exploration while there are people starving to death?Jun 1, 2020Jun 1, 2020
Sifaan ZavahirRe-imagining AssessmentsSome years ago, I conducted an outdoor leadership development program for 1st year undergraduates following a certain course of study in a…May 30, 2020May 30, 2020
