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…2 min read·Nov 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…4 min read·Oct 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…3 min read·Aug 27, 2020--1--1
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…10 min read·Aug 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…5 min read·Aug 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…3 min read·Jul 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…4 min read·Jun 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…2 min read·Jun 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?14 min read·Jun 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…6 min read·May 30, 2020----