{"id":6721,"date":"2012-03-20T13:56:35","date_gmt":"2012-03-20T08:26:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nexteducation.in\/blog\/?p=715"},"modified":"2018-05-21T11:34:45","modified_gmt":"2018-05-21T06:04:45","slug":"should-good-teaching-be-entertaining-too-2-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.nextgurukul.in\/thenextworld\/should-good-teaching-be-entertaining-too-2-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Should good teaching be entertaining, too?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/localhost\/nextworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Should-good-teaching-be-entertaining-too.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8338 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/localhost\/nextworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Should-good-teaching-be-entertaining-too.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>We all speak about good teaching and teaching by engaging the student. How do we engage the student? Should good teaching be entertaining? 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