The Courage to TeachParker J Palmer1998John Wiley & Sons The courage to teach is a non fiction account of Palmer’s experiences of teaching and training teachers in various schools, at different grade levels. The book provides great insight into the processes within and outside the classroom that have a direct bearing on teachers’ lives. Teachers…
A Celebration with Contradictions Every year, Teachers’ Day is celebrated with great fanfare in various educational institutions across the country on 05th September. It is often seen that a majority of teachers stay away from political and administrative positions. In such a situation, it is indeed a matter of pride that a teacher was chosen…
I was a fairly underconfident teen in 1994. As the new academic session began, our class was asked to move to the ‘big’ building in school that housed the senior secondary classes. I wasn’t excited but I had recently started loving some subjects. English and science in particular. In class nine, in a substitution period,…
This is the second in a two part series on mental health of teachers. In this post I am sharing a brief review of the book How to be a Happy Teacher: A Practical Guide to Self-Care and Wellbeing in the Classroom and Beyond. Reference How to be a Happy Teacher: A Practical Guide to…
This is the first in a two part series on mental health of teachers. In this post I am sharing a brief review of the book The Happy Teacher Habits. Reference The Happy Teacher Habits: 11 Habits of the Happiest, Most Effective Teachers on EarthMichael Linsin2016JME PublishingPp. 144Buy here Summary This short book is an…
This article presents a summary of Rosenhan’s famous experiment of pseudopatients in a mental health institution. Bibliography Rosenhan, D. L. (1973). On being sane in insane places. Science, 179(4070), 250–258. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.179.4070.250 Debates in mental health “However much we may be personally convinced that we can tell the normal from the abnormal, the evidence is simply not…
Bibliography Sarangpani, P M, Jain, M & Razzack, A. (2023) The Discipline of Education in India and Its Histories: An Introduction. In A Razzack, P M Sarangpani, & M Jain. Education, Teaching, and Learning.: Discourses, Cultures, Conversations. (pp. 1-37) Hyderabad: Orient Blackswan. You can buy this book here. (Associates Link) Summary The chapter talks about…
Reference: Revathy (2016) Teacher Education in India. Research Nebula. V(16), 40-41. Summary The key focus of the paper is on highlighting existing status of teacher education in the country with emphasis on provisions and the need for teacher welfare. It presents a list of bodies involved in teacher education. The paper mentions that in the…
Alam, S. and Debnath, S. (2022) Future of Teacher Education in the Context of NEP 2020. International Journal of Latest Research in Humanities and Social Science. 5 (10): 17-22. Read full article here. Summary Key focus of the paper is on highlighting the policy recommendations for teacher education. The specific focus is on recommendations for…
Venkatesh, K. 2017. Negotiating the ‘Social’ in Elementary School Social Sciences. Economic and Political Weekly, LII (24): 169-172. Read full article here. Brief Overview The paper begins by raising the fundamental question of what constitutes Social Science at the school level in the specific context of division of textbooks into disciplinary areas. Debate around social…
