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 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…
Sarangpani, P. M. 2009. Quality, Feasibility and Desirability of Low Cost Private Schooling. Economic and Political Weekly, XLIV (43):67-69. Read here. Key Point The discussion paper is a critical commentary on the paper by Jain and Dholakia (2009), “Feasibility of Implementation of Right to Education Act”. The complete paper can be accessed here. Low Cost Private…
Ravikant. (September- October, 2017) “Ek Adhyapak Shikshak ki Diary – V” (Diary of a Teacher Educator-V), “Acche Bacche kaise? –Aise” (What are good children like? – Like this.), Shiksha Vimarsh, 19(5): 41-45. Introduction The paper begins by discussing the stressors and dilemmas faced by school teachers, particularly those in the government school system, on an everyday basis. Systemic…
Manjrekar, N. (2013) Gujarat: Patriarchy Revisited – A Dress Code for Teachers. Economic and Political Weekly, 48(43). Read here Key Idea The paper addresses the phenomenon of making a dress code compulsory for teachers. This in turn points towards the authoritarian approach of bureaucracy as also towards the attempt to curtail the freedom of teachers,…
Sharplin, E., Stahl, G., & Kehrwald, B. (2019, March 26). Real-Time Coaching for Pre-ServiceTeachers. Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Education. Retrieved 28 Jun. 2019, from https://oxfordre.com/education/view/10.1093/acrefore/9780190264093.001.0001/acrefore-9780190264093-e-422 Coaching for Education The paper summarises existing research in the area of coaching, in the specific context of teacher preparation. Differentiating coaching from mentoring, the authors describe mentoring to be a structured process that supports…
