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Business of Teacher Education in Haryana. Anita Deswal.

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Deswal, A. 2017. Business of Teacher Education in Haryana. Economic and Political Weekly, 52(11): 62-66. The paper begins by establishing the significant role of teachers in the development of children and of the nation at large. This builds the base for the need of a sound teacher education system. Deswal enlists the various reforms in…

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Humare Shikshak. Lok Shikshak Manch

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yksd f’k{kd eap (2016) gekjs f’k{kd- ubZ fnYyh% yksd f’k{kd eapA 40 i`’B The booklet begins by presenting a summary of the lives and works of educationists. While some of these educationists have been recognized for their contribution, others have not got their due. Situated in pre-independence India, the educationists differ across class, caste, religious…

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Life in Classrooms. Philip Jackson

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Jackson, P. (1994) Life in Classrooms. In Pollar, A. & Bourne, J. (ed.) Teaching and Learning in the Primary School. (pp. 113-118). London: Routledge. The chapter is an extract from Jackson’s book titled Life in Classrooms. It addresses various aspects of school life. It brings to the fore that not all aspects of school life are celebrated…

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Research Tip #10. Tool Development in Qualitative Research

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In an earlier blog I have spoken about the relevance of research questions. The nature of research questions that you set up would determine whether your research demands a qualitative or a quantitative approach. In contemporary times, a mixed methods approach is frequently used that draws out the best out of qualitative and quantitative paradigms….

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On Terrorism: Illusion and Reality. A Ranjan.

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Ranjan, A. 2011. On Terrorism: Illusion and Reality. Lucknow: Rahul Foundation. pp.35. ISBN: 978-81-906415-6-2.The essay elaborates on an understanding of terrorism with special focus on comparing it to people’s revolution. The emphasis is on tracing the history of people’s movements and comparing them to what are labelled as “terrorist movements”.It makes an important distinction in…

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Principles of Teaching. Constance Kamii and Rheta DeVries

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Kamii, C., & DeVries, R. (1976). Piaget, Children, and Number: Applying Piaget’s theory to the Teaching of Elementary Number. Washington, D.C: National Association for the Education of Young Children. ISBN: 0-912674-49-0 (Guest Post by Alprata Ahuja) Chapter 2 – Principles of Teaching (pp. 11-25) The principles discussed in this chapter are implications of Piaget’s theory to teaching particularly to teaching of numbers.  1….

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Texts and Values. Krishna Kumar.

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Education and Society: Themes, Perspectives and Practices 2015 Ed. Meenakshi Thapan New Delhi OUP ISBN: 9780199451319 Chapter 12: Texts and Values Krishna Kumar pp. 345-357 In this chapter, Kumar raises fundamental questions on the ‘patterns of response’ that are evoked by texts. Acknowledging that response is person-specific, the author goes on to highlight that texts…

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The Saga of Goods and Services Taxes in India

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The Saga of Goods and Services Taxes in India – Deepak Nair* The idea of bringing GST to India was first introduced by ex-FM P. Chidambaram in Union budget 2006-07 with an expectation of making it effective from 1stApril 2010. Post that, the framework underwent a number of discussions and committees with the most recent…

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Research Tip #8.Develop a Sound Research Design

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Developing an appropriate research design is one of the key decisions in ensuring the quality of research work that you undertake. A wrong research design can mean that you end up changing the direction of your research. You may also end up spending more time trying to look for excuses to defend your research design…