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…
Apple, M. W. 2008. Can schooling contribute to a more just society? Education, Citizenship and Social Justice, 3:239. DOI: 10.1177/1746197908095134 The paper is written using Apple and Bean’s book ‘Democratic Schools’ as its base. The focus is on revisiting the debates of creating democratic school spaces as essential in “pursuit of social justice”. Through a…
The Head of the Department and I were discussing today about a specific colleague who everyone knows and has labelled to be eccentric, to put it mildly. There have been so many instances in the past year or two, that in common language, we would call her mad. The rest of us in the department…
I have reached a stage where I have started accepting the hierarchy in student-teacher relationships. I sometimes fancy myself believing that it is necessary. I went for school observations today. The basis of this entire exercise is rooted in hierarchy. I sit at the back of the class while my students teach. With the current…
It is a little disturbing that this is my first day of writing on this blog. I would have preferred a happier reflection. It is the middle of the day and it is not like the work is over. I still have a ton of work left for the day…. both academic and administrative. Balancing…
