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Discipline of Education In India and Its Histories

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…

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Should there be a Dress Code for Teachers?

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,…

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Is real time coaching for teachers a good idea?

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…

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Religious Beliefs Among Emerging Adults

Arnett, J. J., & Jensen, L. A. (2002) A Congregation of One: Individualised Religious Beliefs Among Emerging Adults. Journal of Adolescent Research, 17 (5): 451-467. Full text available here. Brief Summary The paper details out a study on 140 emerging adults religious beliefs. The data collection and analysis includes quantitative as well as qualitative methods. This…

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Are we (over)structuring our classrooms?

Jackson, P. (1994) Life in Classrooms. In Pollar, A. & Bourne, J. (ed.) Teaching and Learning in the Primary School. (pp. 113-118). London: Routledge. (Affiliate Link)  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…

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Sexuality and Childhood: Aankhen Munde Kabootar

Gulati, N. (2018). Aankhein Munde Kabutar: Yaunikta ki Abhivyati. Paathshala-Bheetar aur Baahar,1 (1): 43-55. For full text of the article, click here. The paper begins with a discussion on a July 2017 incident of a young boy being restricted from sitting in class XII boards post his hugging a peer in the school. The ensuing…

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Texts and Values by Krishna Kumar

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 as any other media tend to evoke responses that publishers and authors count of capturing. Some of the links in this post may be affiliate…