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…
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…
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…
Deswal, A. 2017. Business of Teacher Education in Haryana. Economic and Political Weekly, 52(11): 62-66. Teacher Education 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…
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…
The title of this post is inspired. I read this chapter in a book where the author talks about mice and mould in American classrooms and the frustration that teachers experienced from having to teach in less than healthy physical conditions. Sometimes you read something that sticks with you. Mushrooms, Mice and Mould Shalaby in…
लोक शिक्षक मंच (2016) हमारे शिक्षक. नई दिल्लीः लोक शिक्षक मंच।40 पृष्ठ 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 and…
