Learning in an Unfamiliar Tongue? Reflections from a Delhi School
Most Indian schools have children who have different mother-tongues compared to medium of instruction. This poses unique learning challenges to policymakers.
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Coaching Classrooms, Or what do you call a group of parrots?
Under the lure of a good life, coaching centres in India exploit the dreams of parents and put students into cages that can’t dream
Beyond school syllabi: Curiosity and care in early years
Panchakosha in Indian philosophy can be a practical teaching guide to include physical body, breath, relationships, intellect and meaning to how children grow into the world around us.
Teachers at crossroads: An analysis of practice and policy in India
Analyzing role of teachers in Indian school education using Christopher Winch’s framework.
Breaking epistemic barriers: Tribal ways of knowing and being
By recognizing tribal communities as co-producers of knowledge rather than mere subjects, academia can foster a more inclusive, ethical, and pluralistic intellectual landscape.
The ‘missing’ joy of Research
Research in India has become ‘joyless’ because of 3 factors- oversaturation of PhD applicants, ignorance about opportunities and orthodoxy of universities.
Learning from nature: Rabindranath Tagore’s vision
To Rabindranath Tagore, nature was essential to not only experience the unity of truth in this world but also to children’s wholesome development.
Learning to teach: Nuggets from a primary school classroom
Three young beginning teachers and their educator explore possibilities in a primary grade classroom.
Five educators on education
This essay summarizes the educational philosophies of five great educators that are often studied in the pre-service teacher education programme.
Princess goes to school
The article revisits the institution of schooling provoked by the travails of a little girl’s initiation into the system. What does early schooling really serve?
Paracosm – A less reflected take on “Atrangi Re”
Which translates to “funnily weird” on Wikipedia. But, what about that silent and possibly uncomfortable talk about the mental health of the protagonist?
Aggressive Majoritarianism and Power
However, in the race of power projection where no one wants to project oneself as weak, the genuine efforts of welfare find no place
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