Usha Raman
What motivates a school to come into being, to act? Are schools just entities that sell a product – education? What is a school’s understanding of education? How does this understanding play out in the classrooms?
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What drives schools? A critical sociology perspective
Simran Luthra
When did schools, as we know them today, emerge? Is the Indian scenario peculiar? What drives them? What should drive them? Who gains from schools and how?
Factors that drive schools
Sushama Yermal
Schools have established a typical form and function over the years. How do the schools’ stakeholders (parents, founders, teachers, learners, officials and others) influence the school today?
The peer pressure of tomorrow
Neerja Singh
Peer pressure driven by social media is a major challenge today. Do we realize its impact on the youth? Can we help the youth with the skills, knowledge and support systems they would need to deal with this?
School as a safe space
Manasi Gunjikar
Teachers act as children’s guardians at school. They need to be trained on the laws that protect children from sexual offences. This can lead to essential changes in the ways teachers interact with children, in the ways schools function.
Children play all the time…why don’t teachers?
Timira
We talk about play in education, in policy and in pedagogy. However, other than in pre-school, we have not been able to take it into the classroom. How can we address this gap between theory and practice?
Understanding how children perceive writing
Lakshmi Mitter
A positive association with writing as a skill during the school years goes a long way in shaping how the children will write when they grow up. Can we enable this? How?
Embracing mistakes, fostering growth: A collaborative journey in teaching English
Sujana Lama
The author shares her transformative journey of self-discovery and professional growth, with a focus on identifying and addressing common errors in the English language learning process.
Learning by doing: Research within the curriculum
Anamika Sharma and Vismitha B G
How can research projects play a crucial role in science learning? How can they enable both students / researchers and teachers / mentors to broaden their perspectives, to gain in-depth knowledge, be creative and to be relevant to the world beyond their classrooms?
Hedy Lamarr: A beauty with brains
Mamata Pandya
In this issue we get to know about a Hollywood actor, known for her beauty, who also had a lifelong passion for invention and often spent her evenings working at her drafting table and studying research texts.