Tag: Education
Understanding How Gender Barriers Impact Subject Choices in School Education
The article tries to examine gender biases that impacts subject choices in school education impacting the lives of
countless women in India and the world.
Book Review| Danger: SCHOOL!A Powerful and Artistic Commentary on our Schools
Children spend precious years of their lives in schools often without even equipping themselves with the curiosity to learn or the inquisitively to explore.
Caste, Religion and Our Classrooms
When stereotypes based on one’s caste and religious identities, and resultant symbolic violence disrupt our classrooms, we lose the spirit of emancipatory education.
What’s behind Taliban’s Fear of Educated Young Women?
The Taliban's determination to curtail women's educational rights has attracted widespread criticism, here is an article exploring the issue.
Math teachers in virtual classes tend to view girls and Black students as less...
The article argues that online classes can be discriminatory and hold an inherent bias against women/girl students or people of racial minorities. Is it true?
Understanding Diverse Perspectives on Peace in a Conflicted World
The following article looks at the importance of the various perspectives on peace and how they can help us find solutions for a shared living amid a conflicted world.
Outdoor education has psychological, cognitive and physical health benefits for children
Research in recent decades has documented the multiple benefits of outdoor education from the cognitive, physical, psychological and social perspectives.
The Promise of Engaged Pedagogy
Bell Hooks is known for her feminist thought and interesting work on pedagogy as an art. Here is a passage from her well known work where she shares with her readers her passion for the field of education and why she cannot remain a distant and aloof teacher.
Stop ‘Labelling’ and Start ‘Believing’: Towards the Academic, Social and Psychological Development of Learners
Students perform well, not when they are discouraged and labelled but when they get a warm, loving and supporting environment from teachers.
Co-creating a Compassionate Space for Learning
Is it possible to create a compassionate and loving space that nurtures the spirit of learning? Here is an account of expereinces from a two-day visit to Thulir, a centre for learning in Sittilingi,Tamil Nadu ,that the writer recently undertook.
















