Member publications consists of articles and papers contributed by members of the Foundation to leading newspapers, magazines, and journals. Articles & Opinions and Bibliography comprise a repository of academic articles on education and other allied domains such as health, livelihoods and sustainability.
Member Publications
Economic and Political Weekly
July 08, 2017
This article charts the changing public discourse around reforms in national English-language newspapers and argues that they played a key role in popularising liberalisation for the elites.
Livemint
July 06, 2017
He was wealthy, worth about a thousand crores, and had just about started a philanthropic effort focused on education. He wanted advice on how they could work with the government effectively. He listened to me patiently. After a few months...
Bangalore Mirror
July 04, 2017
Made as a student film at UCLA forty years ago, in 1977, Charles Burnett's (in pic)Killer of Sheep is now routinely held up as being among the finest films ever made on African Americans. A single viewing can suffice to share the...
The Wire
July 04, 2017
Legislative action that primarily looks at cattle mobility as ‘acts of smuggling cattle out of state for slaughter’ is deeply misguided and betrays a misunderstanding of how India’s cattle have been bought and sold since the British Raj.
The Hindu
July 04, 2017
Since Independence, between 25 and 60 million people have been displaced from their homes and uprooted for India’s development projects. Most end up living in abysmal poverty and deprivation.
Economics in Action Blog
July 03, 2017
Amarendra Das and I have visited a set of schools in the tribal villages of the Gajapati district of Odisha state (in India) early this year. Since these tribal communities speak a different language (namely Soura) (and they don’t speak...
Articles & Opinions
Hindustan Times
July 10, 2017
It’s a paradoxical fact. Families become smaller as better nutrition, vaccination and healthcare ensure couples lose fewer children to malnutrition and infections, such as diarrhoea, pneumonia, sepsis and tuberculosis
The Wire
July 08, 2017
A new study says that if children who gain most from attending preschool were trained to better use their inherent numerical abilities, it will help them understand concepts better later.
Deccan Herald
July 06, 2017
Today, with many youngsters motivated to pursue a satisfying career in Science, universities across the world are seeing unprecedented enrolments. In spite of this, they still face a major roadblock when it comes to funding the research...
The New Indian Express
July 05, 2017
The results of the Tamil Nadu Eligibility Entrance Test (TNTET) released earlier this week threw up a shocker as a whopping 95 per cent of the candidates failed to clear it. Out of the 7.53 lakh candidates who took TNTET this year, only 34...
The Economic Times
July 04, 2017
Rather than imparting knowledge, education in India has become a "commercial commodity", rued eminent scientist G Madhavan Nair, who also spoke out strongly against the tendency of parties to make campuses a training ground for...
Down To Earth
July 03, 2017
Considerable attention is being paid to the food-energy-water nexus under global warming, climate adaptation and mitigation. But when it comes to food security, as well as nutrition security, we forget that the two are independent and yet...
Bibliography
Engaging teacher educators with the sustainability agenda
International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education
September-2017
There is broad consensus that the implementation of education for sustainable development (ESD) requires the consideration of geographical and cultural contexts.
Category: Teacher Professional Development
‘I never feel alone in my classroom’: teacher professional growth within a blended community of practice
Professional Development in Education
September-2017
Well-designed face-to-face and virtual communities of practice provide opportunities for teachers to learn, grow as professionals and make changes to their practice with the support of peers.
Category: Teacher Professional Development
Measuring student teachers’ practices and beliefs about teaching mathematics using the Rasch model
International Journal of Research & Method in Education
September-2017
Several attempts have been made to measure and categorize beliefs and practices of mathematics teachers [Swan, M. 2006.
Category: Pre-service Teacher Education
Pre-service science teachers’ perceptions of mathematics courses in a science teacher education programme
International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science & Technology
September-2017
Most science departments offer compulsory mathematics courses to their students with the expectation that students can apply their experience from the mathematics courses to other fields of study, including science.
Category: Pre-service Teacher Education
Developing pre-service teachers' professional knowledge of teaching: The influence of mentoring
Teaching & Teacher Education
August-2017
This study was situated in a Primary Teacher Education program in the Netherlands. The participants (N=16) comprised four each of: Pre-Service Teachers (PST)
Category: Mentor Teachers
Examining preservice teacher content and pedagogical content knowledge needed to teach reading in elementary school
Journal of Research in Reading
August-2017
Recently, increased attention has been placed on the importance of having knowledgeable and skilled teachers in order to influence reading achievement. Yet many international reports suggest that large numbers of children are not learning...
Category: Pre-service Teacher Education