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
Human Capital
The last two decades have seen
unprecedented growth in
businesses such as Information
Technology, Knowledge and
Hospitality in India and across the
globe.
Civil Society
About two years ago, in a relatively remote town in Maharashtra, while addressing some 250 college students, I asked them, “how many of you are proud of being Indian?” Many hands went up. A small group of students did not raise their...
Livemint
The smell of February in Bhopal is unchanged from 35 years ago. The wind blows the tiny, drying, yellow leaves of amaltas, to shower down as they did then, sticking in my hair. The many houses I grew up in, and those of my friends, they...
Livemint
School choice has been one of the most controversial issues in education. Why should something which is so self-evidently desirable, that parents should have choice of which and what kind of school their children go to, be so controversial...
Civil Society
The National Policy for Education 1986 (modified marginally in 1992) was prepared after much debate and thinking that had originally begun even before 1968. The policy was adopted by Parliament.
Livemint
Why did you become a teacher? In my many discussions with teachers, I never ask that question, but it does come up often on its own. Rarely does someone tell a story of teaching being her life’s calling. Most often they are stories of...
Articles & Opinions
Economic and Political Weekly
There are basic methodological and conceptual problems with
recent research that ends up arguing that private school education is more effective than public education. Such findings
have obvious policy implications but it is critical that...
Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences
This study addressed the following research question: What is the status of in-service training of teachers and teacher training in the National Educational Councils held so far?
Brock Education Journal
The analysis uses a narrative inquiry approach to explore both the individual and collective meanings of this principal-student relationship. The stories and their derived meanings have the potential to enliven and influence educational...
Brock Education Journal
This article has two purposes. First, it reports the first year results from focus group methodology conducted to determine how teacher characteristics may influence students’ learning. Second, the article establishes a framework to...
Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences
Generally, school is on the top of the centers where educational institutions become concrete and active. Actually, schools are the indispensible part of the general social system of the societies.
Livemint
Apart from implementing bold reforms, we need to invest more into discovering, acknowledging and addressing the truths of our governance systems
Bibliography
Democracy, Equal Citizenship, and Education
Theory and Research in Education
March-2016
Two appealing principles of educational distribution – equality and sufficiency – are comparatively assessed. The initial point of comparison is the distribution of civic educational goods. One reason to favor equality in educational...
Category: Educational Theory
What is Equality of Opportunity in Education?
Theory and Research in Education
March-2016
There is widespread disagreement about what equality of opportunity in education requires. For some it is that each child is legally permitted to go to school. For others it is that each child receives the same educational resources.
Category: Educational Theory
Educational Goods and Values: A Framework for Decision Makers
Theory and Research in Education
March-2016
This article articulates a framework suitable for use when making decisions about education policy.
Category: Education Policy
Enrollment, Educational Expenditures and Work Among One-Parent Children in India
Marriage & Family Review
March-2016
In this study, the author examined the effect of single parenthood due to death, separation, divorce, or migration of spouse on educational inputs among school-age children in India.
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Public–private partnerships in education: An analysis with special reference to Indian school education system
International Journal of Educational Development
March-2016
Government of India is willing to achieve universality of education but the limiting factor is the financial resources at the disposal of the government.
Category: Education Policy
EFL Teachers’ attempts at Feedback Innovation in the Writing Classroom
Language Teaching Research
March-2016
This study aims to explore the ways in which two secondary teachers in Hong Kong attempted to implement feedback innovation in their writing classrooms after receiving some professional development input, as well as the factors that...
Category: Teacher Professional Development