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

By Chandan Gowda
Bangalore Mirror
June 20, 2017
I asked hesitatingly if he could give a talk to my students. I was discussing Fukuoka's One Straw Revolution in my class earlier this year. Students would gain from meeting a farmer who worked with the cult Japanese natural farmer...
By V Santhakumar
Economics in Action Blog
June 19, 2017
Nearly 17 percent of students drop out of schools from India. Even among those students whose names are ‘live’ in attendance registers, a significant share of them (probably as high as 50 percent in certain areas) may not attend schools...
By Harini Nagendra
Bangalore Mirror
June 19, 2017
This weekend, hectic effort by a group of citizens paid off for Bengaluru. Plans to construct a new Government Veterinary Hospital on Queens Road included the felling of four massive heritage trees.
By Narayana A
The Caravan
June 17, 2017
On 22 March, SM Krishna, the former Congress leader in Karnataka, joined the Bharatiya Janata Party at a ceremony held in the party’s national headquarters in Delhi. It was a typically muddled ritual.
By Dileep Ranjekar
Civil Society
June 17, 2017
My son fell sick on his first birthday and we were rather disappointed since he was in no mood to play with the children who had been invited home. Even his pictures taken on the occasion clearly showed the discomfort he was experiencing....
By Chandan Gowda
Bangalore Mirror
June 13, 2017
The freedom of the media to be critical of the power-centres in society, of which the govern ment is one, is a key requisite for modern democracies. In principle, a responsible government ought to allow for press freedom. This is far from...

Articles & Opinions

By Ranajoy Sen
Daily News & Analysis
June 30, 2017
The contemporary narrative of the country’s agricultural economy entails higher input costs for agricultural produce than its selling price, leading to rural debt, economic hardships, farmer suicides and the attendant violent unrest.
By Rama Natarajan
Deccan Herald
June 29, 2017
The world and its sister know that education, especially from the age of six to 16, is crucial for every individual, for the society and for the nation. In the last two decades, the education system has undergone a sea change in many parts...
By Prashant K. Nanda
Livemint
June 29, 2017
National Council For Teacher Education promises drastic action against teacher training colleges, 3,000 of which could be barred from taking admissions from the next academic year
By Ram Kaundinya
Livemint
June 28, 2017
The Indian farmer faces pressure from both the demand and the supply sides. Technology can help solve some of his problems.
By Anukrit Kanti
Business World
June 28, 2017
The Social Progress Index is an aggregate index of social and environmental indicators that capture three dimensions of social progress: Basic Human Needs, Foundations of Wellbeing, and Opportunity.
By T S R Subramanian
The Indian Express
June 27, 2017
Our educational system seems tailored for its administrators. Students, teachers take second place. The main problem, as in other fields, is the abysmal quality of governance, with politics permeating every aspect of educational...

Bibliography

Developing pre-service teachers' professional knowledge of teaching: The influence of mentoring

By Juanjo Mena, Paul Hennissen & John Loughran
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

Is the classroom obsolete in the twenty-first century?

By Leon Benade
Educational Philosophy & Theory
July-2017
Lefebvre's triadic conception of spatial practice, representations of space and representational spaces provides the theoretical framework of this article, which recognises a productive relationship between space and social relations.
Category: Education Policy

Enhancing the quality of kindergarten education in Singapore

By Tan, Ching Ting
International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy
July-2017
Almost all children in Singapore complete 1 year of preschool before entering primary school. However, preschool education (PSE) is not compulsory and is provided primarily by the private sector.
Category: Early Childhood Education Policy

The practice architectures of middle leading in early childhood education

By Rönnerman, Karin; Grootenboer, Peter; Edwards-Groves, Christine
International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy
July-2017
The development of Early Childhood Education in Sweden is a central concern for national and local government, and for school districts and preschools.
Category: Early Childhood Education Policy

How neoliberal globalization is shaping early childhood education policies in India, China, Singapore, Sri Lanka and the Maldives

By Amita Gupta
Policy Futures in Education
July-2017
In rapidly globalizing systems of schooling around the world, economic considerations have led to a push to impose neoliberal reforms in the field of education.
Category: Early Childhood Education Policy

Challenges for cooperative learning implementation: reports from elementary school teachers

By Céline Buchs, Dimitra Filippou, Yann Volpé & Caroline Pulfrey
Journal of Education for Teaching
July-2017
Despite the well-established benefits of cooperative learning, implementation remains a challenge. This research aims to document these challenges at the elementary school level, drawing on teachers’ beliefs regarding learning as well as...
Category: Teacher Professional Development