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
Livemint
April 28, 2016
Almost everyone agrees that we need good research to help improve education. There are two kinds of research that can be done and have been done. The first one asks research questions from within the field of education.
Livemint
April 14, 2016
For the past 14 years, beginning 2002, the approach of the federal government in the US to school education has been remarkably consistent. This is unlike almost any other matter; the Obama administration has differed from the Bush...
Civil Society
April 06, 2016
On several occasions, when I tell my former classmates and relatives that I am travelling in Barmer, many of them ask, “Where is Barmer?” One even asked, “What is Barmer?” Very few know that this district of Rajasthan, with around 6,000...
Livemint
March 31, 2016
Babasaheb Ambedkar is believed to have said in 1952, “I owe my whole intellectual life to Prof. John Dewey”. It is likely that he did say this, or something very similar. There is enough in his published writing to validate this sentiment...
Civil Society
March 21, 2016
The lady at the other end of the phone was known to me. She had called apologetically on a Saturday afternoon to say the minister was keen on getting a presentation by the Azim Premji Foundation on a stated topic. The meeting was on the...
Livemint
March 17, 2016
Galileo was pronounced “vehemently suspect of heresy” by the Church in 1632 and lived the last nine years of his life under house arrest, for his espousal of heliocentrism. Curiously, Copernican heliocentrism had been used by Pope Gregory...
Articles & Opinions
The Hindu
September 06, 2016
The classroom is no picnic. But each year, each day can be an opportunity for discovering oneself.
Journal of Education and Training Studies
September 01, 2016
In educational environments prepared based on the active learning method, children learn with interest and pleasure, doing and experiencing, and directly through their own experiences.
Journal of Education and Practice
September 01, 2016
In order for curriculum development to be effective and schools to be successful, teachers must be involved in the development process. An effective curriculum should reflect the philosophy, goals, objectives, learning experiences,...
Indian Express
August 29, 2016
To mark Teacher’s Day next Monday, The Indian Express tracks down national award-winning teachers from last year and from this year’s shortlist to find that education reform is being powered more by individual teachers innovating in small...
Economic and Political Weekly
August 27, 2016
Late in 2015, the Ministry of Human Resource Development appointed a five-member committee to help “evolve a draft New Education Policy.” The committee, chaired by this writer, submitted its report with more than 90 recommendations to the...
Politics and Governance
August 11, 2016
This article examines representation as a fundamental, albeit often neglected, norm of governance which, if perceived to be deficient or unfair, can interfere with other components of governance, as well as with performance of an...
Bibliography
New Education Policy: A Critique and a Submission
Social Change
September-2016
After the formation of the NDA government in 2014, the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) announced its decision to frame a New Education Policy (NEP), thus placing India?s education requirements in the correct direction.
Category: Education Policy
Using Teacher Impression Journals to Improve Intervention Effectiveness
Topics in Early Childhood Special Education
September-2016
This article describes the use of Teacher Impression Journals during a larger study that examined the efficacy of an intervention program designed to promote kindergarteners’ positive attitudes toward peers with disabilities (i.e., the...
Category: Early Childhood Education
Adaptation in the Transition to School: Perspectives of Parents, Preschool and Primary School Teachers
Educational Research
September-2016
The present qualitative study sets out to contribute to the knowledge on the adaptation process of children to school transition (around age 6) in Portugal, by comparing preschool teachers', primary school teachers', and parents...
Category: Learning in School
Investigating the Nature of Classroom Willingness to Communicate (WTC): A Micro-perspective
Language Teaching Research
September-2016
The rationale behind this study comes from the assumption that more profound understanding of motives underlying learners’ readiness or reluctance to speak may help create classroom conditions that facilitate communication, thus...
Category: Teacher Professional Development
Student Teacher Beliefs on Grammar Instruction
Language Teaching Research
September-2016
The objective of this study by the authors was to gain insight into the beliefs on grammar teaching of student teachers of English as a foreign language enrolled in undergraduate and postgraduate teacher education programmes at Dutch...
Category: Teacher Professional Development
Come in with an Open Mind': Changing Attitudes Towards Mathematics in Primary Teacher Education
Educational Research
September-2016
This paper reports on an investigation into student teachers' self-reported attitudes towards mathematics in the context of a mathematics education programme. The programme had been developed by the authors in response to a new,...
Category: Teacher Professional Development