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 Anurag Behar
Livemint
March 12, 2016
We were in a small central hall in the school, sometimes used as a classroom. Two kids ran in announcing that there was a snake on the steps outside. In the seconds that it would have taken us to reach the steps, two men had appeared from...
By Anurag Behar
Livemint
February 18, 2016
Most of us who work with school education have been completely mystified by media reports and related opinion pieces which claim that thousands of private schools are being shut down because of the Right to Education Act (RTE).
By Dileep Ranjekar
Civil Society
February 16, 2016
Around 2000, one of the biggest challenges facing the Indian school education system was the large number of “out of school” children. The estimates of the number ranged from 39 to 59 million. The Public Report on Basic Education in India...
By Anurag Behar
Livemint
February 03, 2016
It was the kind of late winter morning you long for in the great Indian plains in May. All blue sky, with gentle sunlight streaming between the tall trees around the school at 10am. The idyllic picture was completed by the kids in blue...
By Anurag Behar
Livemint
January 20, 2016
One of the few matters in Indian education on which there is substantial consensus is the urgent need for a complete overhaul of pre-service teacher education—that is, the B.Ed (bachelor of education) and D.Ed (diploma in education)...
By Anurag Behar
Livemint
December 23, 2015
Let me tell you five stories from my encounters in different parts of India in 2015. In the hot and green plains, every day, the teacher goes to his student’s house. He picks him up because the child has no legs, seats him on the bike,...

Articles & Opinions

By Carina Girvana, Claire Conneelya, Brendan Tangney
Teacher and Teacher Education
August 01, 2016
This paper introduces the use of experiential learning during the early stages of teacher professional development. Teachers observe student outcomes from the very beginning of the process and experience new pedagogical approaches as...
By Eiman Karara and Inga Jacobs-Mata
Aquatic Procedia
August 01, 2016
Inclusive governance and citizen engagement in governing water is important in enhancing service delivery. Good citizens endorse their obligations alongside their respective rights.
By Anna M. Senye-Mir, Joan Arumí-Prat, Gil Pla-Campas, Eduard Ramírez
Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences
July 20, 2016
This paper presents some of the results of a broader research project on how formative assessment affects the development of specific and generic competences in teacher training subjects at higher education level.
By Ramirez-Urquidy Martina, Mungaray Alejandro
Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences
July 20, 2016
This paper evaluates the role of human capital in the productivity performance of Mexican microenterprises by estimating productivity functions using standard econometric techniques. Two sources of human capital are analyzed: formal...
By Patralekha Chatterjee
The Asian Age
July 14, 2016
If India is serious about becoming a global power, it has to get education right. In times of economic uncertainty, there is pressure on governments to reduce public investment in education. But this is short-termism as it can hamper long-...
By T. S. R. Subramanian
Frontline
July 08, 2016
While issues of accessibility and enrolment have improved dramatically in the past decades, issues relating to the quality of education at both school and higher levels have not been addressed adequately either in policy or in practice.

Bibliography

Student Teacher Beliefs on Grammar Instruction

By Johan Graus, Peter-Arno Coppen
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

Investigating the Nature of Classroom Willingness to Communicate (WTC): A Micro-perspective

By Mirosław Pawlak, Anna Mystkowska-Wiertelak, Jakub Bielak
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

Beliefs and Practices of Brazilian EFL Teachers regarding Pronunciation

By Larissa Buss
Language Teaching Research
September-2016
Interest in pronunciation learning and teaching has increased significantly in the past few years. Studies and resources in the area have proliferated, but it is important to know whether they have influenced teachers of English as a...
Category: Teacher Professional Development

Learning to Teach Geography for Primary Education: Results of an Experimental Programme

By Marian Blankman, Judith Schoonenboom, Joop van der Schee, Marianne Boogaard, Monique Volman
Journal of Geography in Higher Education
August-2016
Students training to become primary school teachers appear to have little awareness of the core concepts of geography (teaching). To ensure that future primary school teachers are able to develop their pupils’ geographical awareness, a six...
Category: Teacher Professional Development

Special Education Teacher Preparation in Singapore’s Dual Education System

By Zachary Walker
Teacher Education and Special Education
August-2016
The purpose of this article is to describe Singapore’s dual education system as well as teacher preparation in a country that educates many students with disabilities in a separate environment.
Category: Teacher Education

Effects of an In-Service Training Program Using the Routines-Based Interview

By Tânia Boavida, Cecília Aguiar, R. A. McWilliam, Nadine Correia
Topics in Early Childhood Special Education
August-2016
The focus of this study is an in-service training program rooted in routines-based early intervention and designed to improve the quality of goals and objectives on individualized plans.
Category: Teacher Professional Development