Research and Writings on Education

A collection of reading notes, thoughts and experiences

Language Policy in India - Quick Thoughts

Education Policy

In our ‘Policy, Institutions and Practice’ class in MAEE at TISS, a classmate made a wonderful presentation about the language policy in India. Towards the end, in…

Research Methodology - A case of correct data but flawed conclusions on NDP

This case study examines a published research article on India’s No Detention Policy (NDP) as an example of how correct statistical data can lead to flawed causal…

Social and Cultural Reproduction and Resistance - Marx to Giroux

An attempt to outline how the theories of social and cultural reproduction and resistance have evolved from Marx to Giroux

Rethinking School

Let’s begin with a confession: at farm hill, we rarely call ourselves a “school.” The word feels too tight, too loaded with assumptions about time, authority, and what it…

Bernstein - Language, Education and Social Reproduction

This material is based on the following books, read through notebooklm.

Language acquisition - Bruner, Chomsky and Deb Roy

This transcript records a class discussion analyzing Deb Roy’s TED Talk, “The Birth of a Word,” which details a study using extensive home video recordings to model a…

Mirabai - Perspectives and Sources of History

While Mirabai is widely known as a poet and a spiritual icon, she is condemned in the community of her birth and celebrated as a rebel by certain sections of the society. In…

Timeline of Milestones in Indian Education - 17th Century onwards

History of Education

1600: East India Company receives its charter

Notes from Ambedkar’s Columbia lecture on Caste

Dr. Ambedkar sets up the importance of studying caste. Caste is a parceling out of a homogenous population. Various definitions of caste are then examined and the…

Rethinking Responsibility - Parenting, Education, and Community

An attempt to outline the thinking involved in raising a child on the autism spectrum and bringing together an alternative learning community.

Kandukuri Veeresalingam and Jotirao Phule

History of Education

A short comparative study of the reformative work of Kandukuri Veeresalingam (1848-1911) and that of Jotirao Phule (1827-1890).

Kaka Muttai - A Philosophical Analysis

This article presents an analysis of philosophical ideas in the 2014 movie Kakka Muttai (The Crow’s Egg). This movie was awarded the best children’s film and best child…