Research and Writings on Education

A collection of reading notes, thoughts and experiences

The Shepherd’s Age - What a Wrong Answer Taught Me About Teaching Math
It has been a practice with me to start middle school mathematics with a revision of fractions, decimals and percentages. The presence of these three kinds of numbers, their…
Venu GVGK
Sep 8, 2026
 
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…
Venu GVGK
Apr 9, 2026

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…

Venu GVGK
Mar 14, 2026

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

Venu GVGK
Oct 8, 2025

Rethinking School
Education
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…
Venu GVGK
Jun 5, 2025

Bernstein - Language, Education and Social Reproduction
Sociology
This material is based on the following books, read through notebooklm.
Venu GVGK
Jan 31, 2025

Language acquisition - Bruner, Chomsky and Deb Roy
Language
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…
Venu GVGK
Jan 30, 2025

Mirabai - Perspectives and Sources of History
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…

Venu GVGK
Jan 21, 2025

Timeline of Milestones in Indian Education - 17th Century onwards
History of Education
1600: East India Company receives its charter
Venu GVGK
Jan 21, 2025

Notes from Ambedkar’s Columbia lecture on Caste
Sociology
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…
Venu GVGK
Jan 16, 2025

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.

Venu GVGK
Dec 13, 2024

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).

Venu GVGK
Dec 10, 2024

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…

GVGK Raju
Nov 18, 2024
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