scholarly journals Critical pedagogy in practice: A case study from Kerala, India

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 33-54
Author(s):  
Vishnu Prakash Kareepadath
Keyword(s):  
Critical Pedagogy ◽  
School Environment ◽  
Teaching Practice ◽  
Classroom Teaching ◽  
Science Literature ◽  
South Indian ◽  
Indian State ◽  
Standardized Curriculum ◽  
Critical Aspects

Abstract Analysing teaching-practice offers an opportunity to answer questions like what is critical to making a pedagogy democratic, what are the factors that support a teacher to be critical in her teaching? Or what restricts the teacher in being critical in her work? This paper seeks to address some of these questions by presenting the findings of an investigation into the practice of teachers who are committed to the idea of critical pedagogy. The scope of the study is limited to understanding the critical aspects that are related to the teacher’s work within the classroom. The paper analyses the theoretical arguments that are relevant to critical pedagogy in relation to teachers’ practices as they emerged during the study. The study, conducted in the South Indian state of Kerala, reveals that teacher subjectivity and schooling situations interact in a dialectical fashion to shape the nature of classroom teaching. The political subjectivity of the teachers, shaped by their close interaction with the Kerala Science Literature Movement (KSSP) makes their pedagogy critical in nature. On the other hand, the standardized curriculum and mechanically disciplined school environment continuously challenge the teachers’ efforts at being critical in their work.

scholarly journals Anthropological Perspective Study on the Muslims in Mysore City-India (Case study Shia Muslims)

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 137
Author(s):  
Jalal Jafarpour
Keyword(s):  
Religious Identity ◽  
Anthropological Perspective ◽  
Remarkable Case ◽  
South Indian ◽  
Anthropological Research ◽  
National Leaders ◽  
Indian State ◽  
History Of ◽  
Modern Era

<p>India, because of including a collection of religions and religious minorities altogether in itself, especially in this modern era, is a remarkable case of study and consideration. This study also, as an anthropological research and in order to get familiar with the religious identity of Muslims and Shias of Mysore in particular, has played its role. This project is a case study about the Shia Muslims in Mysore; it has also a historical look upon formation of cultural identity of Shias in India. During the reign of the Arab traders, they brought Islam into the South Indian state of Karnataka almost as soon as the faith was initiated in Arabia. Along with their faith, Muslims brought many products to the region. The Islamic presence and power in the state reached its greatest heights during the reigns of Hyder Ali and his son Tippu Sultan. Though killed by the British in 1799, Tippu Sultan was one of the only national leaders to defeat the British in battle and is still considered a hero for many Indians. The internal structure of Indian Muslims as a religio-ethnic group was quite complex. Shias Islam has deep-rooted influence in present and history of India from North to South with various Shia Muslim dynasties ruling Indian provinces from time to time.</p>

scholarly journals University-school cooperation: Perspectives of pre-service teachers, practice teachers and faculty members

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 47
Author(s):  
Sultan Selen Kula ◽  
Mutlu Pınar Demirci Güler
Keyword(s):  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Teaching Practice ◽  
Faculty Members ◽  
Classroom Teaching ◽  
Study Group ◽  
School Collaboration ◽  
Research Designs ◽  
The University ◽  
Pre Service Teacher

The research aimed to determine the views and expectations of pre-service teachers studying in the field of classroom teaching, practice teachers in practice schools, and faculty members responsible for courses related to teaching practice regarding teaching practice processes. The research was designed as a case study from qualitative research designs. The study group consists of 36 female and 9 male, aged between 21 and 25, totally of 45 pre-service teachers; 16 female and 30 male, aged between 30 and 51, totally of 46 practice teachers; 4 female and 7 male, aged between 30 and 51, totally of 11 faculty members. The data was collected in writing with separate forms for pre-service teachers, practice teachers, and faculty members. The data was analyzed by thematic analysis. The results of the research suggest that the existing operation regarding the university-school collaboration is insufficient and those pre-service teachers have the expectation to increase the practice courses in terms of number and duration. It is thought that the interaction between the university and the school should be improved in all aspects. This research is expected to be a guide for revealing expectations of related parties and improving the process during the teaching practice.   Keywords: Pre-service teacher, Teacher training, Teaching practice, University-school cooperation.

scholarly journals TEACHERS’ PEDAGOGICAL BELIEFS, KNOWLEDGE AND CLASSROOM TEACHING PRACTICE: A CASE STUDY OF FOUR TEACHERS IN SMAN 5 CIMAHI

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ilham
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
Teaching Practices ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Teaching Practice ◽  
Classroom Teaching ◽  
Pedagogical Beliefs ◽  
Efl Context ◽  
Conception Of Teaching ◽  
Learning Language

This study explores the teachers’ pedagogical beliefs, knowledge and teaching approaches to EFL instructions. The study is done to answer the questions: First, what are the common pedagogical beliefs do teachers have regarding their approaches to EFL instructions? second, what ways do their pedagogical beliefs match with their teaching practices in the classroom? This study adopts qualitative reserach design. The study is conducted in SMAN 5 Cimahi, and four teachers of English subject as participants. Close-ended and open-ended Questionnaire, are used to describe teachers’ pedagogical beliefs and how the beliefs are practiced in the actual classroom teaching practices. The result reveals that teachers have common beliefs regarding the conception of teaching and learning English as a foreign language. This study also finds that Language learning aptitude, difficulty of language learning, nature of language learning, language learning and communication strategies, and language learning and motivation varies among the teachers. A variation of approaches to EFL instructions is found in the ways the teachers translate their beliefs in the teaching practices. This study is hoped to be significant for both theoretical and practical considerations in Indonesian EFL context.

THE ANALYSIS OF PROBLEM BASED LEARNING (PBL) IN MICRO TEACHING COURSE TO FIT THE REQUIREMENT OF EFFECTIVE PRE-SERVICE TEACHERS

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 119
Author(s):  
Linda Linda ◽  
Apandi
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Method ◽  
Teaching Practice ◽  
Problem Based Learning ◽  
Real Field ◽  
English Department ◽  
Effective Teacher ◽  
Existing Problems ◽  
Apply Problem ◽  
Pre Service Teacher

One of phenomena that occur in the educational world is the issue of discrepancies that occur between theory the pre-service teacher learned in college with implementation when they should teach in thereal fields (schools). Problem Based Learning (PBL) becomes one of the efforts to bridge the existing problems. This research is conducted to find out the extend of Problem Based Learning (PBL) in Micro Teaching course since the course must be accomplished by students before carrying out practical activities in the real field in the school at teaching training program. The writer uses descriptive qualitative method. And in this research the writer uses case study as a research design to find out the purpose of the research. The participants of the the research are 8 students from a class of micro teaching course in English Department of Universitas Swadaya Gunung Jati. In this paper, The Students as the Pre Service Teacher(s) are coded PST(s). The writer uses observation as the instruments of the research. Theory of Miles and Huberman are used to collect data from observation. Regarding to the discussion above, the four aspects of competences of effective teacher are shown in the teaching practice done by the students of Micro teaching course that apply Problem Based Learning (PBL). The majority results of the observation explain that applying Problem Based Learning in Micro Teaching course develops pre-service teachers competence in their teaching in classroom. This research shows pre-service teachers can integrate their competences and create good performance in their teaching practice.

Case study 2

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ewan Ferlie ◽  
Sue Dopson ◽  
Chris Bennett ◽  
Michael D. Fischer ◽  
Jean Ledger ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
Political Science ◽  
Think Tanks ◽  
Science Literature ◽  
Informal Networks ◽  
Think Tank ◽  
Significant Potential ◽  
Key Stakeholders

This chapter analyses the role of think tanks in generating a distinctive mode of policy knowledge, pragmatically orientated to inform and shape issues of importance to civil society. Drawing on political science literature, we argue that think tanks exploit niche areas of expertise and influence to actively mobilize policy analyses and recommendations across diverse stakeholders. Through our exploratory mapping of think tanks, geographically concentrated within London, we characterize their influence as significantly boosting knowledge intensity across the regional ecosystem. In particular, we study the empirical case of one London-based think tank which powerfully mobilized policy knowledge through its formal and informal networks to build influential expert consensus amongst key stakeholders. We conclude that such organizations act as key knowledge producers and mobilizers, with significant potential to influence policy discourses and implementation.

A case study of bureaucratic discretion: heterogeneous application of market entry regulation in Germany

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-20
Author(s):  
Petrik Runst
Keyword(s):  
Market Entry ◽  
Case Managers ◽  
Science Literature ◽  
Entry Regulation ◽  
Quantitative Evidence ◽  
Bureaucratic Discretion ◽  
Street Level ◽  
Actual Application ◽  
Uniform Manner

Abstract All law is relatively coarse after its initial implementation as the legislature cannot foresee all contingencies that can arise in the actual application of the law. Therefore, decisions need to be made by street-level administrators as novel and particular circumstances arise. Economists have largely ignored the political science literature on street-level bureaucrats, such as policemen, welfare case managers, or regulatory agents. I present a case study in the context of market entry regulation in Germany. Qualitative and quantitative evidence suggests that bureaucratic discretion exists, that is, administrative actions can be found on different ends of a decision space, and that its effects are potentially large. Administrators do not apply legislation in a uniform manner and we observe a systematically different application of rules across subnational jurisdictions.

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