tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8205576142711205254.post2414002637313974719..comments2023-07-08T02:18:30.852-07:00Comments on Writing Tomorrow: Standardisation of Education Conference in CSSS, JNUSusan Visvanathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01402094861281674429noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8205576142711205254.post-75346466268099931182012-02-29T01:00:54.823-08:002012-02-29T01:00:54.823-08:00Hi Dev, thanks for pitching in the Historical Meth...Hi Dev, thanks for pitching in the Historical Method class today on Adi Shankara and his visiting Maheshi and the dialogue with Madana Mishra and his wife. Amazing how the map of India suddenly comes alive with myriad view points. Good to meet your wife Priya too.Susan Visvanathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01402094861281674429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8205576142711205254.post-91520640796282065062012-02-10T22:40:07.791-08:002012-02-10T22:40:07.791-08:00An innovative initiative indeed that could bridge ...An innovative initiative indeed that could bridge the gap between higher education/academics and the school-education. Especially, when the commonsense is prevalent about the 'erosion of school education' (and the erosion story is efficiently capitalized in the neoliberal economy by the edu-corporate companies), it is imperative to hear teachers from school. I believe it could also amount to a thorough rethinking on 'teacher-education' at university level. for, the idea of teacher-education, under various nomenclature, has been made to appear singular/unequivocal, by instituions/NGOs/state. <br />In connection with this commendable attempt, i reminisce one teacher from bulandshehar (UP) who was participant in the school teachers' conference I convened at NCERT (2010): <br />'we can feel, realize and understand on our own; they do not understand what we can'...Devhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10980864342945228803noreply@blogger.com