Student-Teacher Research - Insights From Indias Bachelor of Elementary Education Programme

This book focuses on the conceptualisation and practice of student-teacher research (STR). Despite existing practices and global discourse on the importance of STR in foregrounding teaching as a research-based profession, STR remains underexplored, particularly in the Indian context.

List of contents

Introduction: The contested terrain of research by student-teachers Part I: Contextualising student-teacher research in initial teacher education Chapter 1: Placing research in initial teacher education: Concept, nature and scope Chapter 2: Twenty-six STR summaries Chapter 3: Self-study of STR by teacher educators Chapter 4: Self-assessment of STR: Navigating competing epistemologies of teacher learning Part II: Contributions by student-teachers Chapter 5: Contemporary schooling practices and ideas of Indian thinkers Chapter 6: Child and the curriculum Chapter 7: Pedagogic practice in a primary school classroom: Dialogue and anti-dialogue Chapter 8: 'To have or to be' gaze at school curriculum Chapter 9: Aftermath of psychological abuse among young woman student-teachers Chapter 10: Advertising and its impact on children

About the author

Jyoti Raina is Professor of Education at Gargi College, University of Delhi, India.
Gunjan Sharma is Associate Professor at the School of Education Studies, Dr. B. R. Ambedkar University Delhi, India.

Product details

• Authors: Jyoti Sharma Raina
• Assisted by: Jyoti Raina (Editor), Gunjan Sharma (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.08.2025
• EAN: 9781041059417
• ISBN: 978-1-0-4105941-7
• No. of pages: 162
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; EDUCATION / Educational Policy & Reform / General, EDUCATION / Administration / Elementary & Secondary, India, EDUCATION / Teacher & Student Mentoring, teacher training, Regional Studies, Secondary Schools, Philosophy & theory of education, Regional / International studies, Philosophy and theory of education, Primary & middle schools, Primary and middle schools, EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Elementary, EDUCATION / Teaching / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / Asian Studies, STR;Student-Teacher Research;Elementary Education;India