[Educationsupport] Meeting of the Education Support Group on August 17th (Wednesday) from 5.00 - 6.30 pm
Guru
Guru at ITforChange.net
Fri Aug 19 15:36:47 IST 2022
thanks Ekta,
One incidental comment.
The term 'affordable school' is antithetical to the idea of education as
a fundamental right of children. Both 'affordable' and 'low cost'
private school seem to suggest that the model is desirable. Language
fashions our thinking and I personally prefer the term 'poor private
school'.
regards,
Guru
On 17/08/22 15:40, Ekta Singla wrote:
> Dear Anusha, Ranjani and Venita,
>
> I would have really liked to attend, however, the time is not
> suitable for me.
>
> Instead to get the conversation going on the important questions
> raised in the shared document, please find my thoughts below.
>
> *Background*
>
> I conducted fieldwork (as part of my PhD) with multilingual (Telugu,
> English, Hindi, Dakhni) children (class 6th) in Warangal, Telangana
> ages 9-12 in an affordable private school. Children in these
> classrooms identified themselves as Muslims, Hindu, Christians.
> Identity of caste and class were also used by the school administration.
> _
> _
> _Focus_:
>
> * To identify adolescents' literacy practices inside and outside
> school among family, peers and other spaces that children visit.
>
> *Findings*
>
> 1. Marginalised (SC/ST/OBCs) children with access to peers from
> privileged backgrounds in the neighbourhood have had some access
> to literacy practices. This includes reading text (on-academic)
> online on games, YouTube, example -Minecraft.
> 2. In addition, children with access to religious institutions (like
> church, Madarsa) have had access to reading, writing and group
> work in religious text
> 3. A number of children from all backgrounds have engaged in varied
> activities (that involved reading, writing and alternate
> understanding of numeracy) through phones with family members,
> peers and in some cases older siblings.
> 4. Children also have access to public libraries, other books made
> available by parents and family members at home. In some cases,
> older siblings have actively engaged in teaching younger ones.
>
>
> *Implications for Education Support Group*
> *
> *
> 1. The 'idea of learning loss' is a myth. There is no doubt that
> school as a space is enriching with teachers' input and that of peers.
> However, 'learning loss in itself is a myth'. Parents, family members
> and children themselves from all backgrounds have been concerned about
> learning during the lockdown period and have devised alternate means
> to support learning. This learning needs to be acknowledged and supported.
> 2*. *We need to see learning in a broader context, outside the school
> and understand alternate means of learning that children and community
> have devised during this time.
> 3. In many cases, school as a space is unable to provide a critical
> context especially for children from marginalised backgrounds, these
> out of school context in that case can be critical to support children.
>
> *Suggestions for Focus of ESG for next few 3 months*
>
> 1. Document alternate literacy communities and practices of children
> outside school context
> Some examples from my data include, google maps to measure distances
> of buildings in local areas, Youtube videos to cook, make origami as
> well as draw different kinds of objects from google images. We perhaps
> need to understand children's engagement with technology (limited
> access to devices and internet) better.
>
> 2. Find ways to support children's learning outside the school.
> Example, in case of access to public libraries: workshops on
> storytelling, science related exploratory workshops, among others
>
> 3. For adolescents especially, find ways to engage them in planning
> these workshops and provide leadership roles.
>
>
> Thanks!
>
> Ekta
>
>
> *
> *
>
>
>
>
> On Tue, Aug 16, 2022 at 12:38 PM Poornima Arun
> <poornima.arun12 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Thank u will be there.
>
> On Fri, Aug 12, 2022, 13:30 Anusha S
> <anusha.sharma at itforchange.net> wrote:
>
> Dear all,
>
> Hope you've received our email regarding the meeting of the
> education support group on *17th August between 5 and 6:30 PM*.
>
> To enable us to capture the breadth of work by all of us, we
> thought it might be a good idea if we can all share some
> details/ideas prior to the meeting. For this, we have created
> a short Google form <https://forms.gle/JbPtpb6Eirdxwi467> with
> some questions about how the school resumption has been in
> your region/state. We request you to take a few minutes to
> fill this in and share. The form can be filled in any language.
>
> Looking forward to hearing from you and seeing you all on the
> 17th.
>
> The meeting link is - https://b3.teacher-network.in/b/gur-g94-hyn
>
> Best regards,
> Anusha, Ranjani and Venita
>
>
> On 07/08/22 22:17, Sriranjani Ranganathan wrote:
>> Dear friends,
>>
>> It is a little over a year from the time we formed this group
>> to support the educational recovery process. One of the
>> primary objectives of the ESG was to create and curate a
>> resource repository of resources to support school education
>> departments in school reopening.
>>
>> Across the country, schools have now reopened and different
>> state education departments have begun different initiatives
>> to resume education after the disruption. While there is an
>> acknowledgement of the learning gaps for children, there are
>> not many models of how to address these gaps; it is clear
>> that interventions are required on several fronts to support
>> schools and children and communities. We thought it would be
>> a good idea to regroup and look at some of the ways in which
>> this group can support the process of educational recovery.
>>
>> Attached is a brief note that describes the context and some
>> ideas / areas to work on. To discuss these as well as other
>> ideas, as well as define ways of
>> taking this work forward, we would like to convene a virtual
>> meeting of all the members on August 17^th (Wednesday)
>> between 5.00 and 6.30 pm. We hope you will all be able to
>> make it. The link for the meeting is
>> https://b3.teacher-network.in/b/gur-g94-hyn
>>
>> Looking forward to meeting all of you.
>>
>> Best wishes and regards,
>> Anusha, Ranjani and Venita
>>
>>
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> IT for Change, Bengaluru - 560041
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