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Chandran, Meera – International Studies in Sociology of Education, 2022
Teachers' work in India is impacted by the ongoing restructuring of school education that incorporates simultaneous attempts at reform and regulation. Child-friendly assessment policy instituted by the local bureaucracy leads to intensification of teachers' administrative roles, drawing their attention away from critical pedagogic ones.…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Professional Identity, Teacher Role, Accountability
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Gurney, Eleanor – International Studies in Sociology of Education, 2016
Drawing on qualitative interview data from a group of lower income parents in Delhi, India, this paper focuses on the dynamic relationship between parental choice of a particular school and parents' own identity construction. The data indicate that choice of school is for some parents a symbolic expression of identity, influenced by family…
Descriptors: School Choice, Qualitative Research, Low Income, Parent Attitudes