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Sardessai-Nadkarni, Arti A.; Mclaughlin, Bryan; Sarge, Melanie A. – Psychology in the Schools, 2021
Despite the growing prevalence of cyberbullying in India, there is a lack of empirical research available to guide school-based interventions. Employing a survey of 402 teachers in Indian schools, the present study utilized the theory of planned behavior (TPB) as a framework to examine the factors influential in encouraging teachers to intervene…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Bullying, Computer Mediated Communication, Intervention
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Patel, Jwalin – Educational Philosophy and Theory, 2023
"Learning To Live Together" (LTLT) has been proposed as one of the four UN pillars of education. Several Indian educationists including Aurobindo, Gandhi, Krishnamurti, and Tagore have emphasized equivalents like 'education of the heart' and founded schools that have pursued these goals, some for more than a century. This paper explores…
Descriptors: Dissent, Conflict, Empathy, Decision Making
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Shah, Rina; Das, Ajay; Desai, Ishwar; Tiwari, Ashwini – Journal of Research in Special Educational Needs, 2016
This study was undertaken to determine the concerns of primary school teachers about the inclusion of students with disabilities in Ahmedabad, India. A total of 560 teachers, working in government-run schools, returned the completed survey. A two-part questionnaire was used in this study. Part 1 gathered information relating to personal and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Attitudes, Elementary School Teachers, Inclusion
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Limaye, Sandhya – Global Education Review, 2016
The Central and State governments in India have formulated programs and policies over the years for children with disabilities in order to help them to enter mainstream society. However, despite these policies, children with disabilities are amongst the most disadvantaged in terms of access to schooling and completion of elementary education, as…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Access to Education, Disabilities, Educational Policy
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Martin, Fran – Education 3-13, 2013
The English Geography National Curriculum encourages primary teachers to focus on similarities and differences when teaching distant places. The issues this raises are particularly acute when teaching geography in the context of the Global South. In this article I argue that comparisons based on object-based thinking can lead to views of the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Geography, National Curriculum, Elementary Education
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Clarke, Prema – Comparative Education, 2003
The impact of the international donor-supported District Primary Education Programme on the thinking and actions of 234 primary school teachers in South India was influenced by four cultural constructs: "openness to regulation,""sense of duty," and views on social hierarchy and knowledge acquisition. Teachers were receptive to…
Descriptors: Authoritarianism, Cultural Influences, Educational Change, Elementary Education