XXVII Conference

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Concept note

RSA XXVII International Annual Conference 2020

Education and Society: Equity, Justice and Inclusion

(Reassessing Emancipation and Subordination)

Dear Colleagues and Honourable Members,

Social change and transformation are struggles for every society. Change from hosts of deprivations and exclusions to attain equity and justice require many measures in any society. But central to all such measures has been education, provided it is inclusive and promotes criticality, reflexivity and democratic values; and if it nurtures self-realization and promotes self-actualization of learners. Only then struggles for social change and transformations could gain significant and meaningful ground.

On the other hand, Society has its own needs: cultural and economic. It has an ‘order’ which is often skewed, stratified, dominated and hegemonized which tends to perpetuate and reproduce itself. Society, therefore, devises an education to socialize, skill, prepare and adapt its younger members to fulfil its needs and support the order even if it reproduces inequality and is non-inclusive, unjust and exploitative.

Thus, education in a society can be potent source of emancipation if it is envisioned and implemented thoughtfully, else, it could be a tool of domestication and subordination for perpetuation of dominance and hegemony. It involves many actors and stakeholders such as learners, teachers, administrators, business/ industry leaders, policy makers and community at large. There are many inputs such as curricula, pedagogy, texts, knowledge and research, institutional set-ups, technology & infrastructure, teaching aids and tools. All of these work in unison, though in varying measures that what kind of education a society will have.

For a country like India and society like Rajasthan which face the mammoth challenges of various social problems; it becomes utmost important for all of us to assess the nature and features of education that happens to be and what kind of society we are striving for. Thus, this conference solicits your participation in this meeting of minds and sharing of scholarly research to deliberate on following sub themes through panel discussions and technical sessions:

Panel Discussion I: Education in the Era of Pandemic- Adaptation, Outreach and Inclusion

Panel Discussion II: New Education Policy 2020- Misses and Promises

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Technical Session I: Educational Opportunities and Challenges

Session Coordinators: Mrs. Supriya Seth & Dr. Monica Rao

Sub-themes:

· Online Education

· Teacher and taught experiences from online teaching

· Educational Innovations

· Technology aided Pedagogy

· IT enabled Educational platforms

· MOOCs, Virtual learning Spaces and Knowledge Parks

· Online Educational Resources,

· Online and offline teaching methods and their effectiveness.

· Mass media and social media as a social agency of education

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Technical Session II: Educational Policies and Praxis

Session Coordinators: Dr. Sudeshna Parija & Dr. Amithy Jasrotia

Sub-themes:

· New Education Policy 2020

· Evaluation of older Educational Policies in India

· State of Higher Education in India

· State of Primary and Secondary Schooling in India and Rajasthan

· Universalization of Education

· Privatization and Commercialization of Education

· Education and Market Economy

· Global trends in education system

· Over Centralization in Educational Administration

· Academic and Institutional Freedom

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Technical Session III: Education and Its Discontents

Session Coordinators: Dr. Avni Sharma & Mr. Manish Yadav

Sub-themes:

· Re-framing, Re-imagining, and Re-tooling Curricula

· Text Book writing, Ideology and Values

· Student Politics and Youth unrest

· Quality of Education

· Assessment and Examination

· Teaching as a vocation

· Hierarchy of knowledge and Disciplines

· Secularization and Communalization of Education

· Risk society and education

· Pedagogic effectiveness

· Efficacy & Reliability of Accrediting Agencies

· Research and teaching ethics

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Technical Session IV: Mobility and Change through Education

Session Coordinators: Dr. Parul Singh & Dr. Anant Vijaya Soni

Sub-themes:

· Education and Conscientization,

· Politics of Knowledge,

· Education and Gender Disparity,

· Education and Employment,

· Education as means of modernization,

· Socio-economic and cultural disparities and Education as social enabler,

· Religious and Caste disparity with respect to Education.

· Democratization and Education.

· Role of Family and Community in Promoting Education,

· NGOs and Promotion of Education