Courses
Subject
A Political Economy Primer for Education
Draws on various theories of political economy.
Subject
Building Experiments and Demonstrations
Is science teaching possible without laboratory work?
Subject
Capstone Seminar
Child Development and Learning
Understanding developing children in school contexts.
Programmes
Children’s Literature in Early Education
Literature can expand the imagination and lifeworld of children, and act as a mirror and window into the world in which children live.
Programmes
Class, Caste and Gender: Some Processes of Social Stratification
Understand social inequality through sociological concepts of caste, class and gender.
Programmes
Comparative History of Education
How have policies and practices of education and reforms within it grown and changed over time in India and internationally?
Subject
Consolidation of Programme Experience
This course aims to help students link, integrate and synthesise their experience across the programme.
Critical Explorations: Education for a Sustainable World
As we reach the limits of growth as conceived of in the previous century, we need to think of how education can be directed towards sustainability in its multidimensional sense.
Critical Explorations: Education for a Sustainable World
How can education be directed towards sustainability in a multidimensional sense?
Programmes
Curricular Material Development
This course is a practical, hands-on sequel to all the other courses in the programme that is focused on the actual development of curricular materials.
Curricular Material Development in Language
A nuanced understanding of the things that shape curricular decisions.
Programmes
Curriculum and Pedagogy in Early Years I
A course bringing knowledge of child development and curriculum studies to understand the linkages between theories of development, children’s developmental trajectory in early years and pedagogy with reference to early years of a child’s education.
Programmes
Curriculum and Pedagogy in Early Years II
A course to bring your knowledge of child development and curriculum studies to understand the linkages between theories of development, children’s developmental trajectory in early years and pedagogy with reference to early years of a child’s education.
Programmes
Curriculum Material Development for Teaching Mathematics
How are curricular materials for mathematics different from other subjects?
Programmes
Curriculum Studies
The word ‘curriculum’ has its origin in the racing tracks of ancient Greece, to mean, quite literally, a course.
Programmes
Early Childhood Education: Policies, Principles and Practices
Early Childhood Education (ECE) is the teaching of children of ages up to eight years.
Educational Assessment
Assessment is an integral component of the teacher-learning process.
Programmes
Educational Governance and Decentralisation
This course will understand these multifaceted aspects of educational governance by looking at existing stakeholders, actors, networks, administrative mechanisms and management practices that govern the education system.
Programmes
Educational Policy and School Systems
With a close look at India, we go over regulatory frameworks, educational indices and data parameters, and inter-state differences in education systems in India.
Field Immersion for Education
A two week exploration of educational settings in DIETS and Field Institutes of the Azim Premji Foundation.
Field Internship for Education
A six week field study to work on a specific educational problem.
Field Practice
Field practice aims to provide students with opportunities to engage in a variety of field settings in Indian educational contexts.
Field Practice in Education
As part of a core course on research, work in field sites to conduct research.
Subject
Field Practice in Education
Understand the largest school system in India ground-up, through immersion in the field
Subject
Field Research
Identify research problems in education practice.
Programmes
Health, Nutrition and Education
The first 1000 days of a child’s life determines the quality of all long-term life outcomes.
Subject
Human Development and Learning
Here you will explore the field of education through a combination of psychological and sociological perspectives and questions.
Human Development, Teaching and Learning Process
What is it to be a teacher and how does human development work?
Subject
Induction into Teaching
Here you will put into practice and develop your skills as a teacher in a real-world classroom setting.