Science education is an interdisciplinary field of enquiry with conceptual frameworks drawing from the foundational disciplines of education, besides the multiple sub-disciplines of science. An interdisciplinary understanding has been critical to postgraduate courses in science education. However, students continue to have a conventional understanding of the nature and practices of science, based on predominant experiences at school and undergraduate education. This article analyses two assignments which draw upon philosophical and sociological perspectives in science. It discusses the development of hybrid spaces for students in understanding and navigating the disciplines and their interests. Conceptual and rhetorical elements, particularly emphasising students’ extension of inferences and projection of personae, are illustrated as elements of the forward and backward search strategies. Such assignments are essential to develop a richer understanding of the nature of science and its complex interpretation compared to typical deifications in textbooks and pedagogic approaches. They also support students with diverse interests and backgrounds to navigate different disciplines and unique interests through the development of ​‘hybrid spaces’. Such spaces, at the boundaries of disciplines, writing conventions and students’ interests develop and reshape conventional understanding.

Youth in the Labour Market: Pathways from Learning to Earning

India is nearing the peak of its demographic dividend, with the share of the working-age population expected to begin declining after 2030. On the one hand, higher education in the country has become increasingly democratised with a rapid increase in the number of institutions. Graduate salaried earnings exceed non-graduates both at the time of entry into employment and over their lifetime. On the other hand, financial barriers continue to restrict access, particularly in professional fields such as engineering and medicine. The transition from education to employment remains a major challenge. The rise in the number of graduates has not been matched by commensurate growth in graduate employment. This year’s State of Working India report traces the arc of a young worker’s transition from school or college into employment, and how this has changed in the last forty years.

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पाठशाला भीतर और बाहर का मार्च अंक शिक्षण के लिए उपयोगी अनुभवजन्य सामग्री को समेटे है। इस अंक में आप पढ़ेंगे कि विद्यार्थी उच्च कक्षाओं में तो पहुँच जाते हैं, लेकिन बहुत सारे विद्यार्थियों की दक्षता का स्तर पिछली कक्षाओं के अनुरूप नहीं बन पाता है। ऐसे में शिक्षकों के सम्मुख जो चुनौती होती है, उसका समाधान कैसे करें? शिक्षण योजना बनाकर शिक्षण करने के अनुभव और इससे बच्चों के सीखने में आए अन्तर को समझना हो या इबारती सवालों की इबारत में उलझे बच्चों की उलझन को सुलझाना, या ऐसे ही अन्य विविध विषयों पर बात करते लेख, सब इस अंक का हिस्सा हैं। हमेशा की तरह शिक्षकों की डायरी, इनसे मिलिए सहित, किताबों से दोस्ती और आइए, करके देखें जैसे सभी स्थाई स्तम्भ भी अंक में शामिल हैं।