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ASPECTS OF THE ART AND CRAFT OF THEORY CONSTRUCTION AND THEORY EVALUATION
The articles in this document take the form of a series of episodes on the art and craft of theory construction and theory evaluation....
Apr 161 min read
Causal Reasoning, Causal Explanations and Causal Therories
Many research questions and knowledge claims in academia crucially involve the concept of causality: causal relations, causal...
Oct 25, 20241 min read
Outstanding Educators and Popular Teachers
Suppose we want to set up national awards in education for outstanding educators in schools, colleges, universities, and so on. What...
Sep 4, 20241 min read
Variability and Related Concepts
By K P Mohanan and Tara Mohanan In this article, we explore the broad phenomenon of 'Variability', and the related concepts of...
Jun 27, 20241 min read
Re-imagining Assessment and Accreditation in Higher Education in India
The NAAC White Paper, ‘Re-imagining Assessment and Accreditation in Higher Education in India", published by NAAC in 2022, is a game...
Jun 17, 20241 min read
Learning and Education
This document examines the Relation between Learning and Education
Sep 18, 20231 min read
How Do You Know That?
By K P Mohanan and Tara Mohanan This document examines different sources sources of knowledge like sense perception leading to...
Sep 18, 20231 min read
Joint Work on Policy Matters
Bhushan Patwardhan, K P Mohanan, Tara Mohanan, and Vigneshwar Ramakrishnan have been thinking about issues in higher education in India,...
Jul 31, 20231 min read
Socratic Oath of the Academic
The two documents try formulate a Socratic Oath of the Academic, as distinct from the Socratic Oath of the Teacher.
Jul 26, 20231 min read
Constructing, Measuring, and Calculating
The goal of this document is to give the readers an understanding of the distinction between mathematical inquiry and scientific inquiry.
Jul 26, 20231 min read
Knowledge, Facts, And Truth: Epistemology, And Education
This article aims to provide learners a broad understanding of the concepts of knowledge, fact, and truth.
Jun 30, 20231 min read
Understanding, Calculating, And Predicting
This write up is part of a project for helping learners develop the capacity to construct and evaluate theories.
Jun 30, 20231 min read
An Approach to Reimagining a National CurriculumFramework for University Education
The purpose of this article is to initiate a nationwide discussion on the very concept of National Curriculum Framework (NCF).
Mar 27, 20231 min read
Alignment of Educational Goals and Pedagogy
For an educational reform that aims to implement the goals of Higher Order Cognition and Educatedness, we need to transform syllabi and more
Mar 12, 20231 min read
Curriculum Framework For Higher Order Cognition
This article focuses on the goals and means of implementation of “Reimagining Assessment and
Accreditation in Higher Education in India"
Jan 12, 20231 min read
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