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Addressing educational and professional inequalities through capability approach
(Mind and Society, 2023) Shukla, Tanu
The study aims to analyse the educational and professional inequalities using the capability approach. . Using the capability approach with distinct secondary datasets, it attempts to comprehend inequalities in understanding the interplay of various attributes leading towards disparities at various levels. Using specific exemplifications, the study shows gender disparity even with the labour force participation representing varied professional roles, representing social oppression at both the fronts of education and professional fronts. The study manifests the intricacies in societal, economic and political factors for understanding the functionalities and capabilities. With a rigorous review of the literature, the study observes the significance of the theoretical perspective in understanding the interplay of inequalities at the micro level that transforms into social oppression using the capability approach.
A Comparative Study of Leadership Styles in Different Organizational Settings. Educational Quest-An International Journal of Education and Applied Social Sciences
(International Journal of Education and Applied Social Sciences, 2010) Shukla, Tanu
There has been an outburst of literature about leadership recently. Leadership is one of the chief areas of study at the present time. Effective leadership associated with the shared approach can serve as a powerful force to achieve success in a fast paced culture. They are created through the trials and problems of managing people in a variety of settings. The conquest of an organization depends upon the vibrant and effective leadership. Thus taking this view, the present study intends at examining the comparisons of leadership style in different types of organizational settings. The study explores that in any kind of organization, be it governmental or nongovernmental, it is the situation that determines the particular leadership style of an organization and the participative management helps to build conducive environment to work for employees of organization.
Comprehending Accountability and Educational Learning Outcomes
(TEST Engineering & Management, 2020) Nirban, Virendra Singh; Shukla, Tanu
Accountability, as a concept, has percolated through multi-layers of educational services. School management is drawn towards fabricating accountability strategies for imparting education that reflects on meaningful achievements. Teachers act as the primary source of imparting education and skills to the students. Ensuring the quality of education becomes an essential factor in the provision of adequate learning outcomes of students. The study tries to understand accountability with multiple perspectives in school systems. It analyses teachers’ accountability as a systemic input and its contribution to promoting quality education and elevating student’s learning outcomes at the school level. It reflects on identifying the existing gap in the literature and the attributes of accountability in the Indian context
Consumer Psychology and Memory Recall Effect: An Analytical Study on Comparative Advertising
(Learning Community, 2016) Chouhan, Gajendra Singh; Shukla, Tanu
Advertising is all about competing with brands and proving its superiority over other brands. Competition through comparison is a creative form of advertising profession and offers leading edge for a brand, adds to its value, and positions it as a unique brand in the product category. It is advertising and especially the comparative advertising that makes a detergent whiter, a soft drink stronger and a toothpaste healthier than just the rival brands. Comparative advertising has its genesis in a way that it compares two brands and highlights only the most powerful features of one brand over the other. The entire communication process remains favourable for the advertised brand and leaves rival brand in poor light without stating its worth. The purpose of this study is to test its hypothesis whether consumers recall comparative advertisements better than regular forms of advertisements. It also explores the factors responsible for the memory effects of comparative advertisements. The study is based on a survey indicating the growing acceptance among the consumers to be more receptive towards comparative advertisements and why brands are claiming to be better, safer and cheaper than their competitors. Results evince that the design of comparative advertising that includes the content and manner of presentation greatly charms the consumers and affects their buying behaviour. The study also shows that advertisements which have a greater number of cues are easier to recall than those with lesser cues.
Critical Perspectives on the National Policy on Education 2016
(Sage, 2017-08) Nair, Harikrishnan Gopinadhan; Bhattacharya, Somdatta; Shukla, Tanu; Yadav, Anupam
This article brings together critical perspectives on a broad range of issues that emerge from a reading of the National Policy on Education 2016. The issues vary from accountability to transdisciplinarity and from the marginalization of transgender people to value education. Such a complex task of critiquing this policy document cannot be accomplished by an individual alone. This task must be borne by a team of scholars with training in diverse fields. Working in a team however generates divergences as well as convergences. Yet no attempt has been made to iron out the creases emanating from differences in opinions, nor persist with the search for an underlying singularity, nor enforce a consensus. Such is the uncertain nature of the task of reforming higher education.
Development of School Learning Organisation Scale and its Validation in the Indian Context
(ACM Digital Library, 2021-11) Nirban, Virendra Singh; Shukla, Tanu
To achieve the deliverables of the 21st-century learning agendas, the education system needs to innovate itself in a multi-faceted manner, enabling schools as agents of organisational change through innovation, collaboration, empowerment and effective school functioning. A learning organisation model has been proposed based on review of articles suitable for the Indian Education System. Lack of a comprehensive tool assessing the school effectiveness and educational outcomes necessitates development and validation of school learning organisation scale for Indian setting. The current study examines the psychometrics of the school learning organisation (SLO) scale, exploratory factor analyses (EFA) revealed five factors: School Vision, Professional Development of Teachers, Embedded systems, Learning Community & Collegiality and Leadership & Technology Usage. Finally, the proposed model was examined to test its goodness of fit by applying SEM through confirmatory factor analysis.
Development of School Learning Organisation Scale and its Validation in the Indian Context
(ACM Digital Library, 2021) Shukla, Tanu; Nirban, Virendra Singh
To achieve the deliverables of the 21st-century learning agendas, the education system needs to innovate itself in a multi-faceted manner, enabling schools as agents of organisational change through innovation, collaboration, empowerment and effective school functioning. A learning organisation model has been proposed based on review of articles suitable for the Indian Education System. Lack of a comprehensive tool assessing the school effectiveness and educational outcomes necessitates development and validation of school learning organisation scale for Indian setting. The current study examines the psychometrics of the school learning organisation (SLO) scale, exploratory factor analyses (EFA) revealed five factors: School Vision, Professional Development of Teachers, Embedded systems, Learning Community & Collegiality and Leadership & Technology Usage. Finally, the proposed model was examined to test its goodness of fit by applying SEM through confirmatory factor analysis.
Education Outcomes & Child’s Work: A Case Study of Children in Slum
(Educational Quest, 2016-08) Shukla, Tanu
This study attempts to map two of the most vital social processes among children in the contexts of Slum. The two social processes being working and Learning; without violating the legislative frameworks on child labour, children working inside the household as domestic labour or in the household enterprise is a dominant phenomenon in the urban centers observed among those whose household income is derived from the informal sector and have lower income levels. The working forms and time vary from context to context. Due to the enormity of the informal sector in India and efforts to curb the exploitation of children due to labour, focus inlaid on making and implementation of social policy addressing child labour. In this light, this study tries to study the nature and forms of work undertaken by children in the slum, which inhabits a significant percentage of urban population. These working processes, although well in legal bounds, are yet observed to affect the education of the child, thereby highlighting the graveness of the problem even in legitimized forms. Educational outcomes are chosen as a tangible indicator to make sense of the learning process occurring in the child. This study highlights how various components that constitute educational outcomes are affected by the work undertaken by the child.
Effect of Religion and Education on Fertility in the EAG States in India
(Socrates Journal, 2020) Shukla, Tanu
The study seeks to explore the relationship between the level of education of women and its influence on the fertility in Empowered Action Group (EAG) states of India. In addition, the interplay of education and fertility is further affected by religion, which acts as the determinants of fertility. The birth intervals, age at first birth, desire for another child are major determinants of fertility which are taken into consideration for the study. It is pertinent to understand how the level of education and religion of an individual affects the fertility and to what extent. The broader objective of the study is to determine the association between education, religion, and fertility and to further examine the proximate factors that influence the fertility of a woman. The study utilizes the Demographic and Health Surveys, that includes basic information about the household and women in the childbearing ages. This study focuses on the survey of women in reproductive age which would provide active information about fertility. The population defined in the study are the north Indian states that are categorized as EAG (Empowered Action Group) states. Multivariate regression analysis was used to examine the variation in the relationship between fertility and individual and state-level characteristics.
Emotional Intelligence and Gender Difference in Education: A Critical Analysis
(An International Journal of Educational and Social Development, 2012-04) Shukla, Tanu
Emotional Intelligence can be synonymously used as social intelligence. Another vital point which can be considered is that gender of an individual has significant effect on personality and behavioural characteristics. The paper, in this light, attempts to examine the effect of gender differences that interact in complex ways to determine the performance of an individual in any sphere of activity. It also defines the concept of emotional intelligence, describes its models, and also mentions that how emotional quotient is different from intelligence quotient. The present paper, based on the earlier researches, investigates the nature and extent of relationships that exist among emotional intelligence and gender differences. Lastly, it discusses about the varied probable reasons behind the difference of emotional intelligence among students and also throws light in relation to educational implications
Empirical Validation of Emotional Intelligence in Health Settings
(Bloomsbury Publishing, 2019) Shukla, Tanu
This study based on the application of emotional intelligence to a healthcare setup. In the course of the last two decades, the skill set of EI is being accepted by more and more professional fields. In healthcare the doctors have to handle people’s emotions with a rational approach. They have to comfort the pateient’s family and also take utmost care of the patient’s needs. The resulting stress and burnout can have a negative impact on their personal life. Emotional intelligence can help keep up this balance and also improve patient-doctor relationships. This study aims to assess the emotional quotient of medical practitioners. It also analyses various demographic parameters that influence emotional intelligence in general and its sub-components individually. The findings of the study help in undersatnding the various dimensions of EI and how they are essential for medical professionals, which have been identified to have a significant impact on doctor-patient relationship, effectiveness of treatment and health communication. The responses of doctors were collected using an emotional intellignece scale constructed with self awareness; self regulation; self motivation, social awareness and social skills as the dimensions. The study found significant relationship between the emotional intelligence scale dimensions, perceived emotional quotient and interpersonal relationships. The dimensions of emotional intelligence: self awareness, self regulation, self motivation and social skills explained 62.5% significant proportion of variance in emotional intelligence. Self awareness, self regulation, self motivation, social skills and interpersonal relationships were found to be the most significant predictors of emotional intelligence.
Envisioning Teacher Accountability through Technology: A Road to Better Learning
(IRES International, 2019) Nirban, Virendra Singh; Shukla, Tanu
Technological advancements and digitalization have increased the scope and extent of usage of technology for various purposes that have enhanced the life skills of individuals. The education system presently faces the challenge to improve students’ outcomes and ensure their well-being. The central figure facilitating the process of dissemination of knowledge, i.e. the Teacher, has an important role to play. The consequential need is to sustain the dignity of the teaching profession by holding the teachers accountable for the responsibilities entrusted on them. Similarly, the parents also play an important role in the education process. The study proposes to address this challenge through a simple web-based platform for communication between teacher, student, and parents making information readily available and accessible. This platform attempts to facilitate teacher quality, accountability, address the needs of the students, improve their learning outcomes and well-being. The implementation of the proposed model would provide several insights helpful in understanding the effect of technology-enabled accountability system on teacher efficacy, parent-teacher communication, student achievement, and student well-being. The framework proposed would examine different aspects of teaching and learning process, and assess teacher deliverables in accordance with the characteristics of students. This framework would also ensure improvement in the quality of life of students in and outside the school.
Evidential Insights: Factors Affecting Higher Education Readiness
(Taylor & Francis, 2023) Nirban, Virendra Singh; Shukla, Tanu
This book is a collection of selected high-quality research papers presented at the 4th International Conference on Evidence-Based Management (ICEBM) 2023, held at Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani, Rajasthan, India, during February 24–25, 2023. It has 76 chapters written by various scholars focusing on evidence-based management practices in different functional areas of management with the application of theory and empirical techniques. This book will be helpful to practitioners, academics, scholars, and policymakers.
Evidential insights: factors affecting higher education readiness
(Taylor & Francis, 2023) Shukla, Tanu; Nirban, Virendra Singh
The modern world has transformed industry-education partnerships towards skill-based contributions to society. Productivity emerges as the new indices of harnessing human potential in the current age of science and technology. This need has propelled the need for immediate transformation within the higher education system to imbibe skills and capacities in the transitioning population for preparation towards STEM-dominated higher learning programs. Contrastingly, the current evidence of preparation for higher learning is not strongly situated in the context of the Indian education system. The objective of this paper is to introduce a framework of Higher Education Readiness with the conceptualization of skills that can foster STEM learning in the transitioning young population of India. It aims to investigate the differences in the readiness ability along the demographic lines of gender and spatial reference by using the Higher Education Readiness test. Data from the district with a high literacy rate was collected to address the objectives of the study. The results demonstrate that female students compete equally with male students on performance in Higher Education Readiness abilities yet fail to pursue STEM disciplines in their higher learning programs. The paper is expected to provide the factors associated with readiness for higher education. Based on the data enabled evidence, the findings demand influential changes in the policies related to STEM education for stronger educational management at the secondary level. The findings of the study would help in the transformation of the educational management towards vocationalisation and increasing productivity levels in the learning individual.
Experience and Qualifications: A Study on Attributes of Teacher Professionalism
(ACM Digital Library, 2018) Nirban, Virendra Singh; Shukla, Tanu
Student outcome at the secondary school level is a significant aspect to study as students’ knowledge base is prepared which helps them for stream selection. Therefore, it is essential for secondary teachers to be sound not only academically but also professionally. The fact that teaching needs to be professionalized in order to increase student outcomes seems to be quite obvious, but empirical evidence substantiating this relationship is rare. This study focuses on factors like teachers’ academic qualification, years of experience and professional qualifications. To serve the purpose a random sample was drawn and data was collected from secondary level teachers of Rajasthan. The relationship between academic qualification, experience and professional qualification with teacher professionalism was assessed. Results relate that despite being an important part of teacher professionalism, teachers’ academic qualification and experience does not automatically account for the teacher being a professional, a lesser qualified teacher can be a professional too. Only teachers having a professional degree in education showed a significant difference in professionalism reinstating the importance of professional training of teachers.
Experiential perspective and technology adoption of digital educational ecology amid pandemic context
(Taylor & Francis, 2023) Nirban, Virendra Singh; Shukla, Tanu
This book is a collection of selected high-quality research papers presented at the 4th International Conference on Evidence-Based Management (ICEBM) 2023, held at Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani, Rajasthan, India, during February 24–25, 2023. It has 76 chapters written by various scholars focusing on evidence-based management practices in different functional areas of management with the application of theory and empirical techniques. This book will be helpful to practitioners, academics, scholars, and policymakers.
Exploring the Liaising Role of Community Health Workers in the Bordering Region of India-Bangladesh: A Mix-Method Approach
(OIHAS, 2020-03) Sharma, Sangeeta; Shukla, Tanu
The Community Health Workers (CHWs) function as liaisons between communities and public health systems through educating, informing, and creating awareness about healthy lives and healthcare facilities. Existing studies have emphasized the importance of CHWs for Universal Health Coverage (UHC), but overlooked the challenges they face during delivery of the services. This study seeks to assess the multiple roles of health workers, the challenges and barriers they face during the delivery of services in the peripheral region of India. The study triangulates the findings of qualitative interviews with quantitative findings. 16 CHWs were interviewed in the three districts of Assam adjacent to the Indo-Bangladesh border areas. Besides, a cross-sectional survey with 355 women who gave birth in the last year or were pregnant (during the time of the survey) was conducted to substantiate the qualitative findings. The in-depth interviews broadly focus on the daily activities of the workers, which includes services towards reproductive and child healthcare, and vaccination and immunization services. The mix-method study analysis included thematic framework approach followed by the interpretation and exerts from the in-depth interviews and substantiated by the descriptive statistics. The analysis reveals that majority of the respondents rely on the services of the CHWs from minor ailments to registering for pregnancy, assistance with financial services provided by the government, assisting during pregnancy, arranging transportation for the hospital, assisting with abortion, assisting child immunization, educating about a healthy lifestyle. The significant challenges that the workers face are the incentive and remuneration structure, along with the inadequate supply of medical equipment and medicines. The socio-economic condition of the community, as well as the geographical terrain, adds more to the challenges and barriers. The health administrators must enhance the working conditions of the CHWs through restructuring the incentive pattern and easy access to health deliverables.
Factors Extraction of Effective Teaching-Learning in Online and Conventional Classrooms
(IJIET, 2020-06) Nirban, Virendra Singh; Shukla, Tanu
Integrating technology in education through online courses can enhance the learning experience when coupled with the traditional methods of interaction. Online courses can help in providing access to education to people from remote and marginalized sections of the world. They help in developing critical thinking and increasing the capacities of students necessary for the 21st century. There has been a shift from traditional classroom teaching to teaching in a hybrid or blended manner. An online learning environment creates a potential learning space for students to use technology for effective teaching and learning process. A well-designed learning environment can blend conventional methods with technological innovations for increasing the accessibility and efficiency of the education system. The study collected data from graduate students (N=220) on various determinants of effective online courses and learning. Correlation was used to explore the relationship of the dimensions with the construct of effectiveness. Factor analysis was done and two factors were extracted, namely, student attributes, features of the platform and instructor quality. The findings of the study provide insights for measuring the effectiveness of online courses and initiate measures to handle the challenges to online education.
Globalization and Teachers: A Quality Issue
(Bloomsbury India, 2019-03) Shukla, Tanu
The quality of education depends upon the ability it imparts to make proper use of learning. Education can rarely free itself from social and cultural norms and has to relate it to the vital dimensions of the society.Globalization and technology advancement have put education on the highest platform in terms of its importance for the societal development and survival in the competitive world.Considering this, the need is to sharpen India’s knowledge edge and promote excellence in the educational system. There have always been ideas and theories how societies change the social dimensions of development, including aspects such as quality of life, modernity in attitudes, values,and beliefs. These features also play a significant role in shaping professionalism among teachers. It is essential to contemplate the ways in which education may and may not influence these factors to obtain a broader perspective of the overall relationship between education and development.Through the existing knowledge, we attempt to examine the importance of professionalism to ensure quality teaching in a global scenario with a focus on values and ethics
Health equity and gendered border blindness: an exploration of healthcare services at the international border in Rajasthan
(Elsevier, 2024-02) Shukla, Tanu; Nirban, Virendra Singh; Das, Madhurima
Citizens' access to health care and the delivery of the healthcare services is significantly affected by the spatiality of the regions and the connectedness of the elements of the healthcare system. This network of healthcare system, region and delivery of services faces myriad challenges in the borderland geography, which is characterised by accentuated military presence, poor physical infrastructure, disinterest of habitation near the border, lack of adequate, necessary and allied services such as schools and industry, social seclusion, migration etc. All these factors amalgamate to create an effect of gender-blind phenomenon as well as border-blind phenomenon. This is particularly acute for women and children.