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Gender and craftwork in rural society: The role of education  Author: Nidhi Gaur  ISBN: 978-1-032-84327-6  First published: 2025  Publisher: Routledge  Pages: 181 The review up at Teacher Plus here .  Warmly thanking Teacher Plus and Routeledge . Is craft-centred education the way to go? This book is an outcome of the author, Nidhi Gaur’s, study of Anand Niketan in Wardha, Maharashtra. This is a school where “ Work is not associated with particular people; rather, it is perceived simply as work that needs to be done. ” The first chapter, Introduction, deftly conveys what the book is all about; it states, “ So far, craft-centred education has not been studied from the perspective of gender, so this study revisits an older idea with a new perspective. ” The book has been neatly structured over nine chapters spread across 181 pages. The final chapter, Implications and conclusion, succinctly sums up the learning – “ The examination of the pedagogy of crafts ha...

This finds place in Teacher Plus’ February 2017 edition. The piece on their website here and the unedited post on the blog here . Thanks are due to the teams at Teacher Plus and Centre for Experiential Education and co-participants. Co-creating Experiences Experiential Education Conclave is an annual gathering that provides opportunity to learn of the topic and interact with others exploring it. During the recent weeks as I saw fliers and then images of the 3rd edition at Gurugram I recalled with fondness the event I had attended a year ago. Going down memory lane During his session, ‘Pains in Practice of Experiential Education’, it was interesting to observe how Vishwas Parchure noticed a frame on the wall depicting multiple knots and used that observation effectively. We were asked to select a knot from the frame we identified most with. I was confused as all knots appeared the same to me. We then discussed the proverbial knots in our li...

What I had read and heard of the Magic Bus Learning Centre was not enough I realized as I walked towards the dining area for breakfast after dropping in my luggage in the dormitory. The food was lovely and during the next few trips to the dining area it would be difficult to not over eat! Quiet walks in the campus were fun, once during the late evening and then during the next morning. I was there to participate in the 2 nd Experiential Education Conclave and in the coming lines share some thoughts from the event. Need to get back to the campus to indulge in the activities though! I indulged in some very interesting conversations on a wide range of topics with co-participants from diverse backgrounds! To begin with I put forth two very interesting lines I came across during the two day event: v We are in the 16 th year of the 21 st century and our education practices still belong to the 20 th century! v If my students don’t fail, I fudge up to give them that experie...