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Asian Education PodcastSeason 1 Episode 6
Part 2:
Ethical implications of educational technology and learning assessments
This episode continues the conversation begun in Episode 5 with Professor Anita Rampal, former Dean of the Faculty of Education at Delhi University. We further discuss the growing ascendency of ‘non-state actors’ in Indian education, with a focus on the push for the use of technology in teaching and assessment. In India, educational technology is today widely embraced as a means of ‘democratising’ education for the poorest. There has been an impetus from the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 and NITI Aayog for increased use of artificial intelligence, digital platforms, machine learning and adap...2023-05-2447 minAsian Education PodcastSeason 1 Episode 5
In this episode of the Asian Education Podcast, we are joined by Professor Anita Rampal, who was the Dean of the Faculty of Education at Delhi University and has over 40 years of active engagement with the state education system in India. Her long and rich career as an educationist includes her involvement in the development of the 2005 National Curriculum Framework, in particular, serving as Chairperson of the NCERT (National Council for Educational Research and Training) Textbook Development Committee. Against the backdrop of UNESCO’s Global Education Monitoring (GEM) Report for 2021/2022 on ‘non-state actors’ in education and its exceedingly positive assess...2023-05-1645 minAsian Education PodcastSeason 1 Episode 1
In this initial episode of the Asian Education Podcast recorded on 11 February 2023, the three co-hosts discuss the rationale and focus of the podcast as well as their backgrounds and experiences related to education policy and practice in Asia and beyond.
0. Introduction (00:00-03:05)
1. Why the Asian Education Podcast? (03:06 – 06:32)
What is the rationale for having a podcast that discusses education from a primarily Asian perspective? It is not necessarily that we are keen on setting up ‘Asian’ standards to challenge or counter the hegemony of Western-centric perspectives. The idea of ‘As...2023-04-0748 min