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Divya Madhavan

Divya is a Senior Lecturer in Language and Education at Centrale-Supélec, Université Paris-Saclay. She teaches English language courses, and lectures on Education and Society. Her areas of research include, Critical Pedagogy, Assessment and English as a Medium of Instruction. She is the current Website Editor for the IATEFL Teacher Development SIG and an iTDi Mentor. Divya has just completed an MEd in Education Research, and has an MA in Language Education. She is also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.

Cultural Capital: Empowerment
May 2017, Monthly Column05/05/2017

Cultural Capital: Empowerment

By Divya Madhavan

Cultural Capital: Empowerment What is the status quo and why challenge it? Well, that’s a big question. The status quo basically refers to things…

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Action Research and the Voice of Teachers
April 2017, Monthly Column07/04/2017

Action Research and the Voice of Teachers

By Divya Madhavan

Action Research and the Voice of Teachers What makes a language classroom a little extra special? I think it’s the fact that so much…

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Experience as a Classroom Resource
March 2017, Monthly Column08/03/2017

Cultural Capital: Experience as a Classroom Resource

By Divya Madhavan

Experience as a Classroom Resource Amidst all the uncertainties in the world of education, there is, what John Dewey calls, ‘one permanent frame of…

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Cultural Capital - Problematise
February 2017, Monthly Column05/02/2017

Cultural Capital – Problematise

By Divya Madhavan

Cultural Capital – Problematise In my conversations with people about action research, the common disagreement I have is the idea of action research being…

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Cultural Capital - Cultures of Silence
January 2017, Monthly Column05/01/2017

Cultural Capital – Cultures of Silence

By Divya Madhavan

Cultures of Silence What if teachers were as important as academics, if not more important? What if classroom life, research and practice was at…

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Critical Pedagogy: Cultural Capital - Codification
November 201621/11/2016

Critical Pedagogy: Cultural Capital – Codification

By Divya Madhavan

Cultural Capital – Codification In my previous column I talked to you about the hidden curriculum- the messages that are learnt but not officially…

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Critical Pedagogy: The Hidden Curriculum
Monthly Column, October 201621/10/2016

Critical Pedagogy: The Hidden Curriculum

By Divya Madhavan

The Hidden Curriculum   Within every school system, there is a curriculum and there is a hidden curriculum. The hidden curriculum is composed of…

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Critical Pedagogy - Cultural Capital
How to Teach, September 2016, Teaching Resources16/09/2016

Critical Pedagogy – Cultural Capital

By Divya Madhavan

Cultural Capital Cultural capital refers to all the non-financial assets that aid social mobility. It’s all those little extras that help people change their…

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Objects, Subjects and the Banking Model
August 2016, How to Teach, Opinion05/08/2016

Objects, Subjects and the Banking Model

By Divya Madhavan

“There is no teaching without learning” Paulo Freire  Paulo Freire and the Banking Model of Education are perhaps the two things I hear the…

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The Critical Mindset
How to Teach, July 2016, Monthly Column06/07/2016

The Critical Mindset

By Divya Madhavan

The Critical Mindset If you’re taking the time to read this, then I doubt you’re the sort of teacher who thinks there’s one best…

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