Inside the School: A Synthesis of Case Studies of Classroom Processes

Abstract

From About The Report: This report attempts to document and investigate effective classroom processes in schools from phase I DPEP (District Primary Education Programme) districts as well as from one former APPEP (and now DPEP) district. The purpose is not to evaluate these processes but instead to explore them, to see what has worked well and what has not, and to take the discussion forward for future initiatives. The report is based on eight case studies of schools in different states and discussions in a seminar in which the same were presented. In each case study a few schools have keen studied in some detail. The case studies revolve around some well functioning schools in different states, as identified jointly by the State Project Office (SPO), DPEP and the researchers. Since only a very small number of schools have keen studied in each state, no generalizations have keen attempted. The aim is to explore how these particular schools function and what are the practices that prevail in the actual classroom transactions in these schools. It needs to be mentioned that this report does not seek to identify the existing “average” or “norm” in each state, but rather to see how far the well functioning schools have progressed and why. An attempt is also made to identify underlying contributors to success.