Deepak Kumar Behera

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Is it ethically right/correct to use grown up children as “researchers” in childhood research?

Some scholars advocate using little older children as “childhood researchers”. Some other raise ethical and methodological questions on the participation of children in research involving themselves.

09 September 2019 9,462 11 View

Why we write ‘childhood’ and NOT ‘childhoods’ when cross-cultural perspective clearly shows existence of wide variety of childhoods across the globe?

The significance of little “s” - childhood OR childhoods?

09 September 2019 9,193 2 View

Why children were less visible in earlier classical ethnographic writings?

Anthropology is regarded as scientific study of ‘man and his work’. it studies the network of social relationship. Then the two important questions which come to our mind: (1) Are children NOT...

09 September 2019 4,944 3 View

Drawing unknowingly a “wrong conclusion” is better than remaining knowingly in a “state of confusion”?

Let my wrong conclusion be challenged by someone so that I learn from my mistake! Let me remain in a state of confusion so that I gain more knowledge to arrive at the right conclusion! Think...

01 January 1970 2,820 8 View

Is a good researcher always a good teacher? Yes/No, Justification?

Some are of the opinion that a good researcher may not be a good teacher and vice versa. Others feel that a good researcher is always a good teacher. And this debate continues. So what is your...

01 January 1970 6,337 3 View

Will diminishing adult’s domination and leadership in school make students more creative and innovative?

In our contemporary schools we find teachers’ domination and leadership in majority of students‘ activities. Children do not like frequent intervention of the adults in their activities. So, the...

01 January 1970 6,743 11 View

How do I control my mind?

A cool mind is always a productive mind. However, we have never been taught as how to discipline/control our mind. Never at school, college or workplace. So how do I control my mind in order to be...

01 January 1970 7,118 24 View

Mother Tongue: Is it a gender neutral term?

Why ‘mother tongue‘ (not ‘father tongue‘) is a commonly accepted term across the globe? Is it a gender neutral term? Does it mean that it is only the mother who helps the child learning the tongue?

01 January 1970 10,132 6 View

All excellent researchers and faculty members of institutions of higher learning are likely to be successful academic administrators?

For the selection of various high positions in academic administration, these two criteria are given maximum importance. Do you think that these two criteria along with some teaching experience...

01 January 1970 1,109 4 View

Promotion of research culture in a university with limited infrastructure?

Many universities with limited infrastructure have been trying to promote distinct research culture in an attempt to improve their standards in the global education.scenario..However, it is not a...

01 January 1970 2,072 5 View

Recording and analysis of field observations by anthropologists while studying other cultures

While conducting fieldwork among indigenous communities belonging to other cultures, anthropologists often wrongly record and analyze their field data. This is the prime reason why our analysis...

01 January 1970 1,570 4 View

Qualities of an excellent research supervisor?

Many young scholars struggle hard to find a good research supervisor. It is extremely important for each scholar to have an excellent supervisor. it is often noticed that many outstanding scholars...

01 January 1970 1,373 10 View

Children’s Development: How do children shape and share their own development? How does socio-cultural context influence children’s development?

These are two important questions for initiating a discussion on children‘s development. Your response(s) to the above questions.

01 January 1970 2,965 3 View

What is the scope of quantitative analysis in an ethnographic research?

It is often argued that there is hardly any scope for quantitative analysis in ethnographic research. Do you agree to this? Yes/No, Reason(s)

01 January 1970 8,121 3 View

Self Assessment: Am I satisfied with my ‘progress in research’ in 2019? Yes/No, Reason(s)

Every faculty/researcher is asked by the concerned institution/organization to submit a self-appraisal report of a given year. We are now almost at the end of 2019. So I am satisfied with my...

01 January 1970 4,803 12 View