ABSTRACT

The educational domain provides a platform for social mobility and social change. This book investigates the new National Educational Policy (NEP) to understand how it can bring social justice and transform education in a meaningful way to match the imagination of students from diverse groups. The author discusses matters of emotion and authority in education and argues for the need for educational psychology which takes into account the self-conscious emotions of students and teachers. The book reflects on important topics such as critical pedagogy, dehumanization, power in education through bricolage, and legitimacy in education, all within the context of critical educational psychology. Through research and observations, it discusses the socialpsychological aspect of stereotyping, othering, and prejudices in the educational domain.

The book will be of interest to students, teachers, and researchers working on education, school education, sociology of education, and educational psychology. It will also be useful for academicians, educators, policymakers, schoolteachers, and those interested in the politics of education.

chapter |14 pages

Introduction

Schooling and the power dynamics

part I|37 pages

Contextualizing Power in Schools

chapter 1|16 pages

Power and educational policies

Rethinking NEP 2020

chapter 2|19 pages

Understanding power through bricolage

part II|88 pages

Power and Identity

chapter 3|19 pages

Emotions, authority, and education

chapter 4|22 pages

Stereotyping, prejudicing, and othering

chapter 5|24 pages

Violence in education

chapter 6|21 pages

Dehumanized identities and empowerment

part III|58 pages

Decolonizing Educational Psychology

chapter 7|28 pages

Marginality, aspiration, and choice

An implication for educational psychology 1

chapter 8|28 pages

Critical pedagogy, curriculum, and social justice

Reflective educational psychology in action 1