Minati Panda
Biographic Data
| ID | 3845017 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Minati Panda |
| GIVEN NAMES | Minati |
| FAMILY NAME | Panda |
| SIGNATURE | PANDA M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Jawaharlal Nehru University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Effects of Mother Tongue Education and Multilingualism on Reading Skills in the Regional Language and English in India
In a highly multilingual country like India, challenges and opportunities arise in education and language policy. Although multilingualism is often associated with developmental advantages, Indian primary school children generally show low learning outcomes, specifically on literacy. Here we examine the influence of mother tongue education and multilingualism on the reading skills and reading comprehension of 1272 Indian primary school children f…
Multilingual Intelligence
This paper advocates a concept, “Multilingual Intelligence” (MI), for understanding human mind in economically challenging multilingual societies of developing nations. It examines the social, cognitive and intersubjective resources a multilingual society generates, and how these contribute to the development of human intellect. The attempt here is not to replace ontologically bounded imaginaries of old concepts and theories of intelligence with …
Is generativity Erikson’s answer to human ageing in the neoliberal world
How Cognitive Abilities May Support Children's Bilingual Literacy Development in a Multilingual Society
Underprivileged but highly multilingual Indian children often show low literacy performance. As a complicating factor, these children are often expected to develop literacy not just in the regionally dominant language but also in English. As good literacy skills are crucial for later academic development, it is important to identify factors that could support these children's literacy development. We, therefore, investigated whether cognitive abi…
Linguistic Diversity, Multilingualism, and Cognitive Skills
Multilingualism and linguistic diversity are the norm in India. Although studies have shown a relation between bilingualism and cognitive gains, linguistic diversity has so far been ignored as a potential factor affecting cognitive skills. This study aims to fill this gap by examining how cognitive skills-as measured by the n-back and Raven's Colored Progressive Matrices tasks-are affected by multilingualism and/or sociolinguistic diversity in a …
Reification of Collective Victimhood
Contrary to the passivity embedded in the term ‘victim’, collective victimhood experienced by the Dalits is highly active and agentic. Dalits negotiate the meaning of collective victimhood in various creative expressions where they project their lived experiences of ‘being’ and reify them at the collective level thus generating a radical shift in the very meaning of their state of being the victims by communicating a sense of resistance. This tra…
Exploring Intersubjective Interactions
Madhyam Marg
The article critically explores the centrality of the concept of madhyam marg (the middle path) in constituting the Indian mind and practice. The first part of the paper engages with scriptural analysis of the early Indian and Buddhist philosophical discourses to explicate the dialectical polemics in these writings and to examine whether it is different from the Western dualism. The second part of the paper critically analyses some popular folk n…
Culture, Discursive Practices and Literacy Work in Families
Indian immigrants bring from their country of origin a habitus that, in part, places them in a specific way in their own family as well as in the society. Being ‘middle class Indian’ both ‘disposes’ and also ‘positions’ a parent differently in relation to ‘mathematics education’ and its perceived value for their offspring. This serves to motivate the parents to ensure that the children are ‘good at maths’ as it may further enhance the value of th…
Bridging’ and ‘Exit’ as Metaphors of Multilingual Education
Social Justice through Multilingual Education
Linguistic Diversity, Multilingualism, and Cognitive Skills
Multilingualism and linguistic diversity are the norm in India. Although studies have shown a relation between bilingualism and cognitive gains, linguistic diversity has so far been ignored as a potential factor affecting cognitive skills. This study aims to fill this gap by examining how cognitive skills-as measured by the n-back and Raven's Colored Progressive Matrices tasks-are affected by multilingualism and/or sociolinguistic diversity in a …
Is generativity Erikson’s answer to human ageing in the neoliberal world
Social Justice through Multilingual Education
Culture, Discursive Practices and Literacy Work in Families
Indian immigrants bring from their country of origin a habitus that, in part, places them in a specific way in their own family as well as in the society. Being ‘middle class Indian’ both ‘disposes’ and also ‘positions’ a parent differently in relation to ‘mathematics education’ and its perceived value for their offspring. This serves to motivate the parents to ensure that the children are ‘good at maths’ as it may further enhance the value of th…
Bridging’ and ‘Exit’ as Metaphors of Multilingual Education
Madhyam Marg
The article critically explores the centrality of the concept of madhyam marg (the middle path) in constituting the Indian mind and practice. The first part of the paper engages with scriptural analysis of the early Indian and Buddhist philosophical discourses to explicate the dialectical polemics in these writings and to examine whether it is different from the Western dualism. The second part of the paper critically analyses some popular folk n…
Reification of Collective Victimhood
Contrary to the passivity embedded in the term ‘victim’, collective victimhood experienced by the Dalits is highly active and agentic. Dalits negotiate the meaning of collective victimhood in various creative expressions where they project their lived experiences of ‘being’ and reify them at the collective level thus generating a radical shift in the very meaning of their state of being the victims by communicating a sense of resistance. This tra…
Exploring Intersubjective Interactions
Linguistic Diversity, Multilingualism, and Cognitive Skills
Multilingualism and linguistic diversity are the norm in India. Although studies have shown a relation between bilingualism and cognitive gains, linguistic diversity has so far been ignored as a potential factor affecting cognitive skills. This study aims to fill this gap by examining how cognitive skills-as measured by the n-back and Raven's Colored Progressive Matrices tasks-are affected by multilingualism and/or sociolinguistic diversity in a …
Multilingual Intelligence
This paper advocates a concept, “Multilingual Intelligence” (MI), for understanding human mind in economically challenging multilingual societies of developing nations. It examines the social, cognitive and intersubjective resources a multilingual society generates, and how these contribute to the development of human intellect. The attempt here is not to replace ontologically bounded imaginaries of old concepts and theories of intelligence with …
Is generativity Erikson’s answer to human ageing in the neoliberal world
How Cognitive Abilities May Support Children's Bilingual Literacy Development in a Multilingual Society
Underprivileged but highly multilingual Indian children often show low literacy performance. As a complicating factor, these children are often expected to develop literacy not just in the regionally dominant language but also in English. As good literacy skills are crucial for later academic development, it is important to identify factors that could support these children's literacy development. We, therefore, investigated whether cognitive abi…
Effects of Mother Tongue Education and Multilingualism on Reading Skills in the Regional Language and English in India
In a highly multilingual country like India, challenges and opportunities arise in education and language policy. Although multilingualism is often associated with developmental advantages, Indian primary school children generally show low learning outcomes, specifically on literacy. Here we examine the influence of mother tongue education and multilingualism on the reading skills and reading comprehension of 1272 Indian primary school children f…
Psychology (9 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Pedagogy (7 works) · Political science (7 works) · Epistemology (5 works) · Linguistics (4 works) · Literacy (4 works) · Reading and Literacy Development (4 works) · Cognition (3 works) · Developmental psychology (3 works)