Pritha Dahal

I have ten years of teaching experience as working as a high school teacher in Nepal, tutoring underprivileged children. I have worked as a teacher trainer to train community schoolteachers in rural municipalities (in Nepal). I was a visiting faculty at the School of Education, Kathmandu University. I have worked with several non-governmental organisations in various projects related to education.

My interest lies in working towards amplifying the voices and experiences of learners since, they are often sidelined. This will help in working towards better understanding teachers’ pedagogical practices through their lenses. I also believe that it is extremely imortant toa ddress the work tecahers are doing and understand why and how they do what they do. 

 

 

Research title: Exploring Contextually Relevant LCE Model in Nepali Schools

Research Summary

 

 

Currently, my research focuses on the potential of exploring contextually relevant learner-centred education models in Nepali community schools. My focus is on generating a deeper understanding of the day-to-day teaching-learning practices and experiences of both learners and teachers. My interest lies in working towards amplifying the voices and experiences of learners and better understanding teachers’ pedagogical practices through their lenses.To do so, I used a Comparitive Case Study (CCS) (Vavrus and Bartlett, 2017) research design and spent about eight to ten weeks in three different  primary schools across Nepal collaborating with tecahers and students to generate data. 

 

Publications

Curricular reform in Nepal and the challenges of learner-centered education by P Dahal, F Sanjakdar, MC Brooks

https://ro.ecu.edu.au/ecuworks2022-2026/1636/

 

Supervisors

Grants

CoSS Phd Scholarship (2022)

Australia Awards (2018-2019)

Conferences

Dahal, P. (2024). The Tangled Experiences of  Belonging to The Global South and Conducting Research in the Same Context (Oral Presentation). Scottish Education Research Association (SERA)(2024). (Oral Presentation). 

Dahal, P. (2024).Finding Answers Within Exploring Contextually Relevant Learner-Centred Models in Nepali Primary Schools (Short Presentation). Scottish Education Research Association (SERA)(2024). (Short Presentation). 

Dahal, P. (2024) in collaboration with Cardenas, C. .Our Research ‘Messiness’: Experiences of Researching Education in the Global South Coming from the Global South (Workshop) British Association of International and Comparative Education (BAICE) (September 2024) 

Dahal, P. (2024). What can I do to improve: Understanding Pedagogical Practices in Nepali Primary Schools (Oral presentation)British Association of International and Comparative Education (BAICE) (September 2024) 

Dahal, P. (2023). Finding Answers Within Exploring Contextually Relevant Learner-Centred Models in Nepali Primary Schools (Short Presentation). Scottish Education Research Association) (SERA) (November 2023).

Dahal, P. (2023).Finding Answers Within Exploring Contextually Relevant Learner-Centred Models in Nepali Primary Schools (Oral presentation)British Association of International and Comparative Education (BAICE) Early Career Researcher Conference (August 2023). 

Teaching

PhD tutor (GTA). University of Glasgow, the United Kingdom (2023-present)

  • Worked as a GTA, in International and Comparitive Education's project on revieiwng the course to understand whether they align with the objective of the university to decolonise the curriculum. 
  • EDUC5342 Practitioner Enquiry
  • EDUC51074 Comparative Education
  • EDUC5359 Inclusive Classrooms, Inclusive Pedagogies
  • EDUC5405 Advanced Educational Research
  • EDUC5285 Seminars in Contemporary Issues

Additional Information

Student Representative of British Association of International and Comparitive Education (BAICE).

Member of SERA

Member of Britain-Nepal Academic Council (BNAC)