Bal Chandra Luitel

Prof. Bal Chandra Luitel , Ph.D. serves as Dean at Kathmandu University School of Education. He has been working with several Nepali STEAM teachers and teacher educators to engage with a host of transformative research methods together with new analytics arising from dialectical, metaphorical, poetic, and narrative thinking and representation as a means for conceiving, expressing, and implementing visions of inclusive and life-affirming STEAM education in Nepal. Currently, he coordinates a transformative education project called Rupantaran that aims at engaging master’s and doctoral students to bring forth intimate narratives unfolded during the process of their immersion in a school transformation process of public schools in Nepal.

Publications

Implementing Transformative Education With Participatory Action Research
Implementing Transformative Education With Participatory Action Research
Bal Chandra Luitel, Bhimsen Devkota, Sheri Bastien, Bishal K. Sitaula. © 2023. 290 pages.
Academic scholars face a critical problem in today's educational landscape: the pressing need for transformative approaches that can address the complex challenges of our...
Implementing STEAM Projects in Schools in Nepal Through Participatory Action Research Approach
Implementing STEAM Projects in Schools in Nepal Through Participatory Action Research Approach
Binod Prasad Pant, Bal Chandra Luitel, Sigrid Gjtterud, Birgitte Bjønness. © 2023. 13 pages.
The first author conducted participatory action research (PAR) with schoolteachers to design STEAM-based pedagogical approaches in two of the schools in a rural part of Nepal....
Menstrual Hygiene Management: A Case Study Through Participatory Action Research in Rural Nepal
Menstrual Hygiene Management: A Case Study Through Participatory Action Research in Rural Nepal
Pratima Gurung, Roshani Rajbanshi, Sheri Bastien, Bal Chandra Luitel. © 2023. 16 pages.
Ensuring proper menstrual hygiene among girls in Nepal, particularly in rural schools, is challenging due to limited access to sanitary pads, inadequate toilets, and a lack of...
Gender-Equitable Strategies for Teachers' Continuous Professional Development: A Socio-Cultural Perspective
Gender-Equitable Strategies for Teachers' Continuous Professional Development: A Socio-Cultural Perspective
Parbati Dhungana, Bal Chandra Luitel, Sigrid Gjøtterud, Shree Krishna Wagle. © 2023. 20 pages.
Equal opportunity for the continuous professional development of female teachers seems insufficient in the schools of Nepal. This chapter explores the gender-equitable strategies...
Inner Transformation of Teachers and Educators: Journeys and Arrivals to the Missing Dimensions in Professional Development Programs
Inner Transformation of Teachers and Educators: Journeys and Arrivals to the Missing Dimensions in Professional Development Programs
Shree Krishna Wagle, Bishal Kumar Sitaula, Bal Chandra Luitel. © 2023. 12 pages.
As humanity progresses in civilization, it becomes increasingly clear that comprehending the complexities of life goes beyond a purely material, physical, or technological...
Reviving a Forsaken Entrepot Using Integrated School Gardening: An Approach to Curriculum Contextualization
Reviving a Forsaken Entrepot Using Integrated School Gardening: An Approach to Curriculum Contextualization
Sanjaya Kumar Pant, Bal Chandra Luitel, Manoj Kumar Pandey, Binod Prasad Pant. © 2023. 12 pages.
This chapter presents success stories from an integrated school gardening undertaken in a community school at an old Newari settlement- Dapcha. These stories depict how once a...
Executing Ecopreneur Model of Local Curriculum for Bringing Life to School and School to Life: A Step Towards Transformative Living-School in Nepal
Executing Ecopreneur Model of Local Curriculum for Bringing Life to School and School to Life: A Step Towards Transformative Living-School in Nepal
Shree Krishna Wagle, Bal Chandra Luitel. © 2023. 10 pages.
The chapter highlights the significance of an ecopreneur model, which integrates entrepreneurship and sustainable practices within the framework of environmental sustainability....
Transformative Praxis as a Mode of Fostering Action Learning
Transformative Praxis as a Mode of Fostering Action Learning
Niroj Dahal, Bal Chandra Luitel, Binod Prasad Pant. © 2023. 10 pages.
Guided by the question, how does transformative praxis work as a means of promoting action learning? In this chapter, the authors discuss the notion of transformative praxis (TP)...