Papers by Mahadev Devkota
Saint Joseph College, 2024
International Journal of Multidisciplinary Educational Research and Innovation is an internationa... more International Journal of Multidisciplinary Educational Research and Innovation is an international peer-reviewed academic journal that highly values the importance of developing knowledge in the field of multidisciplinary educational and innovative research. The journal's scope is broad, with the goals of disseminating information and providing a place for discussion, theoretical inquiry, practical applications, research discoveries, and experimentations in the field of education.
Madhyabindu Journal , 2025
ChatGPT, a generative language model developed by OpenAI, has received global discourse regarding... more ChatGPT, a generative language model developed by OpenAI, has received global discourse regarding its transformative potential and associated challenges in educational contexts. This study examines the lived experiences and perceptions of secondary-level students in Nepal, focusing on the integration of ChatGPT within academic settings. Adopting a phenomenological research design, data were accumulated through Google Forms and semi-structured interviews with 15 purposefully sampled respondents from three distinct schools. The participants were selected based on their active use of ChatGPT in their academic activities. The findings highlight ChatGPT is viewed as a user-friendly and time-eficient cum collaborative tool, facilitating self-directed learning, enhancing vocabulary, and aiding in the exploration of complex concepts. However, participants expressed concerns regarding its accuracy, the risk of academic dishonesty, and the potential for over-reliance, which might compromise critical thinking and creativity. Additionally, participants stressed the necessity of ethical guidelines, awareness programs, and teacher training to mitigate these challenges and ensure responsible and ethical use. The study underscores the importance of thoughtful implementation of AI technologies like ChatGPT in resource-constrained academic milieus. Future research should focus on the long-term implications of AI on critical thinking, creativity, and overall educational outcomes while incorporating Key stakeholders like educators' perspectives for a comprehensive understanding of ChatGPT's role in secondary education.
International Journal of Multidisciplinary Educational Research and Innovation, 2025
This study explores stakeholders' perceptions of the influence of English on indigenous/local lan... more This study explores stakeholders' perceptions of the influence of English on indigenous/local languages. A phenomenological research design was employed to achieve this objective, involving the purposive selection of twelve participants, including teachers, students, and parents. Semi-structured interviews were conducted to gather indepth information from the participants about their lived experiences with the English language. Further, direct observation was employed to collect information about the English language's status, prestige, and dignity. The findings indicate that the prevalence of English contributes to the decline of indigenous languages due to parental indifference, inadequate policy implementation, youth disinterest, and insufficient intergenerational language transmission. The failure to integrate regional languages with financial and technical domains further deteriorates linguistic erosion. This study underscores the need to sensitize stakeholders to actively support multilingual policies and community initiatives actively, ensuring that diverse languages thrive harmoniously.
Madhyabindu Journal
The purpose of this article is to familiarize the popular concept, Post Method Pedagogy, that has... more The purpose of this article is to familiarize the popular concept, Post Method Pedagogy, that has been emerging in the field of English language teaching and its importance in a developing country like Nepal where English language is regarded as the foreign language. The idea of post-method pedagogy was first put forward by Kumaravadivelu in 1994. It is an attempt to go beyond the quest for the best method best restrictions in language teaching. Pedagogy in this premise is not limited to classroom strategies, institutional materials, curricular objectives, and evaluation measures, but also covers traditionally overlooked areas such as historical, political, and socio-cultural experience. It is a three-dimensional system with three pedagogic parameters: particularity, practicality, and possibility. The parameter of particularity rejects the notion of a perfect method and instead emphasizes that teachers’ critical awareness of environmental factors should be the primary consideration ...
Cognitive Diversity in the Classroom: An Inquiry through Individual Difference in Cognition
Madhayabindu journal, Dec 31, 2022
Composting in Cold Climates: Results from Two Field Trials
Proceedings of SPE Health, Safety and Environment in Oil and Gas Exploration and Production Conference, 1996
Madhyabindu Journal, 2021
The present study "Democratic values, pedagogy and Henry Giroux” is an attempt to explore th... more The present study "Democratic values, pedagogy and Henry Giroux” is an attempt to explore the democratic values in the pedagogy particularly in critical pedagogy in regard to Henry Giroux's perspective. This qualitative research employed descriptive methodology along with using relevant secondary sources for the claim, supporting reasons, and finally develop argumentation based on themes since it is written in the form of argumentation. The finding of this study shows that critical pedagogy as a wider democratic project plays an amicable role to impart democratic values across the country including the classroom practices. However, this relatively new paradigm is also not free from criticism. It is criticized as impractical, misleading and conflict-oriented rather than actually solving the problem.
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