An Inquiry into the Psychosocial Exclusion in Classrooms

Education is an instrument to replicate the social system. The social practices are reflected in the classrooms and it is the classrooms that create tomorrow's society. People are excluded by institutions and behavior that reflect, enforce and reproduce prevailing social attitudes and values, particularly those of powerful groups in society. Classroom experiences, especially during the initial years of education can have lasting impact on the psychological and sociological identity formation of the learners. The objective of the study is to identify the emotional and social exclusion that occur in educational contexts. Study identifies the exclusion practices occurring in classrooms and teaching learning process. [This paper was published in "Edutracks" v17 n3 p33-35 Nov 2017.]