The speaker
Sharada Gade is an independent researcher in Hyderabad, India,where she began her career as classroom teacher at middle school grades, for more than a decade. Following doctoral work in Norway, she has held postdoctoral fellowships in India, Sweden, USA and UK. A major focus of her work lies is understanding the developmental aspects of instructional practices in line with cultural historical activity theory or CHAT perspectives, for which she collaborates actively with teachers.From Jan 2021, she is member of the International Advisory Board for the journal -Educational Action Research: Connecting Research and Practice for Professionals and Communities. More details about her work are listed at https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8382-3197