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Pedagogies for Development: The Politics and Practice of Child-Centred Education in India

By Arathi Sriprakash (auth.)

Book information

Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Year
2012
ISBN
9400726686, 9789400726680
DOI
10.1007/978-94-007-2669-7
Google Books ID
BHKZqQkgO6UC
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2282743 bytes)
Series
Education in the Asia-Pacific Region: Issues, Concerns and Prospects 16
Edition
1
Pages
200\216
Orientation
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2012-03-09 12:00:00
general; Educational Policy and Politics; SociologInternational and Comparative Education; Sociology

Description

Pedagogies for Development takes a sociological approach to examine the introduction of child-centred education in contemporary Indian policy and school contexts. It investigates the promise of democratic learning in development discourses to ask how far child-centred models can address poverty and social inequalities in rural Indian communities. Drawing on in-depth ethnographic research conducted in the south Indian state of Karnataka, the book offers a multi-level analysis of international, national and state education practices of pedagogic reform. The book contributes to pressing debates about how ‘quality’ education should be conceptualised and assessed in development contexts, and brings into focus the assumptions which associate schooling to social justice.

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