Contextualising Educational Studies in India (eBook, ePUB)

Research, Policy and Practices
Redaktion: Choudhury, Pradeep Kumar; Babu G. S, Suresh

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book presents an interdisciplinary framework to map out contemporary educational studies in India. It addresses emerging discourses on educational policies, functioning of institutions and actual practices in teaching and learning. It discusses how region, gender, class, caste and minorities relate to the educational system.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 244
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Juni 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000388664
• Artikelnr.: 61466827

Autorenporträt

Pradeep Kumar Choudhury teaches at the Zakir Husain Centre for Educational Studies, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India. Previously, he worked at the Institute for Studies in Industrial Development and Public Health Foundation of India. His research covers applied development economics, especially issues related to education, health and labour. Currently, he is collaborating with Delhi Research Implementation and Innovation (DRIIV) cluster ('Effective Education' vertical), coordinated by IIT Delhi, and sponsored by the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India. He recently completed an international collaborative study with the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Stanford University, USA, that assesses and improves student learning in engineering and higher education in a comparative international perspective. Suresh Babu G.S teaches at the Zakir Husain Centre for Educational Studies, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India. Before this, he was on faculty at the University of Jammu. His research focuses on the postcolonial debates of subaltern communities in India and investigates the role of education in shaping the cultural politics. He edited Education and the Public Sphere: Exploring the Structures of Mediation in Post-Colonial India (Routledge 2019).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Mapping the Field of Education Policy Research Part I:
Equity, Access and Inclusion in School Education 1. Problems of Equity and
Access in Education: A Case of School-Merging Policy 2. Multilingual
Education (MLE) for Inclusion: The Case of a Tribal Community Part II:
Women and Minorities in Higher Education 3. Legitimising Patriarchy in the
Private Educational System? A Case Study of a Women's University in
Rajasthan 4. The Inclusion of Minorities in the Changing Dynamics of
Education Part III: Youth, Urban Marginality and Education: A Contested
Terrain 5. Education, Youth and the Labour Market: A Case of Urban
Marginalities 6. Educational Choices of Gujjars in the Urban Peripheries 7.
Contesting Learning Spaces in Higher Education: Problems of Language
Acquisition Part IV: Knowledge and Labour Market: Redefining Skills and
Aspirations 8. Higher Education and Knowledge-Based Industries:
Understanding Geographical Preferences 9. Students' Aspirations for Social
Sciences: Explorations from a Field Survey 10. Imparting Vocational
Education and Training Through Higher Education Institutions: An
Integrative Model