Contextualising Educational Studies in India: Research, Policy and Practices

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Synopsis
This volume presents an interdisciplinary framework to map out contemporary educational studies in India. Based on conceptual tools, quantitative methods and ethnographic accounts drawn from extensive fieldwork, it addresses emerging discourses on educational policies, their operation in the everyday functioning of institutions and actual practices in teaching and learning. Individual chapters discuss the intersectionality in the current educational system of region, gender, class, caste and minorities. With comparative perspectives and case studies from across states, including under-studied rural and urban regions of India, the book explores a wide range of issues affecting the educational system, including socioeconomic and gender inequalities; the educational status of tribal settlements in the hinterlands and their respective urban areas; the marginalisation of minorities; challenges in accessing educational avenues and choices; and the model for imparting vocational education and training. It navigates complex sites of discrimination and exclusion in the institutional spaces of the educational system and assesses the consequences of market dynamics and ideological undercurrents. Presenting first-hand information from the field, it evaluates educational policies, practices and research; investigates challenges and failures; provides suggestions and fosters critical thinking for a knowledge society. The findings in this book will be of interest to researchers, scholars and teachers of education, economics, sociology, urban education and the politics of education, as well as of public policy, governance and development studies. It will also be useful to research institutions, policymakers, educationists, social scientists, education professionals, and governmental and non-governmental bodies working on education.
Copyright:
2021

Book Details

Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
Book Size:
228 Pages
ISBN-13:
9781000388664
Related ISBNs:
9781003098997, 9780367765378, 9780367519698
Publisher:
Taylor and Francis
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
selection and editorial matter, Pradeep Kumar Choudhury and Suresh Babu G.S
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
Nonfiction, Education, Philosophy, Sociology
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Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:
This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:
Pradeep Kumar Choudhury
Edited by:
Suresh Babu G.S

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