Description:
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.
Review Quotes:
'Educational research in India focuses, very often, on improving pedagogical practices. This volume attempts to link educational processes and progress with broader issues of economic and social development from comparative and interdisciplinary perspectives. The discussions on equity and inclusion, gender, marginalisation and employability contextualise the issues to be prioritised for education policy and research in India. It brings together young researchers and their critical analyses and understanding, and the volume makes a good contribution to deepen our understanding of the discourses on educational research in India.'
N.V. Varghese, Vice-Chancellor, National Institute of Educational Planning and Administration, New Delhi, India
'When young researchers come together, look at the landscape of education in India with heightened critical consciousness and empirical details, and raise sociologically relevant questions, I see a possibility, or a language of hope. Yes, this edited volume expands our horizon, and makes us see the prevalent practice of education while being deeply aware of the dynamics of caste and patriarchy, or urban marginalities and regional variations. A book of this kind is bound to activate the socio-political and pedagogic imagination of educationists, teachers and researchers.'
Avijit Pathak, Professor of Sociology, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India