Curriculum studies in India : intellectual histories, present circumstances / edited by William F. Pinar
- Published:
- New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 273 pages ; 24 cm.
- Additional Creators:
- Pinar, William F.
- Series:
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: -- 1.Curriculum in India: Narratives, Debates and a Deliberative Agenda; Poonam Batra 2.Schooling as Counter-Socialization: Krishna Kumar's Contributions to Curriculum; Mary Ann Chacko 3.An Intellectual History and Present Circumstances of Curriculum Studies in India; Suresh C. Ghosh4.Curriculum Studies in India: Colonial Roots and Postcolonial Trajectories; Manish Jain5.School Curriculum in India; Meenakshi Thapan6.The Exchanges; William F. Pinar7.Curriculum Studies in India; William F. Pinar8.The Final Word; Meenakshi Thapan9.Epilogue; Poonam Batra.
- Summary:
- "Curriculum Studies in India examines participating Indian scholars regarding their intellectual life histories and subjective investments in their field. Sketching their intellectual history and present circumstances of curriculum studies in India, scholars emphasized their own engagement and research, each introduced by William Pinar. From these works, Pinar learned that historical (dis)continuities, cultural conflict, economic globalization, and political tension characterize the present circumstances of curriculum studies in India. The rapidity and scale of economic growth today creates conflict, dislocation, inequality, "echoes" of a colonial past now present in globalization"--
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- ISBN:
- 9781137477170 hardcover
1137477172 hardcover - Bibliography Note:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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