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Uncommon Schooling : educational experiments in twentieth-century India (Record no. 527178)
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 9789354422775 |
| Paper back/Hardbound | pbk |
| 041 ## - LANGUAGE CODE | |
| Language code of text/sound track or separate title | eng |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 370.954 NAI |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Personal name | Nair,Janaki |
| 245 #0 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Uncommon Schooling : educational experiments in twentieth-century India |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | / Janaki Nair |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT | |
| Edition statement | 1st edition |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Name of publisher | Orent Blackswan, New Delhi, 2022. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | 255p. ; 21cms |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | Educational practices in India have been curiously deficient in providing alternatives to the inherited colonial system of education. Those offered by Gandhi and Tagore, the two best-known exceptions, were ignored after 1947. Un/Common Schooling is a collection of writings by idealistic and enterprising individuals who founded alternative schools in India, located mostly in remote villages with little or no access to basic civic amenities, from the 1970s to the present that highlights the philosophies and rationale behind such schools.<br/><br/>A serious reflection on what constitutes ‘alternative’, these narratives are animated by key questions: How are ‘learning’ and ‘life skills’ defined? Is building capacity for autonomy and creativity as important as imparting ‘encashable’ skills? What are the chances of those who were largely excluded from schooling finding meaning and value in the classroom—conventional or alternative? These are inspiring stories of building institutions to reach first-generation learners in some of the most marginal sections of Indian society, and narrate the manifold challenges that were encountered in starting, running and sustaining these alternatives that counter the inadequate and unequal system of education today.<br/> |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Education |
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| Koha item type | English Books |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Damaged status | Not for loan | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Full call number | Accession Number | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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| Anna Centenary Library | Anna Centenary Library | 4TH FLOOR, A WING | 22.08.2024 | 370.954 NAI | 685082 | 22.08.2024 | English Books | ||||
| Anna Centenary Library | Anna Centenary Library | 4TH FLOOR, A WING | 22.08.2024 | 370.954 NAI | 685083 | 22.08.2024 | Reference |