Sriprakash, Arathi

Pedagogies for development : the politics and practice of child-centred education in India / Arathi Sriprakash. - Dordrecht ; New York : Springer, c2012. - xv, 199 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - Education in the Asia-Pacific region issues, concerns & prospects ; 16 . - Education in the Asia-Pacific region ; v. 16. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Introduction: pedagogy and development -- 2. Researching pedagogic reform -- 3. The political project of child-centred education in India -- 4. Education reform in Karnataka: two pedagogies for development -- 5. On being a teacher: work stories in contexts of change -- 6. Educating the rural child -- 7. Principles of instruction -- 8. Nali Kali at Mallige primary school -- 9. Learner-centred teaching at Kamala primary school -- 10. Child-centred pedagogies and the promise of democratic schooling.

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Education, Elementary--India.
Teaching--India.
Schulreform.


Karnataka.