Emerging Trends in Higher Education
A prerequisite to the formation of a developed nation is the need to ensure education for all. Recognizing the need to address this issue, especially in a developing nation like India,
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Pearson India
2011.
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| Edición: | 1st edition |
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Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover
- Contents
- Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Part I: Role of the State
- Chapter 1: Education, Democracy and Development
- References
- Chapter 2: Civic Education, Pluralism and the Indispensable Role of the State
- The Overall Argument
- The Centrality of Civic Education
- Conceptions of Civic Education
- The Public Ramifications of Education as a Private Good
- The Moral Psychology of Homo Oeconomicus
- The Current Situation
- Promotion of Well-being, Not GDP, as the Aim of Economic Activity
- Fraternity as a Supreme Civic Good to be Secured by Education
- Equal Education Opportunities: A Means for Subverting the Perpetuation of Inequality
- An Intermingling of Populations Incognizant of Fellow-citizens
- Moral Education and the Development of Mutual Respect
- The Provision of Education as a Universal Good
- Challenges to the State Provision of Education
- The State as Monopoly Provider and its Often-manifest Shortcomings
- Accountability
- Problems of Respect for Religious and Cultural Diversity in a Common School
- Conclusion: The Challenges of Providing a High-quality State Education System
- Notes
- Chapter 3: State and Education: The Nordic Model in Action
- Introduction
- The Nordic Welfare Model
- The Three Functions of Education: Socioeconomic Development, Equality, Health and Well-being
- The Nordic Model of Education
- Outcomes of the Nordic Model
- The Future of the Nordic Model and the Pressures of Market Forces and Globalization
- References
- Chapter 4: Towards Democratization of Education in India
- Democratization of Education: An Integral Part of Human Equality and Freedom
- The Impact on a Caste and Class-ridden Society of Underfunding Public Education
- The Influence of the Profit-seeking Private Sector on Indian Education.
- Democratization of Access to Higher Education
- Note
- References
- Chapter 5: Democracy, Decentralized Planning and Devolution of Power in Education
- Chapter 6: Education for Democracy, Secularism and Inclusive Growth
- Education to be Rooted in and Guided by Constitutionalism
- Diversity to be Understood and Preserved
- Rule of Law: The Cornerstone of Democracy
- Equality to be Achieved Through Inclusive Education
- Secularism: An Ideal Without an Alternative to Indian Situation
- The Role of the State in Education
- Part II: Impact of Neo-Liberal Policies
- Chapter 7: Producing Difference: Neoliberalism, Neoconservatism and the Politics of Educational Reform
- Gritty Materialities
- Right Turn
- New Markets, Old Traditions
- Markets and Performance
- False Hopes
- Connecting Markets and Testing
- Privileging Privilege
- National Curriculum and National Testing
- Managerialism and Professionalism
- Curriculum Planning and Recontextualization
- Creating Educational Triage
- Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 8: Pupil Empowerment in Schools: Limits and Possibilities
- Introduction
- Defining Pupil Voice
- Drivers Behind the Promotion of Pupil Voice in England
- Children's Rights
- Active Citizenship
- School Improvement
- Personalization
- The Policy and Sociological Issues Raised by the Research
- Problematizing Notions of 'Voice'
- Pupil Voice as Incorporation?
- Pupil Voice as Responsibilization?
- Pupil Voice as Consumerism?
- Pupil Voice and Teacher Professionalism
- Conclusion
- Note
- References
- Chapter 9: Movement and Stasis in the Neoliberal Re-orientation of Schooling and the University
- Introduction
- Movement and Stasis
- Neoliberal Re-articulations
- The Unmaking and Remaking of Schooling
- Virtualization
- Vocationalization
- Fiscalization
- Conclusion
- Notes
- References.
- Chapter 10: Providing Quality School Education to All Children
- Introduction
- Differences in Access to Education Across Social Categories
- Strategies for the Future
- Central Legislation for the Right to Education, Backed by Financial Commitment
- Expansion of Functional Literacy
- More Flexibility in Disbursal of Funds
- Decentralization and Greater Local Autonomy
- Planning for School Infrastructure
- Enabling and Regulating Mechanisms for Private Schools
- Database on School Education
- More Coordination Between Departments
- National Evaluating Body for Monitoring Quality
- Revamp of School Inspection System
- Incentives for and Accountability of School Teachers
- Training of School Teachers
- Reforms in the Curriculum and the Examination System
- Changes in the Examination System
- Language Issues
- Interventions to Ensure Access of Educationally Deprived Categories
- Notes
- Chapter 11: Curricular Development and Value Education: A Tentative Outline
- Plurality and Pluralism
- 'Thin' and 'Thick' Conceptions
- Understanding Developmental Time and Space (Timeplaces)
- Adjudicatory National Educational Policies
- The Human Right to Be Different
- Democratic Secular Education and the Crisis and Virus of Incivility
- The Vedic Sciences Case
- Notes
- Chapter 12: Curriculum Reforms in India
- Mobilizing the Debate
- Discourse Community
- Establishing the Child's Agency
- Construction of Knowledge
- The B.El. Ed. Programme
- Beyond Common-sense Theorizing
- Building on the Child's Language
- Language Across the Curriculum
- From Curriculum to Syllabus and Textbooks
- Colonialism and the Challenge of Independence: Curriculum Reforms in India
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Part III: Environment and Development
- Chapter 13: Environment and developmental Education: Immediate Indian Challenges
- The Cultural Pull.
- Environmental Education in School Curriculum
- Rooted in Human Feelings
- Post-rio thrusts
- Teacher Education
- The Tertiary Level
- Impact of Environmental Education
- Changes and Challenges
- Population Growth
- HIV/AIDS
- Media Transformation, Computers and Communication
- Missing Girls and Female Foetcide
- Techno-scientific Development and Market Forces
- Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 14: Education Towards Sustainable Development
- Definition of Sustainable Development
- Present Concept
- Conflicting views on Sustainable Development
- UN Initiatives
- India's Initiatives
- New Paradigm
- Hands-on Activities
- Case Studies
- Curriculum and Sustainable Development
- Teacher Empowerment
- Role of NCERT
- Reinforcing Sustainable Habits
- Note
- Chapter 15: Environment, Development and Education
- Aims of Environmental Education
- What is Meant by Environmental Education
- Chapter 16: Education for Sustainable Environment and Development
- Understanding Sustainability
- Achieving Sustainability: The Role of Education
- Improving Basic Education: The First Priority
- Reorienting Existing Education to Address Sustainable Development: The Second Priority
- Developing Public Understanding, Awareness and Training: The Third Priority
- Environment Education for Sustainable Development
- The Content of Environmental Education
- Components of Environmental Education
- How Environmental Education Can Be Achieved
- Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 17: Development and Environment
- Ethics and Economics
- Ethics and Climate Change
- Education for Profitability
- Value Orientation and Environmental Education
- Role of Universities in Environmental Education
- Part IV: Social Justice.
- Chapter 18: Modes of Overcoming Social Exclusion Through Education: Analysis of Two Accounts from Pre- and Post-Independence India
- Learning from Labour
- Learning to Labour: The Exclusion of Labour in Learning
- Observations
- The Children of Labouring Parents
- The Teachers at School
- Selected Curricular Themes in Relation to Child Labour
- Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 19: Paradigm of Education for Social Transformation: Role of Open University System in Creating Culture-based Social Developmental Education
- Rationale and Context
- The Present Education System
- The State Policy
- Failure to Evolve Quality Education for All
- Education for Sustainable Development
- The Role of the State in Education: The Class-Versus-Mass Approach
- The Role of the State in Education: The Dilemma Between Private-Versus-Public Institutions
- The Search for an Indian Developmental Education Model
- The Approach
- A Model of Social Developmental Education
- The Constructivist Pedagogy of Education
- Situated Learning and Situated Development
- Developmental Education: Linking Education with Production and Marketing
- Connected Society
- Social Mobilization and Empowerment
- Society Organizational Units: The Parivar and the Community
- The Community
- Resource-based Developmental Education
- The Global Model
- The Mass-personalized Locality Model
- The Third Model of Development
- Social Goals
- Social Capital and Social Credit
- Social Capital and Social Credit Development
- Values and Valuation: A Scale
- Economy with Sustainability: Scale Between Social Service and Selfishness
- Social Business Companies
- Marketing Development
- The Need for Social Business Companies
- Kerala Open University Model: Cooperative and Non-competitive
- Acknowledgements
- References.
- Chapter 20: Modernity and its Impact on the Sociology of Education.
