This volume presents an interdisciplinary framework to map out contemporary educational studies in India. Based on conceptual tools, quantitative methods and ethnographic accounts drawn from extensive fieldwork, it addresses emerging discourses on educational policies, their operation in the everyday functioning of institutions and the actual practices in teaching and learning. The chapters discuss the intersectionality of region, gender, class, caste and minorities in the current educational system. The volume offers comparative perspectives and case studies from across states and under-studied rural and urban regions of India to explore a wide range of issues affecting the education system, including socioeconomic and gender inequalities; educational status of the hinterlands of tribal settlements as well as urban areas; marginalisation of minorities; challenges in accessing educational avenues and choices; and the model of imparting vocational education and training. The book navigates complex sites of discrimination and exclusion in the institutional spaces of the educational system, and assesses the consequences of market dynamics and ideological undercurrents. Presenting firsthand information from the ground, it evaluates educational policies, practices and research; investigates challenges and failures; provides suggestions and fosters critical thinking for a knowledge society. This book will interest researchers, scholars and teachers of education, economics, sociology, urban education and politics of education as well as public policy, governance and development studies. It will also be useful to research institutions, policymakers, educationists, social scientists, education professionals, and government and nongovernment bodies working on education.

Book Information
ISBN 9780367519698
Author Pradeep Kumar Choudhury
Format Hardback
Page Count 288
Imprint Routledge India
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd