Emerging Trends in Higher Education / Panikkar, K..

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Panikkar, K., author.

Nair, M., author.

Series:

Always learning

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education, Higher--India--Congresses.

Education, Higher.

Higher education and state--India--Congresses.

Higher education and state.

Neoliberalism--India--Congresses.

Neoliberalism.

Social justice--India--Congresses.

Social justice.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (316 pages)

Edition:

1st edition

Place of Publication:

Pearson India, 2011.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

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,

Contents:

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

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

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

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

Chapter 8: Pupil Empowerment in Schools: Limits and Possibilities

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

Chapter 9: Movement and Stasis in the Neoliberal Re-orientation of Schooling and the University

Movement and Stasis

Neoliberal Re-articulations

The Unmaking and Remaking of Schooling

Virtualization

Vocationalization

Fiscalization

References.

Chapter 10: Providing Quality School Education to All Children

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Chapter 20: Modernity and its Impact on the Sociology of Education.

Notes:

Online resource; Title from title page (viewed February 10, 2011)

ISBN:

9789332506664

9332506663

OCLC:

842893187