Adult education in India / edited by Prasenjit Deb and Asoke Bhattacharya.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Deb, Prasenjit, editor.

Bhattacharya, Asoke, editor.

Series:

International issues in adult education ; v. 35.

International issues in adult education, 2352-2372 ; volume 35

Standardized Title:

Adult education in India (Brill Academic Publishers)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Adult education--India.

Adult education.

Adult education--Social aspects--India.

Adult education--India--Philosophy.

Labor supply--Effect of education on--India.

Labor supply.

Adult education--Philosophy.

Adult education--Social aspects.

Labor supply--Effect of education on.

India.

Physical Description:

xvii, 249 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2024]

Summary:

"India has one of the largest populations in the world with around 1.4 billion people. It also has a rich culture dating back over 10,000 years. Recently, scholars around the globe are showing increased interest in India and Indian students are actively involved in premier institutions in every region. Adult Education in India is a ready reckoner for students, scholars, practitioners, and all others interested in the history of the development of adult education since India's ancient period to the present day. This volume addresses the activities of different adult educators like Raja Rammohan Roy, Iswarchandra Vidyasagar, Rabindranath Tagore, Dr. Bhim Rao Ambedkar and many more, contextualizing how they acted and influenced the cause of global adult education. In more recent decades, as India's economy has grown, and as the forces of industrialization, urbanization and globalization have become stronger in reshaping institutions; new ways of thinking about adult education have emerged. The idea of lifelong learning is now aligned to the requirements of the global knowledge economy. The focus on bare literacy is no longer considered sufficient, but only the first step towards preparing citizens to participate in the global market, to develop knowledge, skills and attitudes that enable them to become enterprising and entrepreneurs. The logic of the market has become dominant"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction / Prasenjit Deb and Asoke Bhattacharya

Historical perspectives of adult education in India / Prasenjit Deb and Srabani Maitra

Adult education of India in five year plans : programmes, institutions and funding / S.Y. Shah

Saakshar Bharat : a paradigm shift in adult and lifelong education in India / V. Mohankumar

Perspectives of popular education / Asoke Bhattacharya

Adult learning in Adivasi, Dalit and marginal peasant social movements in India / Dip Kapoor

Reconceptualising lifelong learning for sustainable development / Peter Mayo

The concept of lifelong learning and the relevance of Tagore's philosophy of education / Ratna Ghosh

Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak and adult education : rearranging desires at both ends of the spectrum / Alisha M.B. Heinemann

Subaltern perspectives in adult education / Preeti Dagar

Contribution of Raja Rammohan Roy, Pandit Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar and Swami Vivekananda in the field of social reformation and education / Apurba Kumar Chattopadhyay

Unlearning for change : empowering journey of women domestic workers in India / Samiksha Jha, Yashvi Sharma and Rajesh Tandon

Adult, continuing education and extension in Indian universities : retrospective review and prospective profile / M.C. Reddeppa Reddy

Opportunities of lifelong learning for sustainable development in India 207 / Thiyam Premabati Devi

Ambedkar, Freire, Gramsci : teachers from our past, prophets of our future / Cosimo Zene

B.R. Ambedkar : the bulwark of Dalits' education and empowerment / M.C. Reddeppa Reddy.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Other Format:

Online version: Adult education in India (Brill Academic Publishers) Adult education in India.

ISBN:

9789004688766

9004688765

9789004688773

9004688773

OCLC:

1407096432