Going to School in South Asia

Inbunden, Engelska, 2007

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Afghanistan is one of many South Asian countries appearing in daily headlines, as it attempts to rebuild its society, including its educational system, after decades of war. Sri Lanka, devastated by the tsunami of 2004, and parts of Pakistan and Northern India, coping with the aftereffects of a major earthquake, are also also struggling for teachers, classrooms, supplies, and a sense of normalcy for their students. This volume, part of the Schooling Around the World series, provides readers with a history and survey of education in eight of the region's countries. It examines the Primary, Secondary, and Postsecondary levels of education, identifying the types of education available (public, private, tutoring, etc), any race, gender or social class issues that impact education, and major reforms taking place. Readers will find discussions of curriculum and teaching methods most helpful, as well as a special day in the life feature, which gives a personal look at what it's like for students attending school in that country today.

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Utgivningsdatum2007-02-28
Mått156 x 235 x 17 mm
Vikt482 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor224
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9780313335532

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Amita Gupta is an Assistant Professor of Education at the City College of New York. She is a native of New Dehli and earned her Doctorate in Education from Columbia University's Teachers' College. Dr. Gupta has extensive cross-cultural experience in classroom teaching, school administration, teacher development and curriculum design in both India and the U.S. and continues to offer professional development workshops for teachers and school administrators in India and the U.S.

Gupta presents one of a series of nine volumes intended to provide undergraduate students (and perhaps advanced high school students) with an understanding of the similarities and differences among educational systems throughout the world from a historical perspective. Offering individual chapters on schooling in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka, the volume focuses on such issues as the relation of schooling curricula and teaching practices to national culture; religion; identity; social, political, and economic structures, and economic development.