Un/Common Schooling : (Record no. 38033)
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| fixed length control field | 02607nam a22002177a 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 9789354422775 |
| 041 ## - LANGUAGE CODE | |
| Language code of text/sound track or separate title | eng. |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 306.0954 |
| Item number | UNC- |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Personal name | Nair, Janaki |
| Relator term | Author. |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Un/Common Schooling : |
| Sub Title | Educational Experiments in Twentieth-Century India / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | Janaki Nair. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication | New Delhi : |
| Name of publisher | Orient BlackSwan, |
| Year of publication | 2023. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | 296p. |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE | |
| Bibliography, etc | Include index. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | Educational practices in India have been curiously deficient in providing alternatives to the inherited colonial system of education. Those offered by Gandhi and Tagore, the two best-known exceptions, were ignored after 1947. Un/Common Schooling is a collection of writings by idealistic and enterprising individuals who founded alternative schools in India, located mostly in remote villages with little or no access to basic civic amenities, from the 1970s to the present that highlights the philosophies and rationale behind such schools.<br/><br/>A serious reflection on what constitutes ‘alternative’, these narratives are animated by key questions: How are ‘learning’ and ‘life skills’ defined? Is building capacity for autonomy and creativity as important as imparting ‘encashable’ skills? What are the chances of those who were largely excluded from schooling finding meaning and value in the classroom—conventional or alternative? These are inspiring stories of building institutions to reach first-generation learners in some of the most marginal sections of Indian society, and narrate the manifold challenges that were encountered in starting, running and sustaining these alternatives that counter the inadequate and unequal system of education today.<br/><br/>Un/Common Schooling also reflects on interviews with students who passed through the Alternative Education Network, as well as those who sought educational credentials, what it meant to them and how it impacted their lives. The essays therefore provide an empathetic understanding of even the unexpected outcomes of these experiments in pedagogy, making the book a vital addition to the history and sociology of education in India.<br/><br/>The book will serve as an invaluable resource for researchers and practitioners in the fields of education, development studies, and public policy, while also serving as an important archive of a crucial moment in Indian education. |
| 546 ## - LANGUAGE NOTE | |
| Language note | English. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Economic indicators |
| General subdivision | Periodicals |
| Geographic subdivision | India. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Quality of life |
| General subdivision | Periodicals |
| Geographic subdivision | India. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Social indicators |
| General subdivision | Periodicals |
| Geographic subdivision | India. |
| 700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Nair, Janaki |
| Relator term | editor. |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
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| Koha item type | Books |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Damaged status | Not for loan | Permanent Location | Current Location | Date acquired | Source of acquisition | Cost, normal purchase price | Full call number | Accession Number | Cost, replacement price | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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| NASSDOC Library | NASSDOC Library | 2023-03-16 | Overseas | 0.00 | 306.0954 UNC- | 53614 | 0.00 | 2023-05-18 | Books |