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The Impact of Education in South Asia: Perspectives from Sri Lanka to Nepal: Anthropological Studies of Education

Editat de Helen E. Ullrich
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 9 oct 2018
This edited volume focuses on the impact of education among different social groups in different geographical areas of South Asia. The chapters illustrate the effects of formal education on castes ranging from Dalits to Brahmins, Buddhists, and Christians, even as they consider a range of topics such as the relevance of practical knowledge prior to formal teaching, the personal educational experiences of young women, missionary education, curriculum, and the challenges and benefits of Information Technology. The geographical areas range from Sri Lanka and Nepal to various Indian states, including Karnataka, Tamilnadu, Maharastra, Odisha, and Rajasthan.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9783319966069
ISBN-10: 3319966065
Pagini: 352
Ilustrații: XXIII, 308 p. 17 illus., 10 illus. in color.
Dimensiuni: 148 x 210 x 21 mm
Greutate: 0.69 kg
Ediția:1st ed. 2019
Editura: Springer International Publishing
Colecția Palgrave Macmillan
Seria Anthropological Studies of Education

Locul publicării:Cham, Switzerland

Cuprins

1. A Little Learning: Women, Men, and Schools in Rural Sri Lanka.- 2. Princely Rajputana Subjects: Traditional Livelihood Skills as Preparation for Educational Success and Activism.- 3. Education: Process, Promise, Predicament.- 4. The Legacy of Mission Schooling: Mobility and Identity in a Tamil Protestant Congregation.- 5. Increasing Life Options through Education: A Karnataka Village Study.- 6. “Going Out to School:” The Impact of Girls’ Education on Family and Gender Systems in Bhubaneswar, India.- 7. Family Matters: Understanding Educational Choices and Gendered Science in India.- 8. “If You Have Education, You Have Everything:” Multigenerational Attitudes towards Women’s Education in Bangalore, India.- 9. Getting in, Dropping out, and Staying on: Determinants of Girls’ School Attendance in the Kathmandu Valley of Nepal.


Notă biografică

Helen E. Ullrich, M.D., Ph.D., is a psychiatrist in private practice, as well as an Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Tulane University Medical School, USA. Her published works include three books (most recently, The Women of Totagadde: Broken Silence) and numerous articles in linguistics, psychiatry, transcultural psychiatry, and anthropology.  

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This edited volume focuses on the impact of education among different social groups in different geographical areas of South Asia. The chapters illustrate the effects of formal education on castes ranging from Dalits to Brahmins, Buddhists, and Christians, even as they consider a range of topics such as the relevance of practical knowledge prior to formal teaching, the personal educational experiences of young women, missionary education, curriculum, and the challenges and benefits of Information Technology. The geographical areas range from Sri Lanka and Nepal to various Indian states, including Karnataka, Tamilnadu, Maharastra, Odisha, and Rajasthan.

Caracteristici

Presents studies from a wide range of South Asian locations, including rural and urban, metropolitan, and provincial Offers in-depth, longitudinal studies on the impact of education over time and across castes and communities in South Asia Valuable for scholars of anthropology, education, women and gender studies, and social psychology