Political Agenda of Education - A Study of Colonialist and Nationalist Ideas

Political Agenda of Education - A Study of Colonialist and Nationalist Ideas

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Author: Krishna Kumar
Publisher: Sage Publications
Year: 2005
Language: English
Pages: 223
ISBN/UPC (if available): 81-7829-447-8

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When it was first published (in 1991), Political Agenda of Education was hailed as an outstanding contribution to educational theory. This thoroughly revised edition sharpens the focus and explanatory range of the original framework. In particular, the author has incorporated the complex terrain of gender and girls` education while bringing in a more nuanced discussion of caste as a factor of equality in educational opportunity.

The book is divided into two parts. Part I analyzes the circumstances surrounding the establishment of a colonial system of educational administration and the implications it had for both teaching and curriculum. Part II locates educational reform within the dynamics of the three major quests of the freedom struggle: the demand for equal participation in education by the lower castes; the quest for self-identity; and the idea of progress.

Krishna Kumar uses the history of ideas to develop insights which are highly relevant for the challenges facing the system of education in India and the rest of South Asia today.

Contents

Preface to the Second Edition
Preface to the First Edition
Introduction
I. DYNAMICS OF COLONIZATION: Colonial Citizen as an Educational Ideal
Appropriate Knowledge: Conflict of Curriculum and Culture
Meek Dictator: The Paradox of the Teacher's Personality
II. DYNAMICS OF THE FREEDOM STRUGGLE: Pursuit of Equality
Quest for Self-Identity
Meanings of Progress
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index