Kumar, Mandira and Sarangapani, Padma M, eds.
(2005)
Improving government schools: What has been tried and what works.
Books for Change, New Delhi.
ISBN 81-8291-061-1
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| Abstract: |
Government schools serve the majority of children in our country. These
schools have witnessed a decline in their services, and increasingly they are
accessed by the poor and the marginalised. Across India, a handful of
committed individuals have led efforts to improve government schools, in the
belief that they could demonstrate or induce an enduring change in the
system.
This book profiles twenty three such efforts from across India. These are
stories of inspiration and insight, written in an accessible style, of interest to
practitioners and others engaged with ideas of innovation, change and
school reform. There are efforts to improve the teaching of curricular areas
such as language, maths and science; as well as attempts to introduce new
ones such as health, peace and environment education. Some efforts have
focused on the role of textbooks, radio and computers in the classroom,
others on mobilising communities and energising teachers. The narratives
are factual and reflective, and construct a varied picture of how innovations
are nurtured, implemented and spread.
The introduction places these narratives in the larger context. It outlines
the scope for outside agencies to work and collaborate with the state to
reform the government schooling system, and reflects on when things have
worked and when they have not. An additional resource in the book is an all-
India listing of non-governmental organisations engaged with the issue of
‘improving government schools’. |
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Copyright belongs to Sutradhar |
| Subjects: |
School of Social Sciences > Education |
| Divisions: |
Schools > Social Sciences |
| Date Deposited: |
18 May 2006 |
| Last Modified: |
02 Dec 2010 05:09 |
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http://eprints.nias.res.in/id/eprint/48 |
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