Ethnographies of schooling in contemporary India / edited by Meenakshi Thapan.

Contributor(s):

Thapan, Meenakshi [(editor.) ]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Thousand Oaks : SAGE Publications, 2014Description: x, 368 pages ; 22 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

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volume

ISBN:

9788132113850 (hardback)

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DDC classification:

306.430954 ETH 23 012876

Contents:

1.Negotiating School and Gender: Peer Performatives / Anuradha Sharma 2.Schooling and the Production of Student Culture: Principles and Practice / Maitrayee Deka 3.Kiranjyoti Vidyalaya: A Sociological Narrative of a Government School / Anannya Gogoi 4.Schooling, Identity and Citizenship Education / Meenakshi Thapan 5.In Quest of Identity: Student Culture in a Religious Minority Institution / Parul Bhandari 6.Being Muslims, Becoming Citizens: A Muslim Girls' School in Post-riot Ahmedabad / Meenakshi Thapan 7.Living in the Bubble: Rishi Valley School and the Sense of Community / Bhavya Dore 8.School Experience: An Autobiographical Approach / Meenakshi Thapan. Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 - Negotiating Schooland Gender: Peer Performatives; 2 - Schooling and the Production of Student Culture: Principles and Practice; 3 - Kiranjyoti Vidyalaya: A Sociological Narrative of a Government School; 4 - Schooling, Identity and Citizenship Education; 5 - In Quest of Identity: Student Culture in a Religious Minority Institution; 6 - Being Muslims, Becoming Citizens: A Muslim Girls' School in Post-riot Ahmedabad; 7 - Living in the Bubble: Rishi Valley School and the Sense of Community; 8 - School Experience: An Autobiographical Approach. About the Editor and ContributorsIndex.

Summary: The influence of popular culture, media and aggressive marketing of consumer goods all enter the school arena to compete with the more formal aspects of being at school and contribute to the creation of a unique school culture. It is essential to unpack and unravel the rich and engaged world of student culture as it is constructed in school life. Ethnographies of Schooling in Contemporary India attempts to understand meaning and meaning-making in school processes in India as active aspects of a vibrant school culture. We are reminded that students, in any kind of school, are engaged participan.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

1.Negotiating School and Gender: Peer Performatives / Anuradha Sharma
2.Schooling and the Production of Student Culture: Principles and Practice / Maitrayee Deka
3.Kiranjyoti Vidyalaya: A Sociological Narrative of a Government School / Anannya Gogoi
4.Schooling, Identity and Citizenship Education / Meenakshi Thapan
5.In Quest of Identity: Student Culture in a Religious Minority Institution / Parul Bhandari
6.Being Muslims, Becoming Citizens: A Muslim Girls' School in Post-riot Ahmedabad / Meenakshi Thapan
7.Living in the Bubble: Rishi Valley School and the Sense of Community / Bhavya Dore
8.School Experience: An Autobiographical Approach / Meenakshi Thapan.
Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 - Negotiating Schooland Gender: Peer Performatives; 2 - Schooling and the Production of Student Culture: Principles and Practice; 3 - Kiranjyoti Vidyalaya: A Sociological Narrative of a Government School; 4 - Schooling, Identity and Citizenship Education; 5 - In Quest of Identity: Student Culture in a Religious Minority Institution; 6 - Being Muslims, Becoming Citizens: A Muslim Girls' School in Post-riot Ahmedabad; 7 - Living in the Bubble: Rishi Valley School and the Sense of Community; 8 - School Experience: An Autobiographical Approach.
About the Editor and ContributorsIndex.

The influence of popular culture, media and aggressive marketing of consumer goods all enter the school arena to compete with the more formal aspects of being at school and contribute to the creation of a unique school culture. It is essential to unpack and unravel the rich and engaged world of student culture as it is constructed in school life. Ethnographies of Schooling in Contemporary India attempts to understand meaning and meaning-making in school processes in India as active aspects of a vibrant school culture. We are reminded that students, in any kind of school, are engaged participan.

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