Showing papers in "Contemporary Education Dialogue in 2017"
TL;DR: The South African people have a history of resistance to domination, injustice and inequality as discussed by the authors and it is therefore surprising that there has been an increase in social inequality, since the start of the 1990s.
Abstract: The South African people have a history of resistance to domination, injustice and inequality. It is therefore surprising that there has been an increase in social inequality, since the start of po...
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TL;DR: South Africans live in one of the most unequal societies in the world where squalor and abject poverty live side by side with abundant wealth as mentioned in this paper. And the challenge of inequality is captured eloquently in...
Abstract: South Africans live in one of the most unequal societies in the world where squalor and abject poverty live side by side with abundant wealth. The challenge of inequality is captured eloquently in ...
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TL;DR: The last two decades have witnessed a revival of research interest in the Cold War, and on science during the cold war, from a revised social theoretic perspective as discussed by the authors, and part of this reframing is evide...
Abstract: The last two decades have witnessed a revival of research interest in the Cold War, and on science during the Cold War, from a revised social theoretic perspective.1 Part of this reframing is evide...
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors pointed out that the impact of violent conflicts on the education of young survivors appeared in these studies as an intrinsic cause of violence and education appeared as an ins...
Abstract: Violent conflicts are becoming a regular feature across the world. Studies have pointed to the impact they have on the education of young survivors. But education appears in these studies as an ins...
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TL;DR: A large amount of literature in this regard was produced by new institutional spaces like religious printing presses, caste associations and religious organizations that mushroomed significantly by early decades of twentieth century.
Abstract: A large amount of literature in this regard was produced by new institutional spaces like religious printing presses, caste associations and religious organizations that mushroomed significantly by early decades of twentieth century. The proliferation of Hindu religious printing and publishing in Hindi by presses like Gita Press of north India disseminated literature that targeted revival of religion in the region. Such institutional spaces were educational in nature mostly to inculcate the sense of belonging to golden past to construct nationalist identities based on religious ones. Consequently they championed the cause of education ‘to develop self reflexivity about their own tradition’ and revival of the cultural past. The discourses generated by them brought modern concepts like childhood, citizenship and nation-state in the realm of religion. These religious publishing as new constituents of revivalist Hindu religion developed nationalist religious pedagogy to craft disciplined Hindu citizens with o...
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TL;DR: Agnihotri, R. Bhatt, R., and Mesthrie as discussed by the authors (2008). World Englishes: The study of new linguistic varieties. New Delhi: SAGE Publications.
Abstract: Agnihotri, R.K., & Khanna, A.L. (1997). Problematizing English in India. New Delhi: SAGE Publications. Bhatt, R. (2001). World Englishes. Annual Review of Anthropology, 30(1), 527– 550. Bhatt, R., & Mesthrie, R. (2008). World Englishes: The study of new linguistic varieties. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. Chomsky, N. (1965). Aspects of the theory of syntax. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. Dasgupta, P. (1993). The otherness of English: India’s auntie tongue syndrome. New Delhi: SAGE Publications. Kachru, B. (1992a). The other tongue: English across cultures. Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press. ———. (1992b). World Englishes: Approaches, issues and resources. Language Teaching, 25(1), 1–14. Kachru, Y. (2006). World Englishes in Asian contexts. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press. Labov, W. (1972). Sociolinguistic patterns. Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania Press. Singh, R. (1998). The native speaker: Multilingual perspectives. New Delhi: SAGE Publications. ———. (2003). The languages of India: A bird’s eye view. In R. Singh (ed.), The yearbook of South Asian languages and linguistics (pp. 173–181). Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter.
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TL;DR: This article explored the ways in which concerns of history, in terms of content, concepts and methodology, find space or do not find space within textbooks used for teaching languages, and found that these may be...
Abstract: The article explores the ways in which concerns of history, in terms of content, concepts and methodology, find space or do not find space within textbooks used for teaching languages. These may be...
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TL;DR: Olchiki is the indigenous script of Santals, a dominant tribal community of West Bengal, formulated to promote and represent "adi" cultural heritage and traditions in their mother tongue Santali as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: Olchiki is the indigenous script of Santals, a dominant tribal community of West Bengal, formulated to promote and represent ‘adi’ cultural heritage and traditions in their mother tongue Santali. T...
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TL;DR: Despite its familiarity and the fact that it becomes a formal area of study in early primary grades, optics remains a cognitive challenge for young as well as advanced learners as mentioned in this paper, not only beca...
Abstract: Despite its familiarity and the fact that it becomes a formal area of study in early upper primary grades, optics remains a cognitive challenge for young as well as advanced learners, not only beca...
TL;DR: Ashraf as discussed by the authors focused on the educational efforts of Syed Firoz Ashraf in the East Jogeshwari area of Mumbai and places his work in the context of the increasing communalisation of social life and education in a poor working class suburb in Mumbai city.
Abstract: This article focuses on the educational efforts of Syed Firoz Ashraf in the East Jogeshwari area of Mumbai and places his work in the context of the increasing communalisation of social life and education in a poor working class suburb in Mumbai city. Muslim community has been ghettoised in the metropolis to specific areas especially since the riots of 1992-93, increasing their vulnerability. For more than twenty years ‘Uncle’, as he is affectionately called, has been running after-school classes for children from the working class neighbourhoods of Jogeshwari and Juhu Lane. He has worked within the system to enhance opportunities for higher education for children, and to end the humiliation and indignity associated with educational failure. As Uncle says, there is hope as more and more children break out of the confines of their locality and step out into the world through higher education.