Schooling and Aspirations in the Urban Margins

Schooling and Aspirations in the Urban Margins

Author: Gunjan Sharma

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2021-04-29

Total Pages: 201

ISBN-13: 1000393585

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

This book presents a detailed ethnographic study conducted in an urban slum in India. It explores how a State school, as a social and pedagogic institution, shapes the aspirations and worldviews of children in the urban margins. The volume engages with the children's experience of marginality and exclusion as they negotiate the intersecting axes of caste, class, gender, and citizenship. It further explores how their everyday school experience is mediated by the power asymmetries between the teachers and the community. In this process, it makes-sense of the political dynamics between the State and its margins while highlighting the role of schools and locating childhood in this context. Based on ethnographic fieldwork, the book will be of interest to researchers, students, and teachers of education studies, sociology and politics of education, teacher education, childhood and youth studies, and urban studies. It will also be useful for education policymakers, and professionals in the development sector.


Slum Health

Slum Health

Author: Jason Corburn

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 2016-06-07

Total Pages: 337

ISBN-13: 0520962796

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Urban slum dwellers—especially in emerging-economy countries—are often poor, live in squalor, and suffer unnecessarily from disease, disability, premature death, and reduced life expectancy. Yet living in a city can and should be healthy. Slum Health exposes how and why slums can be unhealthy; reveals that not all slums are equal in terms of the hazards and health issues faced by residents; and suggests how slum dwellers, scientists, and social movements can come together to make slum life safer, more just, and healthier. Editors Jason Corburn and Lee Riley argue that valuing both new biologic and “street” science—professional and lay knowledge—is crucial for improving the well-being of the millions of urban poor living in slums.


Human Rights in Teaching Practices

Human Rights in Teaching Practices

Author: Zankar

Publisher: Partridge Publishing

Published: 2016-03-10

Total Pages: 235

ISBN-13: 1482871823

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Human Rights are the basic rights which one gets being human. These are inherent rights which are received since inception. Knowing and valuing the Human Rights is the best practice to prevent the violation in any form. When an individual learns about ones rights it builds respect for the right of other which helps in constructing more tolerant and peaceful citizens ultimately leading to peaceful civil societies. All Human Rights for All ascertains the universality, indivisibility and interrelationship of all human rights. The fact of unchangeable nature of Human Rights is essential for human existence Human rights in Teaching Practices" is a book for students, teacher educators, teachers as well as researchers in the field of Education and Human Rights Education who intends to know about Human Rights and how to impart them to their students. The main objective of this book is to share knowledge and skills to generate awareness and develop attitude towards Human Rights Education amongst student teachers. It provides an indepth description of concepts of Human Rights, Human Rights Education and strategies for teaching Human Rights in B.Ed course. The book is divided mainly in three parts: first part deals with concept of human rights, Human Rights Education, the policy perspective of Human Rights, the concept of human rights awareness and attitude towards human rights. This section describes the theoretical underpinnings of human rights from different approaches, Universal Declaration of Human Rights and how and where human rights are reflected in Indian Constitution. The concept of human rights Education and its policy perspectives in Indian Education system. Human Rights Education at different levels of school and at Teacher Education are described in detail from Indian Education policy perspective. Researchers at National and International level are studied with respect to human rights of different persons in the society such as- children, women and other vulnerable groups. Second part deals with the analysis of various components of human rights education programme for teacher education. Following areas are included in the present module of Human Rights Education. Concept, Foundation, and History of Human Rights, Gender Discrimination and Equality, Rights of the Child, Secularism and Education, Environmental Protection and Human Rights, The Right to Education, Egalitarianism and Education, Protection of Human rights in India. The Human Rights Education programme for student teachers of Bachelor in Education course was developed and its effectiveness was studied. This part explains different teaching strategies for imparting Human Rights Education. The constructivist and experiential learning approaches were used to inculcate the human rights culture among student teachers awareness about human rights and their attitude towards human rights. Third part deals with the research work and findings. Experimental research on student teachers was done and the effectiveness of the programme was tested. The Human Rights Education programme for generating awareness about Human Rights and attitude towards human rights was ascertained by considering various moderator variables. The research findings have manifold uses for school teachers, student teachers, curriculum planners in teacher education, all stakeholders of Education and human rights education so as to contribute directly or indirectly creating a peaceful and progressive society.


Elementary Education in Urban Slums

Elementary Education in Urban Slums

Author: Jai Singh

Publisher: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 220

ISBN-13: 9783659368158

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

This book presents the report of a research study, conducted in slum elementary schools in Indian set up. The research study primarily examines and analyses the effect of school and home factors on the quality of elementary education. Descriptive survey method was used in the study. The study was conducted in randomly selected sample of 62 elementary schools in urban slums of Varanasi city. For collecting information four tools: School Questionnaire, Teacher Questionnaire, Home Environment Questionnaire and Classroom Observation Form were developed by the investigator. Furthermore, Competency based Mathematics and Language (Hindi) test, developed by the Department of Educational Measurement and Evaluation, NCERT were also used in the study. The results of the study revealed discernible effect of five school and home factors (i.e. basic facility available in school, instructional method adopted by teacher in curriculum transaction, teacher's behavior in classroom, physical-natural environment of classroom and parents' socio-economic status). The learning outcomes of elementary schools' children in slum areas were found not satisfactory.


Why Children Drop Out?

Why Children Drop Out?

Author: Sunita Chugh

Publisher:

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 310

ISBN-13:

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Focuses On Three Critical Issues-Access, Enrolement And Retention In The Specific Context Of Slum Areas. Assertains The Extent And Type Of Educational Facilities Available To The Slum Children And Finds Art The Causes Of Dropout And Non-Enrolment Of Children And The Gender Inequality. Pleads For A Comprehensive Model Of Educational Development At Gross Roots Level In Urban Areas. Eight Chapters, Six Annexures And A Large Number Of Tables And Figures.