Early Childhood Education, Postcolonial Theory, and Teaching Practices in India
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Early Childhood Education, Postcolonial Theory, and Teaching Practices in India

Balancing Vygotsky and the Veda

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Early Childhood Education, Postcolonial Theory, and Teaching Practices in India

Balancing Vygotsky and the Veda

About this book

This book presents previously unexamined connections between teaching practices and specific philosophical ideas, locating the prior beliefs and practical knowledge of early childhood practitioners in urban India within the broader social and historical religio-philosophical context.

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Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Year
2006
Print ISBN
9781349532827
9781403971142
eBook ISBN
9780312376345
Topic
Physical Sciences
Subtopic
Comparative Education

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Contents
  3. List of Figures
  4. Acknowledgments
  5. Foreword
  6. Preface
  7. 1 Conceptualizing and Setting the Stage
  8. 2 The Sociocultural Context of Education: Core Concepts of the Philosophy Underlying the Worldview of Indians
  9. 3 Educational Systems in India: Past and Present
  10. 4 Aims of Education Contextualized within Urban Indian Society
  11. 5 Image, Role, and Responsibilities of the Early Childhood Teacher in India
  12. 6 Image of the Child: What Is Developmentally and Socially Appropriate for Children Growing Up in Indian Society?
  13. 7 Learning to Teach: A Sociocultural–Historical Constructivist Theory of Teaching
  14. Chapter 8 Contextualizing and Demystifying the Challenges of Large Class-Size in India
  15. Chapter 9 A Socioculturally Constructed Early Childhood Postcolonial Curriculum: The Interfacing of Three Culturally Different Educational Discourses
  16. Chapter 10 Aligning Teacher Education and Early Childhood Practice in Urban India: Balancing Vygotsky and the Veda
  17. Chapter 11 Reflections on the Process of Postcolonial Research in Early Education
  18. References
  19. Index

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