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