1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910779884303321

Autore

English Andrea R. <1975->

Titolo

Discontinuity in learning : Dewey, Herbart and Education as transformation / / Andrea R. English, Mount Saint Vincent University [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2013

ISBN

1-107-35763-2

1-107-23632-0

1-107-44861-1

1-107-34907-9

1-107-34551-0

1-139-17782-6

1-107-34801-3

1-107-34176-0

1-107-34426-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxvii, 177 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Classificazione

PSY039000

Disciplina

370.1

Soggetti

Education - Philosophy

Learning, Psychology of

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Education, discontinuity, and transformation -- pt. 2. Teaching and learning forgotten?.

Sommario/riassunto

In this groundbreaking book, Andrea English challenges common assumptions by arguing that discontinuous experiences, such as uncertainty and struggle, are essential to the learning process. To make this argument, Dr English draws from the works of two seminal thinkers in philosophy of education - nineteenth-century German philosopher J. F. Herbart and American pragmatist John Dewey. English's analysis considers Herbart's influence on Dewey, inverting the accepted interpretation of Dewey's thought as a dramatic break from modern European understandings of education. Three key concepts - transformational learning, tact in teaching, and perfectibility - emerge



from this analysis to revitalize our understanding of education as a transformational process. Dr English's comparative approach interweaves European and Anglo-American traditions of educational thought with a contemporary scholarly perspective, contributing to a work that is both intellectually rewarding and applicable to a classroom setting. The result is a book that is essential reading for philosophers and scholars of education, as well as educators.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910960119103321

Autore

Mathur Hari Mohan

Titolo

Displacement and resettlement in India : the human cost of development / / Hari Mohan Mathur

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

1-135-04719-7

0-203-49179-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (248 p.)

Collana

Routledge contemporary South Asia series ; ; 69

Disciplina

325

Soggetti

Forced migration - India

Rural-urban migration - India

Rural development - Sociological aspects - India

Economic development - Social aspects - India

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of boxes; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Displacement and resettlement in the development process; PART 1 Displacement by development; 1 Not by dams alone: urban development projects and displacement of slum dwellers; 2 Mining coal, undermining people: flawed resettlement leaves displaced people worse off; 3 Common development disorders: impoverishment risks from projects that involve displacement; PART 2 The policy response; 4 Good intentions are not enough: the World Bank policy on involuntary resettlement

5 Providing a better life for displaced people: national policy guidelines



on involuntary resettlementPART 3 Approaches to resettlement; 6 Social impact assessment: an aid to understanding the likely effects of a proposed intervention; 7 Making resettlement work: issues in planning and management; 8 New livelihoods for old: restoring incomes lost due to involuntary resettlement; 9 No end to injustice: gender biases in resettlement planning; PART 4 Resettlement in a globalizing world; 10 Investors in, farmers out: private sector projects and the contentious issue of land acquisition

11 A blow to tribal life: the disastrous impact of globalizationPART 5 The way forward; 12 Development for all: ensure that the displaced people have a share in project benefits; Appendices; Appendix I: Definitions of the terms used in this book; Appendix II: Resettlement in different project types; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

In the past ten years or so, displacement by development projects has gone on almost untamed under the globalization pressures to meet the demand for land from local and increasingly foreign investors. Focusing on India, this book looks at the complex issue of resettling people who are displaced for the sake of development.The book discusses how the affected farming communities are fiercely opposing the development projects that often leave them worse off than before, and how this conflict is a matter of serious concern for the planners, as it could discourage potential capita