03296nam 22006494a 450 991081212010332120230207225521.01-281-36696-X97866113669640-312-37634-010.1057/9780312376345(CKB)1000000000342636(EBL)307754(OCoLC)133166682(SSID)ssj0000142280(PQKBManifestationID)11148659(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000142280(PQKBWorkID)10096323(PQKB)10049092(DE-He213)978-0-312-37634-5(MiAaPQ)EBC307754(Au-PeEL)EBL307754(CaPaEBR)ebr10158087(CaONFJC)MIL136696(EXLCZ)99100000000034263620050901d2006 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrEarly childhood education, postcolonial theory, and teaching practices in India balancing Vygotsky and the Veda /Amita Gupta1st ed.New York Palgrave Macmillan20061 online resource (273 p.)Based on the author's doctoral research.1-349-53282-7 1-4039-7114-5 Includes bibliographical references (p. [237]-246) and index.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 Sociocultural-Historical Constructivist Theory of Teaching8 Contextualizing and Demystifying the Challenges of Large Class-Size in India; 9 A Socioculturally Constructed Early Childhood Postcolonial Curriculum: The Interfacing of Three Culturally Different Educational Discourses; 10 Aligning Teacher Education and Early Childhood Practice in Urban India: Balancing Vygotsky and the Veda; 11 Reflections on the Process of Postcolonial Research in Early Education; References; IndexThis 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.Education, PrimarySocial aspectsIndiaConstructivism (Education)PostcolonialismEducation, PrimarySocial aspectsConstructivism (Education)Postcolonialism.372.210954Gupta Amita1959-1605068MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910812120103321Early childhood education, postcolonial theory, and teaching practices in India4085905UNINA