04093nam 22009015 450 991096161410332120240313121737.097866113669649781281366962128136696X9780312376345031237634010.1057/9780312376345(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(Perlego)3499967(EXLCZ)99100000000034263620151217d2006 u| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrEarly Childhood Education, Postcolonial Theory, and Teaching Practices in India Balancing Vygotsky and the Veda /by A. Gupta1st ed. 2006.New York :Palgrave Macmillan US :Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,2006.1 online resource (273 p.)Based on the author's doctoral research.9781349532827 1349532827 9781403971142 1403971145 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.AstronomyEducational sociologyTeachersTraining ofInternational educationComparative educationSociologyAstronomy, Cosmology and Space SciencesSociology of EducationTeaching and Teacher EducationInternational and Comparative EducationSociologyAstronomy.Educational sociology.TeachersTraining of.International education.Comparative education.Sociology.Astronomy, Cosmology and Space Sciences.Sociology of Education.Teaching and Teacher Education.International and Comparative Education.Sociology.372.210954Gupta Amita1959-1793488MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910961614103321Early Childhood Education, Postcolonial Theory, and Teaching Practices in India4333329UNINA