The Impact of Education in South Asia : Perspectives from Sri Lanka to Nepal / / edited by Helen E. Ullrich
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| Titolo: |
The Impact of Education in South Asia : Perspectives from Sri Lanka to Nepal / / edited by Helen E. Ullrich
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| Pubblicazione: | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2019 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. 2019. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (323 pages) |
| Disciplina: | 370.954 |
| Soggetto topico: | Ethnology |
| Ethnography | |
| Gender identity in education | |
| Church and education | |
| Women | |
| Asia—History | |
| Social Anthropology | |
| Gender and Education | |
| Religion and Education | |
| Women's Studies | |
| History of South Asia | |
| Persona (resp. second.): | UllrichHelen E |
| Nota di contenuto: | 1. A Little Learning: Women, Men, and Schools in Rural Sri Lanka -- 2. Princely Rajputana Subjects: Traditional Livelihood Skills as Preparation for Educational Success and Activism -- 3. Education: Process, Promise, Predicament -- 4. The Legacy of Mission Schooling: Mobility and Identity in a Tamil Protestant Congregation -- 5. Increasing Life Options through Education: A Karnataka Village Study -- 6. “Going Out to School:” The Impact of Girls’ Education on Family and Gender Systems in Bhubaneswar, India -- 7. Family Matters: Understanding Educational Choices and Gendered Science in India -- 8. “If You Have Education, You Have Everything:” Multigenerational Attitudes towards Women’s Education in Bangalore, India -- 9. Getting in, Dropping out, and Staying on: Determinants of Girls’ School Attendance in the Kathmandu Valley of Nepal. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | This edited volume focuses on the impact of education among different social groups in different geographical areas of South Asia. The chapters illustrate the effects of formal education on castes ranging from Dalits to Brahmins, Buddhists, and Christians, even as they consider a range of topics such as the relevance of practical knowledge prior to formal teaching, the personal educational experiences of young women, missionary education, curriculum, and the challenges and benefits of Information Technology. The geographical areas range from Sri Lanka and Nepal to various Indian states, including Karnataka, Tamilnadu, Maharastra, Odisha, and Rajasthan. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The Impact of Education in South Asia |
| ISBN: | 3-319-96607-3 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910337738503321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Anthropological Studies of Education