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Normative Development in Rural India: 'School Readiness' and Early Childhood Care and Education
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Sriprakash, Arathi; Maithreyi, R.; Kumar, Akash; Sinha, Pallawi; Prabha, Ketaki – Comparative Education, 2020
Global education agendas frequently draw on the construct of 'school readiness', indexing the developmental trajectories of children to the expectations of school systems. Through in-depth ethnographic research in a village in Bihar, India, this paper examines how normative discourses of 'school readiness' govern family strategies for early…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, School Readiness, Rural Areas, Early Childhood Education
Culture and Classroom Reform: The Case of the District Primary Education Project, India.
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Clarke, Prema – Comparative Education, 2003
The impact of the international donor-supported District Primary Education Programme on the thinking and actions of 234 primary school teachers in South India was influenced by four cultural constructs: "openness to regulation,""sense of duty," and views on social hierarchy and knowledge acquisition. Teachers were receptive to…
Descriptors: Authoritarianism, Cultural Influences, Educational Change, Elementary Education
The Development of Educated Women in India: Reflections of a Social Psychologist.
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Singhal, Sushila – Comparative Education, 1984
In spite of gains, Indian women's educational level still lags behind that of Indian men. Illiteracy is highest for rural women; unemployment is highest for urban women. Access to education for women is limited and is further delimited in higher levels. Acceptance of changed roles for educated women is lacking. (BRR)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Access to Education, Comparative Education, Developing Nations