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Ellis, Catriona – Childhood: A Global Journal of Child Research, 2011
This article looks at the remembered experiences of children who went to school in the late colonial period and examines the extent to which these memories relate to the official literature of the time and the historiographical debates surrounding education. The precise focus is memories of formal elementary education in the Madras Presidency…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Educational History, Presidents, Autobiographies
Almeida, Sylvia; Cutter-Mackenzie, Amy – Australian Journal of Environmental Education, 2011
What is distinctive or indistinctive about environmental education in schools and other formal education settings in India? In essence, what is the "ness" of environmental education in the Indian education system? Our responses to these important questions form the focus of this paper, shedding light on the historical, present and future…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Theory Practice Relationship, Foreign Countries, Environmental Research
Diwan, Rashmi – Policy Futures in Education, 2015
Small schools have enjoyed rich traditions in the history of education. The Vedic-age gurukula small schools, an abode for children of the privileged few, followed a structured curriculum in the teaching of religion, scriptures, philosophy, literature, warfare, medicine, astrology and history. The rigvedic small schools, which were more…
Descriptors: Small Schools, Rural Schools, Foreign Countries, Equal Education
NAMTA Journal, 2013
The Kodaikanal years were from late 1942 to March, 1944, a period of internment for Maria Montessori against her will in India. Yet in these remote hills, a fanfare and training course emerged, and so did the inspiration for an in-depth unification principle for the elementary program which we now loosely call Cosmic Education. These two…
Descriptors: Montessori Method, Elementary Education, Interviews, Holistic Approach
Brockliss, Laurence, Ed.; Sheldon, Nicola, Ed. – Palgrave Macmillan, 2012
The first comparative study of the spread of mass education around the world in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, this unique new book uses a bottom-up focus and demonstrates, to an extent not appreciated hitherto, the gulf between the intentions of the government and the reality on the ground. This book is divided into four…
Descriptors: Educational History, Government School Relationship, Foreign Countries, Citizenship
Antony, Pavan John – Journal of International Special Needs Education, 2013
Education of all children in public schools, including those with disabilities, continues to be an unresolved issue in many countries around the globe. While education of all children is mandated by law and considered a basic human right in many countries, the current status of implementation varies. India, for example, is an ancient country that…
Descriptors: Special Education, Foreign Countries, Educational History, Accessibility (for Disabled)
Saravanabhavan, Rc; Saravanabhavan, Sheila; Muthaiah, N. – Journal of School Public Relations, 2012
The article presents a historical overview of education in India, followed by a background on current demography, governance structures, and status. The role of parent involvement is traced from ancient times to the modern era to highlight how this phenomenon has evolved. A review of recent national policies stemming from the 2009 Right of…
Descriptors: Governance, Foreign Countries, Demography, Parent Role
Vaidya, Sheila – Cultural Studies of Science Education, 2010
The focus of this paper is on the current developments in science education occurring in the posthumously built Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education in Mumbai and to offer context for various indigenous developments that are shaping science education in India today. In this paper, I describe the story of Homi Bhabha and his rich legacy of…
Descriptors: Nuclear Energy, Foreign Countries, Science Education, Educational History
Singh, Madhu – Comparative Education, 2013
The paper examines education practice in India in terms of the division between indigenous cultures on the one hand, and the formal culture of learning and knowledge systems inherited from colonial times on the other. These "two Indias" are still reflected in the modern educational system in India, seen in the vast differences between…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Practices, Indigenous Knowledge, Foreign Policy
Gaba, Ashok K.; Li, Wei – Open Praxis, 2015
India and China are two fast growing economies of the world and need large skill based manpower to sustain the economic growth. The existing formal higher educational system in these countries will not be able to meet the demand of the economy. The paper will try (i) to compare the development of economy and distance education in India and China…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Distance Education, Educational Development, Educational History
Kharade, Kalpana; Peese, Hema – Policy Futures in Education, 2014
Information and communication technology (ICT) has become a prominent part of education and offers numerous means of improving teaching and learning in the classroom. However, the tendency to take the teacher education curriculum for granted and the assumption that it adequately prepares teachers for the integration of ICT into their teaching…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Problem Based Learning, Preservice Teachers, Pedagogical Content Knowledge
Bajaj, Monisha – Journal of Peace Education, 2010
This article examines the similarities and differences of the fields of Gandhian studies and peace education through an exploration of their content, institutional development, and globalization since the mid-twentieth century. The methods utilized include document review of syllabi and course descriptions in Gandhian studies and peace education,…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Global Approach, Peace, Course Descriptions
Sriprakash, Arathi – British Journal of Sociology of Education, 2011
Global and national agendas to improve the "quality" of Education For All have brought focus to pedagogic processes in developing country contexts. How can development research pay attention to the social and political significance of pedagogical projects and understand the micro-processes of classroom reform? This paper considers how…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Development, Educational Research, Educational Sociology
Shelley, Mack, Ed.; Akerson, Valarie, Ed.; Sahin, Ismail, Ed. – International Society for Technology, Education, and Science, 2022
"Proceedings of International Conference on Social and Education Sciences" includes full papers presented at the International Conference on Social and Education Sciences (IConSES), which took place on October 13-16, 2022, in Austin, Texas. The aim of the conference is to offer opportunities to share ideas, discuss theoretical and…
Descriptors: Mental Health, COVID-19, Pandemics, Nursing Students
Rahman, Mohammad Saidur; Yasmin, Farzana; Begum, Monzil Ara; Ara, Jesmin; Nath, Tapan Kumar – Educational Research and Reviews, 2010
In both Bangladesh and India expand non-formal education (NFE) programs for unenrolled and drop-out children and adults (8-45 year cohort) for ensure comparable standard with the primary curriculum, establish equivalency of NFE with primary education and overall competency, raise qualification and training level of teachers for effective delivery…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Nonformal Education, Literacy Education, Elementary Education