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Nainika Dinesh – History of Education, 2024
Through an analysis of Allahabad University's functioning, this article argues that independent India's ideas of federalism reimagined university education. New visions of the educated person - linked to ideas about the ideal citizen - changed the kinds of disciplines and universities being funded. With support from industrial elites to buttress…
Descriptors: Universities, Postcolonialism, Foreign Countries, Educational Change
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Collins, Jo – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2021
Research on international Graduate Teaching Assistants (GTAs) commonly emphasises deficits. Themes include lack of proficiency in English; deficiency of teaching experience; and 'incomplete' professional identity. Such framing neglects the resources that international GTAs bring to their classrooms. This study looks specifically at lived…
Descriptors: Postcolonialism, Graduate Students, Foreign Students, Females
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Elton-Chalcraft, Sally; Cammack, Paul J. – Journal of Beliefs & Values, 2020
India's education system is complex because it has to meet the needs of a population which is culturally, geographically, politically, religiously and economically diverse. The principal investigator spent two summers in India talking with teachers and learners. This paper reports on the impact of Christian values in the secular but arguably Hindu…
Descriptors: Christianity, Religious Cultural Groups, Nationalism, Cultural Pluralism