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Early Childhood Education
Postcolonial Perspectives from India
by Radhika Viruru
ISBN: 0761995374
ISBN-13: 9780761995371
Format: Hardcover
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Bibliographic Details
Publisher: Sage Pubns
Published date: 2001
Size: 5.5 x 8.5 inches
Weight: 0.75 pounds
Pages: 189
Publisher's Notes
`[Early Childhood Education] will be very useful for psychologists, educators, sociologists and cultural anthropologists alike.... This book is a valuable addition both in the Indian and Western context... this is a very useful source provided by an "insider" of an alternative paradigm to be compared with ones with which they are more familiar' - Early Years
Two major strands make up the heart of this book. The first strand consists of a critical postcolonial examination of dominant discourses about young children, which reflect mostly Western knowledge and perspectives. The other strand consists of a detailed ethnographic description of the postcolonial lived experiences of young children and the adults who work with them in one school in urban India are. The multiple and multidimensional ways in which childhood is experienced is explored through such means as a review of current Indian and Western literature on young children, an examination of historical ideas about childhood in different cultures, and finally through the lens of postcolonial theory. All this suggests that while dominant discourses of childhood speak about protecting the interests of children, by not recognizing the complexity of diverse children's life experiences they continue to disempower and marginalize them.
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Early Childhood Education : Postcolonial Perspective From India
Radhika virura
Hard Bound. New . (22 x 14.5 cm), Contents : Preface and Acknowledgements, 1 Starting Points, 2 The Colonizing Power of Play, 3 Do we have Childhood in India? Do we need it?, 4 Life at Shishu Vana, 5 Early Childhood Education and Postcolonial Possibilities (with Gaile S Cannella), 6 Concluding Thoughts, Appendix, Select Bibliography, Index, About the Author. ISBN:0761995374 192 Yr. of Pub.2001 ( more information) Offered by AllTimeBooks.com or Indianbooks.co.in (India)
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