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Going to School in South Asia
Amita Gupta
ISBN: 0-313-33553-2
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-33553-2
224 pages
Greenwood Press
Publication: 2/28/2007
List Price: $65.00 (UK Sterling Price: £44.95)
Discount Price: $32.50 Sale Price for U.S. Customers Only. Save 50%. Ends 12/31/2009.
Availability: In Stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Also Available: Ebook
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
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Series Title: The Global School Room
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  • Gupta presents one of a series of nine volumes intended to provide undergraduate students (and perhaps advanced high school students) with an understanding of the similarities and differences among educational systems throughout the world from a historical perspective. Offering individual chapters on schooling in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka, the volume focuses on such issues as the relation of schooling curricula and teaching practices to national culture; religion; identity; social, political, and economic structures, and economic development.
    —Reference & Research Book News     5/1/2007
Description: Afghanistan is one of many South Asian countries appearing in daily headlines, as it attempts to rebuild its society, including its educational system, after decades of war. Sri Lanka, devastated by the tsunami of 2004, and parts of Pakistan and Northern India, coping with the aftereffects of a major earthquake, are also also struggling for teachers, classrooms, supplies, and a sense of normalcy for their students. This volume, part of the Schooling Around the World series, provides readers with a history and survey of education in eight of the region's countries. It examines the Primary, Secondary, and Postsecondary levels of education, identifying the types of education available (public, private, tutoring, etc), any race, gender or social class issues that impact education, and major reforms taking place. Readers will find discussions of curriculum and teaching methods most helpful, as well as a special day in the life feature, which gives a personal look at what it's like for students attending school in that country today.
About the Author: Amita Gupta is an Assistant Professor of Education at the City College of New York. She is a native of New Dehli and earned her Doctorate in Education from Columbia University's Teachers' College. Dr. Gupta has extensive cross-cultural experience in classroom teaching, school administration, teacher development and curriculum design in both India and the U.S. and continues to offer professional development workshops for teachers and school administrators in India and the U.S.
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