Alternative schooling in India / edited by Sarojini Vittachi, Neeraja Raghavan ; with Kiran Raj

Bib ID:
4278838
Format:
Book
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Description:
  • Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, 2007
  • 267 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
ISBN:
9780761936190
Full contents:
  • Machine derived contents note: Contents
  • Foreword by Professor Krishna Kumar
  • Acknowledgements
  • 1. Introduction
  • Sarojini Vittachi
  • 2. Origins of alternative education in India: a continuing journey
  • Deepti Priya Mehrotra
  • 3. Ripples that spread: can innovations of alternative schools spread to mainstream education?
  • Neeraja Raghavan
  • Voices from Practitioners
  • 4. An alternative school is born
  • Indira Vijaysimha
  • 5. Living without comparison, learning without competing
  • G Gautama
  • 6. Examinations: an empowering tool or a fatal blow to self-confidence?
  • Asha Sudarshan
  • Interviews
  • 7. Parent of a child who has gone from a mainstream to an alternative school
  • Sheela Gowda
  • 8. Teacher who works in an alternative school
  • Diba Siddiqi
  • 9. Student who studies in an alternative school
  • Druva
  • 10. Cinematographer who went to an alternative school
  • Navroze Contractor
  • 11. Student who went from an alternative to a mainstream school
  • Sharik
  • 12. Former student of an alternative school
  • Avinash
  • Some Efforts After School Hours
  • 13. Come after school
  • Afterword
  • Directory of alternative schools in India
  • Appendix
  • About the editors and contributors.
Notes:
  • "With a directory of alternative schools in India"--Cover.
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Subject:
Alternative schools -- India
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