Power Dynamics in Education - Shaping the Structure of School Education in India

The educational domain provides a platform for social mobility and social change. This book investigates the new National Educational Policy (NEP) to understand how it can bring social justice and transform education in a meaningful way to match the imagination of students from diverse groups.

List of contents

Introduction: Schooling and the Power dynamics. Part I- Contextualizing Power in Schools. 1. Power and educational Policies: Rethinking NEP 2020 2. Understanding power through bricolage. Part II- Power and Identity. 3. Emotions, authority, and education. 4. Stereotyping, prejudicing, and othering. 5. Violence in education 6.Dehumanized identities and empowerment. Part III-Decolonizing Educational Psychology. 7. Marginality, aspiration and choice: An Implication for Educational Psychology. 8.Critical Pedagogy, Curriculum and Social Justice: Reflective Educational Psychology in Action.

About the author

Chetan Sinha is an Associate Professor of Psychology at the OP Jindal Global University, Sonipat. He holds a PhD in Social Psychology of Education from ZHCES, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.

Summary

The educational domain provides a platform for social mobility and social change. This book investigates the new National Educational Policy (NEP) to understand how it can bring social justice and transform education in a meaningful way to match the imagination of students from diverse groups.

Product details

• Authors: Chetan Sinha
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 24.03.2023
• EAN: 9781032136707
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3213670-7
• No. of pages: 206
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system; EDUCATION / General, Asia, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, EDUCATION / Educational Psychology, EDUCATION / Educational Policy & Reform / General, EDUCATION / Leadership, EDUCATION / Curricula, Educational psychology, Regional Studies, Teaching skills and techniques, Educational strategies & policy, Regional / International studies, Moral and social purpose of education, Teaching skills & techniques, Teaching of a specific subject, Curriculum planning & development, Schools, Schools and pre-schools, Education: care & counselling of students, Moral & social purpose of education, Educational strategies and policy, Education: examinations and assessment, Examinations & assessment, Counselling and care of students, Curriculum planning and development