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This book questions the validity and reliability of conventional measures of quality education, like enrolment ratio, retention rates, pupil-teacher ratio and availability of infrastructure, henceforth demanding its re-calibration. It will be useful to students and teachers working in Education, Psychology, Development Studies and Sociology.
List of contents
List of Figures viii List of Tables ix Acknowledgements xi List of Abbreviations xiii Introduction: Re-Examining Quality of Education: Pedagogy and Prescribed Capabilities 1 1 Beyond Archaic Educational Variables: Pedagogy and Quality of Education 19 2 What Is a Just Classroom? 57 3 Exploring Pedagogy through Capability Approach 73 4 Pedagogy and National Educational Initiatives: An Imperative Shift from
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Descriptive 88 5 Planning and Execution of a Cross-Sectional Comparative Study 110 6 Are Prescribed Capabilities of Teachers and Students Realized?: How Descriptive Indicators Fare in Himachal Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh? 116 Conclusion: What Can We Learn from This Study? Recommendations for Measurement and Improvement of Quality of Education 167
References 185 Appendices 193 Annexures 201
About the author
Charusheel Tripathi is an assistant professor of political science at UPES, Dehradun. She has a bachelor's degree in political science from Lady Shri Ram College for Women - Delhi University and has received her doctorate from Centre for Political Studies in Jawaharlal Nehru University, for her work on social justice and education policy. Her newfound love for problems associated with quality of school education and teaching-cum-learning has propelled her to bridge studies on educational programmes and processes with politics. However, her research interests also entail domains like comparative politics, political philosophy, public policy and governance. Lately, she has pledged to monomaniacally work on 'quality' concerns ailing education.
Summary
This book questions the validity and reliability of conventional measures of quality education, like enrolment ratio, retention rates, pupil-teacher ratio and availability of infrastructure, henceforth demanding its re-calibration. It will be useful to students and teachers working in Education, Psychology, Development Studies and Sociology.
