Textbook Culture - Pedagogy and Classroom Processes

This volume captures the essence of schooling in a structural manner and explores the classroom life in the larger schooling context. The emphasis is to uncover the necessary framework of classroom that is significant to understand the place of textbooks in the Indian school education system.

List of contents

Introduction 1. Curriculum and Textbooks 2. The Vidyalaya at a Glance 3. Pedagogic Practices: Unveiling the Textbook Culture 4. The Dynamics of Learning: A Sociological Perspective 5. "Pedagogical Discards" in The Classroom: Creation of an "Extreme" Identity 6. Cheating: A Pedagogical Device. Conclusion.

About the author

Pooja Bhalla is a teacher in a school in Delhi. She has a Doctorate in Sociology from Delhi University. She is a recipient of University Grants Commission's Junior and later Senior, Research Fellowship. Her research interests are sociology of education, educational policy, curriculum and pedagogy, post-colonial frameworks of schooling and ethnographic studies, qualitative studies in education.

Product details

• Authors: Pooja Bhalla
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.08.2025
• EAN: 9781032772905
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3277290-5
• No. of pages: 162
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; EDUCATION / General, Sociology, Asia, EDUCATION / Educational Psychology, EDUCATION / Educational Policy & Reform / General, EDUCATION / Curricula, EDUCATION / Learning Styles, EDUCATION / Student Life & Student Affairs, EDUCATION / Behavioral Management, EDUCATION / Teacher & Student Mentoring, Regional Studies, Educational strategies & policy, Regional / International studies, Moral and social purpose of education, Teaching of a specific subject, Education: care & counselling of students, Moral & social purpose of education, Educational strategies and policy, Counselling and care of students, EDUCATION / Teaching / General