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Abstract
The history of education in India has long been a contentious but also particularly productive research field, not only for what it reveals about the philosophies and practice of education but also because the transmission of knowledge to the young has been continuously contested and is intimately connected to wider political structures, institutions, and ideologies. Traditionally the focus for historians has been on the role, relevance, and impact of Western knowledge on colonial educational policies and pedagogical practices and the ways in which colonial education was used to provide justification for colonialism as Britain’s gift to the subcontinent, a narrative which has been consistently disputed by Indians themselves. However in the last 30 years, there has been a significant shift towards an engagement with the details of both education policy and practice, so that the reader is now impressed with the vibrancy of the field and the wide range of approaches taken. In short, colonialism is now viewed as only one of many power dynamics involved in the transfer of knowledge alongside other, of course intersectional, social relationships based on region, class, caste, religion, and gender which reflect a wide variety of views and hierarchies within both the British and Indian positions.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Handbook of Education Systems in South Asia |
Editors | Padma M. Sarangapani, Rekha Pappu |
Place of Publication | Singapore |
Publisher | Springer Nature |
Number of pages | 27 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 978-981-13-3309-5 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | E-pub ahead of print - 27 May 2020 |
Keywords
- colonial India
- history of childhood
- history of education
- western knowledge
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Foundation Day lecture: Educating future citizens: the introduction of compulsory education in the Madras Presidency in the 1920s and 1930s
Ellis, C. (Speaker)
Dec 2020Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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History & Education: an interface
Ellis, C. (Recipient)
Sept 2020Activity: Public Engagement and Outreach › Media Participation