Emerging Trends in Higher Education : Concepts and Practices

Product Description Prerequisite to the formation of a developed nation is the need to ensure education for all. Recognizing the need to address this issue, especially in a developing nation like India, Emerging Trends in Higher Education in India: Concepts and Practices provides critical insights in the field of Education to achieve this goal. The essays in this volume present a comparative perspective of national and global education policies. These discussions by eminent scholars also generate new theories and identify areas in need of scholarly research in order to construct an education system based on quality, excellence and inclusion. With an aim to help shape policy changes for the restructuring of the education system in India, this volume provides much-needed guidance for policymakers in the field of education. These in-depth analyses of the concepts and practices effecting the growth of higher education will be of interest to students and scholars of sociology and educational studies. Table of Contents: Part I: Role of the State 1. Education, Democracy and Development John Harriss 2. Civic Education, Pluralism and the Indispensable Role of the State Christopher Winch 3. State and Education: The Nordic Model in Action J. P. Roos 4. Towards Democratization of Education in India Amiya Kumar Bagchi 5. Democracy, Decentralized Planning and Devolution of Power in Education Subimal Sen 6. Education for Democracy, Secularism and Inclusive Growth N. R. Madhava Menon Part II: Impact Of Neo-Liberal Policies 7. Producing Difference: Neo liberalism, Neoconservatism and the Politics of Educational Reform Michael W. Apple 8. Pupil Empowerment in Schools: Limits and Possibilities Geoff Whitty and Emma Wisby 9. Movement and Stasis in the Neoliberal Re-orientation of Schooling and the University Cameron McCarthy 10. Providing Quality School Education to All Children Jayati Ghosh 11. Curricular Development and Value Education: A Tentative Outline Upendra Baxi 12. Curriculum Reforms in India Krishna Kumar Part III: Environment And Development 13. Environment and Developmental Education: Immediate Indian Challenges D. Lahiry 14. Education Towards Sustainable Development Jaishree Sharma 15. Environment, Development and Education K. Sreedharan 16. Education for Sustainable Environment and Development M. K. Prasad 17. Development and Environment P. N. Roy Part IV: Social Justice 18. Modes of Overcoming Social Exclusion Through Education: Analysis of Two Accounts from Pre- and Post-Independence India Mohammad Talib 19. Paradigm of Education for Social Transformation: Role of Open University System in Creating Culture-based Social Developmental Education Ram Takwale 20. Modernity and its Impact on the Sociology of Education Manu Bhaskar 21. Educating Young Citizens: Gender Equality and Global Democratic Issues Madeleine Arnot About the Author K.N. Panikkar is currently Vice-Chairman, Kerala State Higher Education Council. M. Bhaskaran Nair is former Professor and Head, Department of Political Science, University of Kerala.