Politics of Education in Colonial India

by Krishna Kumar

Book Overview

In retracting from the popular view that India's modern educational policy was shaped almost entirely by Macaulay, this incisive work reveals the complex ideological and institutional rubric of the colonial educational system. It examines its wide-ranging and lasting impact on curriculum, pedagogy, textbooks, teachers' role and status, and indigenous forms of knowledge. Recounting the nationalist response to educational reforms, the book reinforces...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138660183
• ISBN13: 9781138660182
• Release Date: January 2016
• Publisher: Routledge Chapman & Hall
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 0.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"