This collection provides multiple perspectives regarding the possibility of creating sustainable education practices that are integrated into and relevant to the needs and practices on a global scale. It also focuses on the failure of traditional education to address the problems of globalization. The articles conceive sustainable development education as focusing on the holistic development of the body and mind, encompassing a wide range of issues. This idea is also central to the Gandhian tradition of life knowledge and Nai Talim (New Education). The uniqueness of this compilation is in the multiple perspectives it provides, establishing workable links between local communities, governments, and international organizations that would enable sustainable human development.
Author(s): Anastasia Nikolopoulou
Year: 2010
Language: English
Pages: 276
Contents......Page 6
List of Tables......Page 8
List of Figures......Page 10
Acknowledgements......Page 11
Introduction......Page 12
Part I: Globalization and the Politics of Exclusion......Page 34
1 - Caste, Exclusion, and Marginalized Groups in India: Dalit Deprivation in India......Page 36
2 - Education in a Globalizing Era: Implications for Disabled Girls......Page 61
Part II: From Rio to Indigenous Cultural Resources: Education for Sustainable Development......Page 78
3 - Education for Sustainable Development: The Concept and Its Connection to Tolerance and Democracy......Page 80
4 - Education for Sustainable Tribal Development......Page 97
5 - Premodern Indigenous Practitioners’ Dilemmas in a Postmodern Globalized World......Page 114
Part III: Empowering the Human Capital: Challenges and Strategies in India......Page 126
6 - Market, Deprivation, and Education in the Age of Globalization......Page 128
7 - Literacy Instruction in Indian Schools......Page 150
8 - Empowering Pedagogy: Potentials and Limitations......Page 162
9 - Squaring National Pride with Tolerance: A Lesson for School Textbooks......Page 185
10 - Indian School Textbooks......Page 194
Part IV: Ethical Paths to Global Citizenship......Page 206
11 - Global Ethical Options in the Framework of Development: Gandhian Perspectives......Page 208
12 - Reconciling Identity and Citizenship: A Case for Moral Cosmopolitanism in a Divided World......Page 221
13 - Islam and Liberal Peace......Page 237
About the Editors and Contributors......Page 254
Index......Page 261
