This book looks at education reforms, planning and policy through an exploration of the Yash Pal Committee report (1993) in India, which made recommendations to improve the quality of learning while reducing cognitive burden on students.
It analyses the wide-ranging impact the report had on curriculum, pedagogy, teacher education reforms and the national policy on education. The book examines the legacy of the report, tracing the various deliberations and critical engagements with issues around literacy, language and mathematics learning, curriculum reforms and classroom practices, assessment and evaluation. It reviews contemporary developments in research on learning in diverse disciplines and languages through the lens of the recommendations made by the Learning without Burden report while engaging with challenges and systemic issues which limit inclusivity and access to quality education.
Drawing on extensive research and first-hand academic and teaching experience, this book will attract attention and interest of students and researchers of educational policy and analysis, linguistics, sociology and South Asian studies. It will also be of interest to policy makers, think tanks and civil society organisations.
Author(s): Mythili Ramchand, Ritesh Khunyakari, Arindam Bose
Publisher: Routledge
Year: 2022
Language: English
Pages: 458
City: London
Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
List of Figures
List of Tables
Editors’ bio-notes
Authors’ Bio-notes
Acknowledgement
Foreword
A Note on Illustrations
Chapter 1 Unpacking the Construct of Burden
Part I Systemic Perspectives
Chapter 2 Policy Perspectives on Learning without Burden
Chapter 3 Initial Teacher Education: Possibilities and Limits of Curriculum Reform
Chapter 4 Reforms in Curriculum and Textbooks: Challenges and Possibilities
Chapter 5 From the Tall Tower to a Lush Garden
Chapter 6 Assessment and Learning in Indian Context: Compelling Association, Invariance or an Educational Folly?
Chapter 7 Learning without Burden in the Era of Connected Computers
Chapter 8 Education of Children with Diverse Learning Needs
Chapter 9 The Demands of Ethical Learning and Character Development in Our Changing Times
Part II Perspectives from Domains
Chapter 10 Learning in the Arts and Aesthetic Development
Chapter 11 Growing into Literacy: Part 1: The Building Blocks of Literacy
Chapter 12 Growing into Literacy: Part 2: The Devanagari and Telugu scripts: Tools to Lighten the Burden of Learning Literacy
Chapter 13 Understand Language to Acquire It: The Burden Is Incomprehensibility
Chapter 14 The Unfinished Agenda of Mathematics Curriculum Reform
Chapter 15 Strengthening Learning through Visuospatial Experiences: Initiatives from the Indian Context
Part III Looking Back to Look Forward
Chapter 16 Reflections on the Process and Impact of the Learning without Burden Report: Key Take-aways from the Interviews of Two Members of the National Advisory Committee
Epilogue
Index
