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Book SynopsisIndia has one of the largest populations in the world with around 1.4 billion people. It also has a rich culture dating back over 10,000 years. Recently, scholars around the globe are showing increased interest in India and Indian students are actively involved in premier institutions in every region. Adult Education in India is a ready reckoner for students, scholars, practitioners, and all others interested in the history of the development of adult education since India's ancient period to the present day. This volume addresses the activities of different adult educators like Raja Rammohan Roy, Iswarchandra Vidyasagar, Rabindranath Tagore, Dr. Bhim Rao Ambedkar and many more, contextualizing how they acted and influenced the cause of global adult education. In more recent decades, as India’s economy has grown, and as the forces of industrialization, urbanization and globalization have become stronger in reshaping institutions; new ways of thinking about adult education have emerged. The idea of lifelong learning is now aligned to the requirements of the global knowledge economy. The focus on bare literacy is no longer considered sufficient, but only the first step towards preparing citizens to participate in the global market, to develop knowledge, skills and attitudes that enable them to become enterprising and entrepreneurs. The logic of the market has become dominant.
Table of ContentsForeword Fazal Rizvi Preface Acknowledgements Political Map of India List of Illustrations Notes on Contributors Introduction Prasenjit Deb and Asoke Bhattacharya 1 Historical Perspectives of Adult Education in India Prasenjit Deb and Srabani Maitra 2 Adult Education of India in Five Year Plans: Programmes, Institutions and Funding S. Y. Shah 3 Saakshar Bharat: A Paradigm Shift in Adult and Lifelong Education in India V. Mohankumar 4 Perspectives of Popular Education Asoke Bhattacharya 5 Adult Learning in Adivasi, Dalit and Marginal Peasant Social Movements in India Dip Kapoor 6 Reconceptualising Lifelong Learning for Sustainable Development Peter Mayo 7 The Concept of Lifelong Learning and the Relevance of Tagore’s Philosophy of Education Ratna Ghosh 8 Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak and Adult Education: Rearranging Desires at Both Ends of the Spectrum Alisha M. B. Heinemann 9 Subaltern Perspectives in Adult Education Preeti Dagar 10 Contribution of Raja Rammohan Roy, Pandit Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar and Swami Vivekananda in the Field of Social Reformation and Education Apurba Kumar Chattopadhyay 11 Unlearning for Change: Empowering Journey of Women Domestic Workers in India Samiksha Jha, Yashvi Sharma and Rajesh Tandon 12 Adult, Continuing Education and Extension in Indian Universities: Retrospective Review and Prospective Profile M. C. Reddeppa Reddy 13 Opportunities of Lifelong Learning for Sustainable Development in India Thiyam Premabati Devi 14 Ambedkar, Freire, Gramsci: Teachers from Our Past, Prophets of Our Future … Cosimo Zene 15 B. R. Ambedkar: The Bulwark of Dalits’ Education and Empowerment M. C. Reddeppa Reddy Glossary
