Intercultural Education in Asia

India in Comparative Perspective
Erscheinungsjahr 2025
ISBN: 978-3-032-02473-2
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 136 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 393 g

Reihe: Plurilingual and Intercultural Epistemologies

This book explores the possibilities of and the challenges in implementing Intercultural Education to address the internal divides in education in non-western contexts. The book examines both regional and international experiments on Intercultural Education and their relevance for Asia. It highlights the lack of attention to the possible use of Intercultural Education to address internal divides in countries like India, China, or those in South and South-East Asia, where there are internal divisions pertaining to ethnicities, castes, region and religion, among others. The final section of the book discusses some of the national, regional and global challenges in the implementation of a truly Intercultural Education in Asia. This book is useful to researchers, practitioners and policymakers in the domains of Intercultural Education in different parts of the world, and education and human development in Asia.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Santhakumar, V.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Kommunikationswissenschaften Interkulturelle Kommunikation & Interaktion
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Bildungssystem Bildungspolitik, Bildungsreform
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Teildisziplinen der Pädagogik Multikulturelle Pädagogik, Friedenserziehung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1: Introduction: the context and need for the book.- Chapter 2: What is Intercultural Education?.- Chapter 3: The Internal Divides in Non-Western Contexts and The need for Intercultural Education.- Chapter 4: Lessons from a few experiments of intercultural school educa-tion from the region.- Chapter 5: Lessons from international experience with intercultural school and higher education for the region.- Chapter 6: The connection between a culturally appropriate education and political struggles of marginalised people.- Chapter 7: The demand for intercultural education and the development paths of countries.- Chapter 8: Educational and Epistemological Challenges for Intercultural Education in Asia.- Chapter 9: Socioeconomic and Institutional Challenges.- Chapter 10: Conclusion.

Über Autor(innen)

Santhakumar Velappan Nair is a former professor and currently a visting faculty at Azim Premji University in Bangalore, India. Santhakumar’s academic interest lies in the inter-linkages between development and education, and the ways of shortening the ‘distance’ between population groups so as to mitigate the ‘development differences’ between them. He has carried out a number of experiments that connect teaching and research in university to the practice in the domains of development and education. His recent publications in the domain of education include "Shephard, K., & Santhakumar, V. (2023). Universities with a Social Purpose: Intentions, Achievements and Challenges. Springer" and `Santhakumar, V., Gupta, N., & Sripada, R. (2016). Oxford University Press'.