Learning from Delhi

Learning from Delhi
Author: Maurice Mitchell
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Total Pages: 330
Release: 2010
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 9781409401025

An invaluable theoretical and practical guide to 'thinking global and acting local'. The book is based on a ground-breaking course run by the London Metropolitan University School of Architecture, in which students produce schemes from research undertaken during field trips to India. It provides a comprehensive review of the course and of the schemes produced since 2002, and argues the value of linking practical projects with education in the studio.

Delhi’s Education Revolution

Delhi’s Education Revolution
Author: Kusha Anand
Publisher: UCL Press
Total Pages: 211
Release: 2022-09-26
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1800081383

In 2015, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) was elected to govern Delhi promising to improve public services, including education through government schools that would be the equal of private-school provision. Media reports, along with the party’s re-election in 2020, suggest strong public confidence that AAP are delivering on that promise. But is this success reflected by experience in schools? Delhi’s Education Revolution offers a critical evaluation of the AAP’s education reforms by exploring policy and practice through the eyes of one key group: the government-school teachers tasked with making the AAP’s pledge a reality. Drawing on 110 research interviews conducted via Zoom during the Covid pandemic in the summer of 2020, teachers explain how the reforms have changed their profession and practice, and whether education really has improved for children of all backgrounds. Analysis of views about critical issues such as inclusion and the pressure of achievement targets in classrooms that often contain more than 50 students, informs their observations about the reform programme itself. The study paints a more qualified picture of success than suggested elsewhere and makes a valuable contribution to the understanding of education reforms in India, and most especially, in Delhi.

Teaching and Learning in Higher Education in India and Australia

Teaching and Learning in Higher Education in India and Australia
Author: James Arvanitakis
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 151
Release: 2019-07-11
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1000024091

This book presents insights into the current state of higher education, emerging pedagogies and innovative technology-driven learning techniques in research and teaching. Focussing specifically on the higher education models in India and Australia, the volume explores concerns and policy interventions that will help promote research capability and culture. Globalisation, rise of information technology and the massification of education has shifted the foundations of higher education and universities in the world. This volume examines the best support structures that will allow educators to face the challenge of the increasingly diverse community of learners and teachers entering higher education; their varied levels of aspirations and expectations; the influence of technology in pedagogical practices; and the shrinking funds for teaching and research. By using case studies from India and Australia the book also looks at the benefits of cross-cultural collaborations in research and education. Comprehensive and resourceful, this volume will be useful for academics and scholars of education, higher education and research, sociology, public policy, development studies and for NGOs and think tanks working in these areas.

Making India Great Again

Making India Great Again
Author: Meeta Rajivlochan
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 187
Release: 2020-09-30
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1000194469

How can India become a great country once again, is the question explored in this book. In the past, India had significant achievements in science, technology, mathematics and business. A failure to build robust institutional networks of information and trust and indifference of the state to business communities, brought all that crashing down within a generation. Many of these historical patterns persist till today. The ability to create wealth has everything to do with such networks. There was never any shortage of innovation in India. What was lacking was the ability to learn from their own experience. The building of learning networks and a learning ecosystem that could be used by people to leverage success – this is what is needed to unlock the huge talent pool that India possesses. This book addresses young, educated and aspiring Indians in different walks of life who are interested in contemporary issues relating to nation, society and economy. It puts forward some solutions to the problems that India faces. It would be of interest to anyone who would like to know how history can teach us to re-write the Indian growth story and to re-build a great nation. The book could also be used as reading material for students of history, political science, public administration, business administration, in under-graduate and post-graduate classes. Please note: This title is co-published with Manohar Publishers, New Delhi. Taylor & Francis does not sell or distribute the Hardback in India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka

Spaces of Colonialism

Spaces of Colonialism
Author: Stephen Legg
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 272
Release: 2008-09-15
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1405181575

Examines the residential, policed, and infrastructural landscapes of New and Old Delhi under British Rule. The first book of its kind to present a comparative history of New and Old Delhi Draws on the governmentality theories and methodologies presented in Michel Foucault’s lecture courses Looks at problems of social and racial segregation, the policing of the cities, and biopolitical needs in urban settings Undertakes a critique of colonial governmentality on the basis of the lived spaces of everyday life

Comdex Computer Course Kit: Windows Vista With Office 2007 (With Cd)

Comdex Computer Course Kit: Windows Vista With Office 2007 (With Cd)
Author: Vikas Gupta
Publisher: Dreamtech Press
Total Pages: 596
Release: 2008-05
Genre:
ISBN: 9788177227420

The book covers latest IT trends Microsoft Vista and Microsoft Office 2007. The content of the book is designed considering the needs of people running business from home or office. The book covers all new features and programs of Windows Vista like Windows Aero, Windows Meeting Space, Internet 7.0, Windows Mail, etc. For Internet savvy users, a separate section is provided on Search Engine. The book does not end here. After mastering Windows Vista, the book introduces you to Microsoft Office 2007 and helps you in preparing professional letters, personal accounting sheets, and presentations for the masses. It Covers Microsoft Office applications such as Microsoft Word 2007, Microsoft Excel 2007, Microsoft Access 2007 and Microsoft Powerpoint 2007.The unique Tutor CD provided with this book is a true add-on. While other books rely on the theory and long explanations, the tutor CD accompanying this book helps you build skills on the software you learnt while reading this book.

Comdex Computer Course Kit: Windows Vista With Microsoft Office 2007, Professional Ed (With Cd)

Comdex Computer Course Kit: Windows Vista With Microsoft Office 2007, Professional Ed (With Cd)
Author: Vikas Gupta
Publisher: Dreamtech Press
Total Pages: 678
Release: 2008-06
Genre:
ISBN: 9788177228984

Comdex Professional Edition is specially designed for software explorers who want to take next higher step towards mastering Windows Vista and MS Office 2007. Simple language, easy to read layout, tooltips and detailed description of minute settings set this book at par. Not this much, the self learning tutorial (world acclaimed) test your skills and correct whenever you made a mistake.

The Great Indian Education Debate

The Great Indian Education Debate
Author: Martin Moir
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 388
Release: 2013-12-16
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1136828168

A bitter debate erupted in 1834 between Orientalists and Anglicists over what kind of public education the British should promote in their growing Indian empire. This collection of the main documents pertaining to the controversy (some published for the first time) aims to recover the major British and South Asian voices, broaden our understanding of imperial discourses and recognise the significant role of the colonised in the shaping of colonial knowledge. Bringing together into a single volume documents not easily obtained - long out of print, never before published, or scattered about in sundry books and journals - enables modern readers to judge the relative merits of the various arguments and undermines the common impression that the controversy was simply an exercise in colonial power involving only Europeans.