Sociology of Education in India

Changing Contours and Emerging Concerns

Edited by Geetha B. Nambissan and Srinivasa Rao

First attempt, since the 1960s, to map the terrain of the discipline of Sociology of Education in India
Engages with themes of equality, identity, exclusion, culturaldiversity-the key concerns of education in India today
Offers fresh sociological inquiry and research adding to the still nascent literature on the subject

Sociology of Education in India

Changing Contours and Emerging Concerns

Edited by Geetha B. Nambissan and Srinivasa Rao

Description

Despite the massive expansion of the education system in contemporary India, inequalities of opportunity continue to be visible at all stages. This volume maps the journey of the discipline of Sociology of Education (SoE) in India over the past five decades. Original contributions based on primary research, critically examine the emerging theoretical and methodological concerns that need to be addressed in the sociological study of education.

How do poverty, structural inequalities, cultural diversity, and identities influence learning? How will the broader sociological tools available tackle with the impending crisis in the educational system? Can SoE claim its arrival within the field of sociology? This volume takes a step in the direction towards seeking answers to these questions. It is the first collective appraisal of the trajectory of SoE since initial efforts, which were made in the 1960s. It is an attempt at filling the gap that exists in the availability of basic reading material on this subject in India.

Sociology of Education in India

Changing Contours and Emerging Concerns

Edited by Geetha B. Nambissan and Srinivasa Rao

Acknowledgements
List of Abbreviations
Introduction: Sociology of Education in India-Trajectory, Location, and Concerns (Geetha B. Nambissan and S. Srinivasa Rao)
PART I: DISCIPLINARY TRAJECTORIES AND INSTITUTIONAL DOMAIN
1. Sociology of Education in India: An Autobiographical Account (Suma Chitnis)
2. Sociology of Education and Sociology in India: Disciplinary Boundaries and Institutional Spaces (Karuna Chanana)
3. Soft Disciplines and Hard Battles (Padma M. Sarangapani)
4. Opening Up the Black Box? Sociologists and the Study of Schooling in India (Geetha B. Nambissan)
5. The Sociology of Educational Inequality in India: A Critique and a New Research Agenda (Padma Velaskar)
6. Does Education Really Change Society? Theoretical Reflections on a Case Study (Amman Madan)
PART II: CONTEMPORARY CONCERNS AND EMERGING DISCOURSES
7. Gender, Childhood, and Work in the Nation: Voices and Encounters in an Indian School (Nandini Manjrekar)
8. Caste and Social Discrimination: Nature, Forms, and Consequences in Education (G.G. Wankhede)
9. Structural Exclusion in Everyday Institutional Life: Labelling of Stigmatized Groups in an IIT (S. Srinivasa Rao)
10. Controlling Minds, Disciplining Bodies: Life inside a Madrasa (Arshad Alam)
11. Reproduction of Indigenous Knowledge in Plural Cultures: Ayurveda Education in Contemporary India (Leena Abraham)
Notes on Contributors

Sociology of Education in India

Changing Contours and Emerging Concerns

Edited by Geetha B. Nambissan and Srinivasa Rao

Author Information

Edited by Geetha B. Nambissan, Professor, Zakir Husain Centre for Educational Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, and Srinivasa Rao, Associate Professor, Zakir Husain Centre for Educational Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi

Geetha B. Nambissan is Professor, Zakir Husain Centre for Educational Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. Srinivasa Rao is Associate Professor, Zakir Husain Centre for Educational Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.

Contributors:

Leena Abraham is Associate Professor, Centre for Studies in Sociology of Education, Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai; Arshad Alam is Assistant Professor, Centre for Jawaharlal Nehru Studies, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi; Karuna Chanana is former Professor, Zakir Husain Centre for Educational Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi; Suma Chitnis is former Professor and Head, Unit for Research in Sociology of Education, Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai; Amman Madan is Professor, Sociology and Social Anthropology, Azim Premji University, Bangalore; Nandini Manjrekar is Associate Professor, Centre for Studies in Sociology of Education, Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai; Geetha B. Nambissan is Professor, Zakir Husain Centre for Educational Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi; S. Srinivasa Rao is Associate Professor, Zakir Husain Centre for Educational Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi; Padma M. Sarangapani is Professor and Dean, School of Education, Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai; Padma Velaskar is Professor, Centre of Studies in Sociology of Education, Tata Institute for Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai; G.G. Wankhede is Professor, Chairperson, and Dean, Centre for Studies in Sociology of Education, Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai.