On Education and Development: Essays and the Sociology of Education

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Written by a renowned sociologist and a former UNESCO functionary, this collection of essays provides a social science perspective to investigate the complex relationship between education and development. Education is called upon to provide the tools to the people to facilitate their adjustment with the new dynamism rather than to succumb to despair and disappointment. Treating education as a sub-system of the wider society, the Author emphasizes the need to prepare the new generation to cope with the uncertain future by training them to unlearn and relearn skills. He underlines the need to gauge the emerging trends, envision the likely scenario of the future, identify transition requirements, locate the latent impact of education, and to redesign our educational strategies. Teachers and educationists can no longer afford to be mere disseminators of the already accumulated knowledge…More than before, education today must be visionary and future -oriented in the face of starling scientific and technological advances and innovations, dramatic socio-economic changes and socio-political reforms, and greater cultural awakening. Underlying most of these essays is the message to rethink the strategies relative to education.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Yogesh Atal

Yogesh Atal (b.9 Oct. 1937) has had a long and distinguished career, first and UNESCO's regional Adviser for Social and Human Sciences in Asia and the Pacific, and then as its Principal Director in charge of co-ordination of work related to the World Summit for Social development help in Copenhagen in 1995. He also collaborated with the International Social Science Council in developing its Programme of Comparative research on Poverty (CROP). He is author and editor of numerous books and articles, including, The Changing Frontiers of caste, Local Communities and national Politics, Social Sciences –the Indian Scene, Building a nation, Indian Sociology from where to where, understanding the Social Sphere: The Village and beyond (co-editor), Mandate for Political Transition and the Poverty Question: Search for Solutions.

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Title
On Education and Development: Essays and the Sociology of Education
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Edition
1st ed.
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8131601595
Length
vi+218p., Tables; Figures; Notes; References; Index; 23cm.
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