The first five years : a critical perspective on early childhood care and education in India

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The first five years : a critical perspective on early childhood care and education in India

edited by Mina Swaminathan

Sage Publications, 1998

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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`They offer an analytic account of eight grassroots programmes and discuss training of personnel, the problems of working women and childcare, and much more. These challenges are both different and similar to ours. A major difference is that India has to provide for a staggering 161 million children aged under six. But what we share is a concern for the empowerment of women, the need to turn our attention to the under-threes, the question of how to determine quality, the 'too formal too early' curriculum, and the need for early years people to be more vociferous in articualting what we know about what young children need' - Nursery World Combining macro and micro perspectives, this book provides a broad overview of the status of early childhood care and education in India today, covering both historical perspectives and an account of current problems and issues.

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PART ONE: INNOVATIONS IN ECCE: MULTIPLE APPROACHES TO ECCE IN INDIA Home Away from Home - Vrinda Datta Family Day Care in Bombay In Sight - On Site - Margaret Khalakdina Day Care for Construction Workers' Children Little School on the Hill - Vasudha Joshi Child Education in Community Development For the Sake of the Children - Kashyap Mankodi The NGO-Government Interface Children of the Union - Harshida Pandit Creches for Women Tobacco Workers Moving up to School - S J P Karikalan Community Preschools for the Rural Poor Another Kind of Child Care - Rajalakshmi Sriram Alternatives for Rural Women Working Hand in Hand - Jyoti Sharma NGO-Government Partnership in Child Care Learning from Experience - Mina Swaminathan An Overview of the Suraksha Studies The Uniqueness and Replicability of Innovations - Anjali Mehta A Note PART TWO: THE STATE OF THE ART Early Childhood Care and Education in India - Margaret Khalakdina A Perspective The Training of Teachers - Venita Kaul Appraising Costs and Quality - Frances Sinha A Theoretical Framework Women's Empowerment and Child Care - Rajalakshmi Sriram The Interface The Cultural Context - S Anandalakshmy Opportunity, Challenges and Vision - Adarsh Sharma

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