Girls' Socialisation and Schooling

Exploring Landscapes of Tribal India
1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-041-16951-2
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 200 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

This book delves into the socialisation process in the distinctive spheres of the family, community, and school, which has an unfavourable impact on girls' schooling and their 'school life expectancy' in India. Through extensive fieldwork in selected tribal, rural areas in the Indian State of Odisha, it carefully explores various dimensions of the disempowering process of socialisation on schooling and dropping out among tribal, other backward classes, and scheduled caste girls.

The volume makes an important intervention in gender and education by focusing on the sociological implications of gendering education for girls. It aims to explore the complexity of societal factors contributing to girls leaving formal education prematurely. It examines the societal, cultural, and systemic barriers they face and how girls enrolled in a particular community construct their educational goals. It also assesses the feasibility of those goals and addresses or overcomes obstacles to completing their education, especially in rural settings.

This book will make a significant contribution to the field by offering insightful information to scholars of education, gender studies, sociology, anthropology, development studies, policymakers, and anyone else interested in promoting gender equality in education. It will also be crucial as it comprehensively explains the complexities surrounding girls' education, contextualised within the Indian social and cultural landscape.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Das, Pankaj

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Agrarsoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Sozialpolitik
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Pädagogische Psychologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Schulen, Schulleitung Weiterführende Schulen
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Bildungssystem Bildungspolitik, Bildungsreform

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword  1. Introduction  2. Perspectives on girls’ schooling: A policy discourse  3. Engaging with the participants: Exploring the field  4. Social “positioning” of school-age girls: Children’s and teachers’ perspectives  5. Social process of girls’ schooling: Parents’ and community’s perspectives  6. Exploring the dropout process 7. Conclusion  References

Über Autor(innen)

Pankaj Das is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Education at the University of Allahabad, India. He has completed a Master's in Sociology from the Delhi School of Economics and a PhD in Education from the Central Institute of Education, University of Delhi. Additionally, he has received training in educational policy and planning during his M.Phil at the National University of Educational Planning and Administration (NUEPA) in New Delhi. Prior to joining the University of Allahabad, he has also rich experience teaching the B.Ed. and B.El.Ed. Programmes at the University of Delhi. His research area spans the sociology of education, gendered education, child rights, tribal education, and educational policies in India.