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Title Paradigms of learning : the total literacy campaign in India / edited by Malavika Karlekar
Published New Delhi ; Thousand Oaks : Sage Publications, 2004

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Description 1 online resource (356 pages) : illustrations
Contents Cover; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; The Total Literacy Campaign: An overview; Ernakulam revisited: A study of literacy in the first totally literate district in India; Beyond literacy: The adult literacy movement in Nellore and its impact; Total Literacy Campaign: Pudukkottai, Tamil Nadu; Revisiting Ajmer Total Literacy Campaign; Total literacy in Ganjam district, Orissa; Total Literacy Campaign and its links with basic education: Dumka, Jharkhand; Evaluating literacy campaigns: Issues and prospects; Afterword; Glossary; About the editor and contributors; Index
Summary This important volume takes stock of the Total Literacy Campaign (TLC), assessing both its successes and failures in order to draw lessons for the future. Based on detailed first-hand evaluations of the TLC in six districts located in Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Orissa, Jharkhand and Rajasthan, it adopts a fresh approach using in-depth interviews and Focus Group Discussions. The researchers discuss not only outcomes but also the processes and dynamics, both organizational and interpersonal, that either facilitated or hampered the teaching-learning situation. They take account of the di
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Literacy programs -- India -- Case studies
Literacy -- India
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Educators.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Literacy.
Literacy
Literacy programs
India
Genre/Form Case studies
Form Electronic book
Author Karlekar, Malavika.
ISBN 9788132103899
8132103890
9780761998068
0761998063