Geetha B Nambissan
Biographic Data
| ID | 1380732 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Geetha B Nambissan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Geetha B |
| FAMILY NAME | Nambissan |
| SIGNATURE | NAMBISSAN G B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Jawaharlal Nehru University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 17 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1989 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The ‘Urban’ and Education in India: Section Editor’s Introduction
The global economic crisis, poverty and education: A perspective from India
Debates on the global economic recession have failed to draw adequate attention to the meaning of the crisis for the poor and their education, especially in later developing societies. In this paper, I focus on the education of children of the poor in India – a country that has experienced economic slowdown rather than recession. Available research suggests that the economic slowdown is likely to have resulted in large numbers of informal sector …
Advocacy networks, choice and private schooling of the poor in India
This article is about the flows of rhetorics and discourses, particularly those that advocate choice and private schooling, and the role that transnational advocacy networks play in managing and driving these flows. We explore a set of network relations between advocacy groups in the UK and the USA and local 'choice' advocates in India, and some of the emerging impacts of local and transnational advocacy on the politics of education and education…
Integrating gender concerns
This paper focuses on the education of girl children in India. It attempts to understand how gender identity influences the quality of their learning experiences. Reviewing available studies it explores how gender is contextualized within schools and pervades classroom processes, specifically in relation to 'official' school knowledge as well as the hidden curriculum of teacher attitudes and peer interaction. It points to the need for a gender pe…
Equity and Excellence: Issues in Indian Education
Advocacy networks, choice and private schooling of the poor in India
This article is about the flows of rhetorics and discourses, particularly those that advocate choice and private schooling, and the role that transnational advocacy networks play in managing and driving these flows. We explore a set of network relations between advocacy groups in the UK and the USA and local 'choice' advocates in India, and some of the emerging impacts of local and transnational advocacy on the politics of education and education…
The global economic crisis, poverty and education: A perspective from India
Debates on the global economic recession have failed to draw adequate attention to the meaning of the crisis for the poor and their education, especially in later developing societies. In this paper, I focus on the education of children of the poor in India – a country that has experienced economic slowdown rather than recession. Available research suggests that the economic slowdown is likely to have resulted in large numbers of informal sector …
Equity and Excellence: Issues in Indian Education
Equity and Excellence: Issues in Indian Education
Integrating gender concerns
This paper focuses on the education of girl children in India. It attempts to understand how gender identity influences the quality of their learning experiences. Reviewing available studies it explores how gender is contextualized within schools and pervades classroom processes, specifically in relation to 'official' school knowledge as well as the hidden curriculum of teacher attitudes and peer interaction. It points to the need for a gender pe…
The global economic crisis, poverty and education: A perspective from India
Debates on the global economic recession have failed to draw adequate attention to the meaning of the crisis for the poor and their education, especially in later developing societies. In this paper, I focus on the education of children of the poor in India – a country that has experienced economic slowdown rather than recession. Available research suggests that the economic slowdown is likely to have resulted in large numbers of informal sector …
Advocacy networks, choice and private schooling of the poor in India
This article is about the flows of rhetorics and discourses, particularly those that advocate choice and private schooling, and the role that transnational advocacy networks play in managing and driving these flows. We explore a set of network relations between advocacy groups in the UK and the USA and local 'choice' advocates in India, and some of the emerging impacts of local and transnational advocacy on the politics of education and education…
The ‘Urban’ and Education in India: Section Editor’s Introduction
Political science (5 works) · Economic growth (3 works) · Economics (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Banking, Crisis Management, COVID-19 Impact (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (2 works) · Accounting (1 works) · Agricultural risk and resilience (1 works)