Reva Joshee
Biographic Data
| ID | 3810026 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Reva Joshee |
| GIVEN NAMES | Reva |
| FAMILY NAME | Joshee |
| SIGNATURE | JOSHEE R |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Toronto |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Educational Equity in Schools in India
India is one of the most diverse nation-states in the world. After gaining independence from Britain in 1947, it adopted a constitution that was based on pluralism, secularism, and egalitarianism. This constitutional vision guided the national education policies until very recently. The current moment in all areas of public policy is being defined by the ruling party's agenda of Hindutva, or Hindu nationalism. In education, the hallmarks of this …
Challenging neoliberalism through Gandhian trusteeship
This paper begins from a position of critique of the dominant neo-liberal, human capital framing of education policy today. However, unlike most critiques of this kind, the paper argues that schooling's role in the preparation of workers and consumers is nonetheless important. Education does, of necessity, have economic purposes. To this end, the paper challenges the hegemony of neo-liberalism and lays bare some of its flawed basic assumptions. I…
The Canadian Multicultural Education Policy Web
Canada prides itself on being the first country to coin the term “multiculturalism” and on being the first country to adopt a multiculturalism policy. This article examines recent moves in Canadian policy related to multiculturalism and multicultural education that are aimed at changing the direction of the policy away from an emphasis on diversity as a strength of Canada to diversity as a problem that needs to be overcome. We use an analytical a…
Multicultural Education Policies in Canada and the United States
Multicultural Education Policies in Canada and the United States uses a dialogical approach to examine responses to increasing cultural and racial diversity in both countries. It compares and contrasts foundational myths and highlights the sociopolitical contexts that affect the conditions of citizenship, access to education, and inclusion of diverse cultural knowledge and languages in educational systems
The unmaking of citizenship education for adult immigrants in Canada
A Framework for Understanding Diversity in Indian Education 1
Diversity is a term that is gaining currency in Western nations where it is used to talk about the concerns, issues, and needs of those groups constructed as outside the mainstream of society. While the term is foreign to India the ideas underlying it are not. An analysis of key educational policy documents since Indian independence shows that there is a diversity framework implicit in the Indian approach to education. This framework is based on …
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A Framework for Understanding Diversity in Indian Education 1
Diversity is a term that is gaining currency in Western nations where it is used to talk about the concerns, issues, and needs of those groups constructed as outside the mainstream of society. While the term is foreign to India the ideas underlying it are not. An analysis of key educational policy documents since Indian independence shows that there is a diversity framework implicit in the Indian approach to education. This framework is based on …
The unmaking of citizenship education for adult immigrants in Canada
Multicultural Education Policies in Canada and the United States
Multicultural Education Policies in Canada and the United States uses a dialogical approach to examine responses to increasing cultural and racial diversity in both countries. It compares and contrasts foundational myths and highlights the sociopolitical contexts that affect the conditions of citizenship, access to education, and inclusion of diverse cultural knowledge and languages in educational systems
The Canadian Multicultural Education Policy Web
Canada prides itself on being the first country to coin the term “multiculturalism” and on being the first country to adopt a multiculturalism policy. This article examines recent moves in Canadian policy related to multiculturalism and multicultural education that are aimed at changing the direction of the policy away from an emphasis on diversity as a strength of Canada to diversity as a problem that needs to be overcome. We use an analytical a…
Challenging neoliberalism through Gandhian trusteeship
This paper begins from a position of critique of the dominant neo-liberal, human capital framing of education policy today. However, unlike most critiques of this kind, the paper argues that schooling's role in the preparation of workers and consumers is nonetheless important. Education does, of necessity, have economic purposes. To this end, the paper challenges the hegemony of neo-liberalism and lays bare some of its flawed basic assumptions. I…
Educational Equity in Schools in India
India is one of the most diverse nation-states in the world. After gaining independence from Britain in 1947, it adopted a constitution that was based on pluralism, secularism, and egalitarianism. This constitutional vision guided the national education policies until very recently. The current moment in all areas of public policy is being defined by the ruling party's agenda of Hindutva, or Hindu nationalism. In education, the hallmarks of this …
Law (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Social science (4 works) · Epistemology (3 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Multiculturalism (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Religious Education and Schools (3 works)