Constructing School Knowledge: An Ethnography Of Learning In An Indian Village

Constructing School Knowledge is a challenging and thought-provoking read. The book offes an in-depth analysis of children's experiences and preception of their own learning at a Government Primary School in India.... It] will be of particular interest to anyone involved in Primary Education in both "developing countires" and the UK. I feel that any work that brings a "different perspective" and helps to challenge our traditional assumptions on educational issues is to strongly welcomed' - "Educational Review

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The book is overwhelming based upon field experience.... Sarangapani does a splendid job, and her work is certainly enriched with the help of diagrams, tables, maps and photographs' - "Progress in Development Studies

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Using the tools of an anthropologist, Padma Sarangapani explores the process and meaning of rural schooling as constituted by the teachers and children themselves. It is based on a detailed ethnographic study of a village school and draws upon philosophy, epistemology, cognitive psychology, popular folklorist texts and the sociology of education for its interpretive frameworks.