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Movement Actors in the Education Bureaucracy: The Figured World of A ctivity B ased L earning in T amil N adu
Author(s) -
Niesz Tricia,
Krishnamurthy Ramchandar
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
anthropology and education quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.531
H-Index - 46
eISSN - 1548-1492
pISSN - 0161-7761
DOI - 10.1111/aeq.12056
Subject(s) - tamil , bureaucracy , state (computer science) , government (linguistics) , movement (music) , sociology , social movement , public administration , political science , law , politics , aesthetics , philosophy , linguistics , algorithm , computer science
T amil N adu has gained international recognition for reforming its government school classrooms into active, child‐centered learning environments. Our exploration of the history of the A ctivity B ased L earning movement suggests that this reform was achieved by social movement actors serving in and through the state's administration. Participants in people's movements and progressive education initiatives partnered with state officers to form an influential network, a “figured world” of counterhegemonic education knowledge, that ultimately transformed classrooms in over 37,000 schools.