Movement actors in the education bureaucracy: The figured world of activity based learning in Tamil Nadu

Anthropology and Education Quarterly

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 148-166

  Niesz, Tricia ^a   Krishnamurthy, Ramchandar ^b  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Azim Premji Foundation   (India)

Author keywords

Education reform; Figured worlds; India; Social movements

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899571442     PISSN: 01617761     EISSN: 15481492     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/aeq.12056     Document Type: Article

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