Learning through a language: The unresolved question of mother tongue in a multi-ethnic society (Record no. 530728)
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| Personal name | Gayan, Gargi |
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| Title | Learning through a language: The unresolved question of mother tongue in a multi-ethnic society |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc | Sociological Bulletin |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 74(2), Apr, 2025: p.191-207 |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | With the emergence of the concepts like democracy and equality, the idea of imparting mass education emerged. It advocated the principle of imparting a common curriculum to all through a standard language. Standardised language as a medium of education thus does not necessarily have democratic potential. In this article, I draw from an ethnographic study of a multi-ethnic government school in Assam to argue that (a) the idea of mother tongue as a taken-for-granted category in a culturally diverse and socio-economically unequal context needs to be questioned; (b) the gap between the social and cultural world of teachers and students is a major obstacle for learning; and (c) a centralised understanding of teacher’s training and assessment of student’s quality does little to improve learning.- Reproduced https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/00380229241313451 |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Language, Learning outcome, Everyday life. |
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| Main entry heading | Sociological Bulletin |
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| Indian Institute of Public Administration | Indian Institute of Public Administration | 2025-07-10 | 74(2), Apr, 2025: p.191-207 | AR136513 | 2025-07-10 | Articles |