Teacher perspectives on pedagogical changes an ethnographic study in the rural primary schools of Tamil Nadu, India.

The study seeks to understand and analyse the pedagogical changes and its implementation process in Tamil Nadu, India. It aims to understand the perspectives of the rural government teachers when the state introduces pedagogical changes based on constructivism such as the Simplified Activity Based L...

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Main Author: Soundararaj, Gomathy
Other Authors: Kasvatustieteiden ja psykologian tiedekunta, Faculty of Education and Psychology, Kasvatustieteiden laitos, Department of Education, Jyväskylän yliopisto, University of Jyväskylä
Format: Master's thesis
Language:eng
Published: 2019
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title_full Teacher perspectives on pedagogical changes : an ethnographic study in the rural primary schools of Tamil Nadu, India.
title_fullStr Teacher perspectives on pedagogical changes : an ethnographic study in the rural primary schools of Tamil Nadu, India. Teacher perspectives on pedagogical changes : an ethnographic study in the rural primary schools of Tamil Nadu, India.
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title_short Teacher perspectives on pedagogical changes
title_sort teacher perspectives on pedagogical changes an ethnographic study in the rural primary schools of tamil nadu india
title_sub an ethnographic study in the rural primary schools of Tamil Nadu, India.
title_txtP Teacher perspectives on pedagogical changes : an ethnographic study in the rural primary schools of Tamil Nadu, India.
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