Humanities and Pedagogy
Teaching of Humanities Today
Edited by: Kailash C. Baral
ISBN: 81-85753-49-0
Year of Pub: 2002
Price: Rs. 100.00
 

The Book : In the wake of competing knowledge systems and paradigm shifts in their pedagogy, the essays in this volume variously address the problems afflicting the teaching of Humanities today. The contributors examine the philosophical foundations of the Humanities both Indian and Western, explore their various pedagogical possibilities, and offer innovative and insightful suggestions.


The Editor
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Kailash C. Baral is Professor of English and Director of the Northeast Campus of the Central Institute of English and Foreign Languages (CIEFL) at Shillong. He has authored Sigmund Freud: A Study of His Theory of Art and Literature (1994) and edited two books Humanities and Pedagogy: Teaching of Humanities Today (2002) and Interpretation of Texts: text, meaning and interpretation (2002). He has also co-edited Theory and Praxis: Curriculum, Culture and English Studies (2003, with Kar and Rath) and Reflections on Literature, Criticism and Theory (2004, with Rath and Rao).

Review
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A one of the seminal works serutinizing the significant issues relating to pedagogical possibilities in the teaching of humanities, including the teaching of English.
Summerhill, IIAS Review