Traditional Culture And Modern Systems,New

Product Description Hossain presents a finegrained and humanized analysis of the collision between the formal and the social, political, religious, and economic environment in Bangladesh. This book provides a qualitative study of the effects of administrative modernization in elementary schooling in Bangladesh through the use of interview data and the highly personalized accounts of the research participants. The author goes beyond the understanding of the problem to an exploration of what is needed to alleviate the dysfunctions and, subsequently, provides an excellent resource for those involved in institutionallydriven change in developing countries.Selected Contents: The Historical and Political Context; Historical Background; Methodology; The Social Context of Bangladesh; The Traditional Villagers: Practices and Values; Rupishi Upazila Parishad; The Upazila Parashid and Resource Administration; Bilash Nagar State Primary School; Modern Systems and Traditional Culture; Glossary; List of Tables. Review ...presents an intensive analysis of the impact of administrative reform in Rupushi upazila...will be of most interest to those who are studying the links between governance, administration and effective teaching and learning.>>>> (Richard J. BatesJ. Curriculum Studies)This ethnographic case study of the administration of primary education in a Bangladesh upazila (municipal division) provides an illuminating picture of the bureaucratic structures developed to promote universal primary education in that country. Following the lead of the late Thomas B. Greenfield, the author does a laudable job of situating his study within the historical and social context of Bangladeshi culture.>>> (Richard J. BatesJournal Of Educational Thought)M.H. Hossain's book provides timely insights into two relevant but relatively neglected topics: the administrative infrastructure of the primary education systemboth actual and plannedof a least developed country and the role of middle and lower level bureaucrats in mediating that infrastructure at the school level...the dilemmas will ring true to a wide audience.>>> (Richard J. BatesComparative Education)This is a splendid ethnography which sets out in blindingly clear data the reasons why formal bureaucratic systems impede rather than facilitate educational development....There is a lot to be learnt from this book.>>>> (Richard J. Bates)This is a splendid ethnography which sets out in blindingly clear data the reasons why formal bureaucratic systems impede rather than facilitate educational development....There is a lot to be learnt from this book. (Richard J. Bates)...presents an intensive analysis of the impact of administrative reform in Rupushi upazila...will be of most interest to those who are studying the links between governance, administration and effective teaching and learning. (Richard J. BatesJ. Curriculum Studies)This ethnographic case study of the administration of primary education in a Bangladesh upazila (municipal division) provides an illuminating picture of the bureaucratic structures developed to promote universal primary education in that country. Following the lead of the late Thomas B. Greenfield, the author does a laudable job of situating his study within the historical and social context of Bangladeshi culture. (Richard J. BatesJournal Of Educational Thought)M.H. Hossain's book provides timely insights into two relevant but relatively neglected topics: the administrative infrastructure of the primary education systemboth actual and plannedof a least developed country and the role of middle and lower level bureaucrats in mediating that infrastructure at the school level...the dilemmas will ring true to a wide audience. (Richard J. BatesComparative Education) About the Author Muhammad Hedayet Hossain is Senior Lecturer in Economics at Government College in Bangladesh.