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The cultural construction of home and school knowledge in tribal India

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    Avinash Kumar Singh

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An Indian researcher with degrees in economics, sociology and education. His masters and doctoral research has examined school and out-of-school learning among tribal groups in Bihar. He currently works on Government of India district programmes in primary education.

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Singh, A.K. The cultural construction of home and school knowledge in tribal India. Prospects 25, 735–747 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02334148

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