Gender, Craft and Education

Gender and craftwork in rural society: The role of education Author: Nidhi Gaur ISBN: 978-1-032-84327-6 First published: 2025 Publisher: Routledge Pages: 181 The review up at Teacher Plus here . Warmly thanking Teacher Plus and Routeledge . Is craft-centred education the way to go? This book is an outcome of the author, Nidhi Gaur’s, study of Anand Niketan in Wardha, Maharashtra. This is a school where “ Work is not associated with particular people; rather, it is perceived simply as work that needs to be done. ” The first chapter, Introduction, deftly conveys what the book is all about; it states, “ So far, craft-centred education has not been studied from the perspective of gender, so this study revisits an older idea with a new perspective. ” The book has been neatly structured over nine chapters spread across 181 pages. The final chapter, Implications and conclusion, succinctly sums up the learning – “ The examination of the pedagogy of crafts ha...