Reviews for Tribes of Uttaranchal A Study of Education, Health, Hygiene, and Nutrition

The average rating for Tribes of Uttaranchal A Study of Education, Health, Hygiene, and Nutrition based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2014-02-15 00:00:00 Amy Biggerstaff This book probably deserves only 2 1/2 stars. I didn't finish reading it, and that's a shame because I feel the information is important. I place a hefty portion of the blame for me not finishing on the author - his writing style is hard to follow and boring. It was like he was trying to write a textbook, but couldn't get quite organized enough to call it such. Again, I think this is a shame because he makes some good points, they're just buried. The main thing I got from his book is that there is a tremendous political push to create Universal Pre-Kindergartens. The author refers to the history of the kindergarten movement and how this new political push is quite similar. Kindergartens were initially introduced as a "garden of play" that would be voluntary. Over time, they were assimilated into grade schools, and became more and more academic and now almost EVERY child attends kindergarten. Might the same thing happen with preschool (isn't it already?). Then what's next? I don't think preschool is necessarily a bad thing, I just don't like doing things because it's expected or the norm if it's not what's best for me and my family. And I don't like that children are being taken out of the home, away from their parents, at earlier and earlier ages and exposed to a "prescribed curriculum."

Review # 2 was written on 2015-11-22 00:00:00 Lisa Richards Child care and preschool ARE NOT THE SAME THING. NJ's aim in expanding preschool across the state is to not only bridge the achievement gap, but to give kids, particularly kids from low-income families, experiences and skills that they might not otherwise get. There is hardly a one-size-fits-all attitude towards it (quite the opposite), from my experience and research. I barely made it through the preface and the first fifteen pages. This author's tone is condescending, know-it-all, and he labels everyone and everything unnecessarily (and rather indignantly).