The Beautiful Tree (Record no. 294872)
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fixed length control field | 01301nam a2200145Ia 4500 |
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
International Standard Book Number | 9780670083732 |
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
Classification number | 371.9091724 TOO-B |
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
Personal name | James Tooley |
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
Title | The Beautiful Tree |
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Penguin India |
Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2009 |
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
Extent | 320p. |
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
Summary, etc. | The Beautiful Tree movingly uncovers the efforts of poor communities in education, and finds competent, committed entrepreneurs who have started schools catering to slum children. He discovers young, engaged teachers, passionate entrepreneurs, and teaching models that work to ensure that students are engaged and learning. He finds that even among the unrecognized private schools, average teacher attendance, and English and maths proficiency surpass the apathetic government school system.This is a passionate and engaging account of the children, parents, teachers, and entrepreneurs who Tooley encounters in the face of staunch government denial that these schools actually exist. They taught him that the poor are not waiting for educational handouts-they are building their own schools and learning to save themselves. |
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
Topical term or geographic name entry element | Tooley, James -- Travel -- Developing countries. Poor -- Education -- Developing countries. People with social disabilities -- Education -- Developing countries. |
942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
Koha item type | Book |
Withdrawn status | Lost status | Damaged status | Not for loan | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Total Checkouts | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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Dept. of Computational Biology and Bioinformatics | Dept. of Computational Biology and Bioinformatics | Processing Center | 01/09/2015 | 371.9091724 TOO-B | DCB1524 | 01/09/2015 | 19/07/2019 | Book |