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Culture, Education, and Development in South Africa

Author : Ali A. Abdi
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0313073287
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (13 download)

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Download or read book Culture, Education, and Development in South Africa written by Ali A. Abdi and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2001-10-30 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the fall of apartheid in South Africa, expectations were high for the enfranchisement of the acutely underdeveloped majority in South Africa. But problems abound, and this educational study looks critically at the educational situation and puts forth a number of proposals that could produce better results in contemporary South Africa. Abdi urges that beyond the celebratory platforms of the political triumph over apartheid, there must be effective and culturally inclusive programs of education for the development of the highly disenfranchsed majority in South Africa. Deliberate programs of colonialism and apartheid in South Africa resulted in inferior education, cultural marginalization, political oppression, economic exploitation and resulting underdevelopment in the lives of the disenfranchised majority. In addition to historical and contemporary analysis, this study looks at the possibilities of formulating and implementing new programs of education and development that could effectively deal with such current problems as chronic unemployment, skyrocketing crime rates, stagnating learning systems, and the continuing formations of a huge underclass that may be losing its stake in the promised post-apartheid project.

Culture in Education and Development

Author : David Stephens
Publisher : Symposium Books Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1873927703
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (739 download)

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Download or read book Culture in Education and Development written by David Stephens and published by Symposium Books Ltd. This book was released on 2007-05-14 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is increasing recognition of the important role culture plays in the framing and delivery of education and development in the South. Whether this is in the reciprocal and synergistic relationship between theory and practice or the links between research and policy, it is clear that at the heart of successful educational development is a recognition of the importance of culture. This book critically reviews the relationships of culture, education and development both from a theoretical and methodological perspective and also from the perspective of the teacher, researcher and policy maker on the ground. The importance of context is stressed throughout with a series of case studies of educational developments drawn from a range of national settings. Issues such as education and poverty elimination, local and global knowledge transfers, and the role and discourse of development assistance to education are examined from the perspective of culture and context. Of particular value to the education researcher and policy maker, whether working in the North or South, this book provides a timely reminder of the importance of culture in the development of education.

Girls and Basic Education

Author : David Stephens
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Girls and Basic Education written by David Stephens and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A study examined the issues and experiences of 89 women teachers, head teachers, and girls in and out of school in two contrasting Ghanaian cultural contexts. Data were collected via life history interviews, analyzed, and presented around three domains: culture of the home; relationship between culture and the economy, and culture of the school. Findings indicated that the home domain was shaped by issues of kinship, descent, and the practice of fostering. Cultural values of elders, attitudes toward knowledge, women's role in society, and expectations of the economic value of schooling influenced girls' educational experiences. The economic domain operated at two levels. At the macro level, Ghana exemplified the impact of structural adjustment policies on marginalized people now facing increased educational and health service costs. At the micro level of the home and extended family, the girl was often the sole breadwinner needing to develop coping strategies to balance school with employment. In the culture of the school, many children did or learned little of value. Issues of attitude to knowledge, teaching methods, and language policy constrained reform efforts. The teacher's life was hard; many perceived their profession as having low status. Positive school experiences for the child included being well taught in literacy and numeracy skills, seeing successful women teachers as role models, and avoiding excessive corporal punishment. Policy implications were determined for home, the economy, and school. (Appendixes include three life history interviews, survey instruments, and 87 references.) (YLB)

Culturally Responsive Education

Author : Elina Lehtom?aki
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1351783467
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (517 download)

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Download or read book Culturally Responsive Education written by Elina Lehtom?aki and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2017-04-21 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 11 Motives and motivations for mature women's participation in higher education in Ghana -- Introduction -- Conceptualising the study -- Mature women's motives and motivations for HE participation -- Method -- Research context and participants -- Results and discussion -- Motivations for returning to study -- Parents' motivation -- Partners' encouragement, socio- economic status and childcare arrangements -- Geographical relocation and social networks -- Motives for entering HE -- Higher education as a tool for breaking the cycle of poverty -- Personal development -- "Everybody was going, so I wanted to go"--Conclusions -- Concluding remarks -- 12 Epilogue - reflections on cultural responsiveness -- Index

Inclusive Education in South Africa and the Developing World

Author : Sigamoney Manicka Naicker
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1787541304
Total Pages : 203 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (875 download)

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Download or read book Inclusive Education in South Africa and the Developing World written by Sigamoney Manicka Naicker and published by Emerald Group Publishing. This book was released on 2018-09-24 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers a framework for the implementation of inclusive education in developing countries. It proposes bringing the vulnerable to the centre of planning decisions, recognising the history of special education in psychologizing failure, and that mainstream must own the transformation to inclusive education.

International Education and Development

Author : David Stephens
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135052050
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (35 download)

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Download or read book International Education and Development written by David Stephens and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-07-17 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on a wide range of international contexts, International Education and Development provides an innovative and comprehensive critique of developments to improve schooling in the global South. Offering both a theoretical critique of the field and a series of case studies, drawn from recent research, illustrating the usefulness of a narrative approach, it generates a greater understanding of the meta-narratives that shape development and international education. Focusing on three periods of extensive field work in South Africa, Bangladesh and Mauritius, this book reflects upon the combination of narrative and biographical approaches in different national settings. Context is provided in three levels, meta, meso and micro, through a clear and critical examination of the macro ‘stories’ of development and international education over the past fifty years, and an examination of the role that narrative can play at local and micro levels, looking at the stories of individual decision makers – from children in the classroom to education officers at the district education office – and the opportunities and challenges of using these accounts for research, teaching and policy-making purposes. International Education and Development adds a global perspective to an area dominated by a concern with the Northern industrialised world, making it an essential text for students following courses in the social sciences, and individuals working the field of international education. It addresses a fundamental concern of development theory in a unique and engaging manner. A highly original contribution to a growing field, this book synthesises developments both in this field and in the growing topic of narrative research.

Cultural Struggle & Development in Southern Africa

Author : Preben Kaarsholm
Publisher : Heinemann Educational Publishers
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Cultural Struggle & Development in Southern Africa written by Preben Kaarsholm and published by Heinemann Educational Publishers. This book was released on 1991 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With a primary focus on Zimbabwe, the essays in this book examine art, literature, politics, and religion in settler colonies to document the struggles taking place.

Schooling for Sustainable Development in Africa

Author : Heila Lotz-Sisitka
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319459899
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (194 download)

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Download or read book Schooling for Sustainable Development in Africa written by Heila Lotz-Sisitka and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-11-11 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book considers the scope and dynamics of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) and learning in schools in Africa. It explores the conditions and processes that support such learning, and examines how ESD in schooling can improve the quality and relevance of education. The quality of education has been defined internationally as a key concern for educational institutions around the world, including schools in Africa. The models of quality are often limited to performance-based approaches and/or inclusive approaches. The contributions in this book show that there is more to a discussion on educational quality in Africa than performance success and/or inclusion. The chapters explain how ESD brings a new relevance to education in Africa, and at the same time, sounds the beginning of a new concept of quality education. The volume presents a collection of experiences in creating and supporting quality learning processes through a variety of ESD practices.

Remapping Africa in the Global Space

Author : Edward Shizha
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 9462098360
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (62 download)

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Download or read book Remapping Africa in the Global Space written by Edward Shizha and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-11-26 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "What are the benefits and risks for Africa’s participation in the globalisation nexus? Remapping Africa in the Global Space is a visionary and interdisciplinary volume that restores Africa’s image using a multidisciplinary lens. It incorporates disciplines such as sociology, education, global studies, economics, development studies, political science and philosophy to explore and theorise Africa’s reality in the global space and to deconstruct the misperceptions and narratives that often infantilise Africa’s internal and international relations. The contributions to this volume are a hybrid of both ‘outsider’ and ‘insider’ perspectives that create a balanced critical discourse that can provide ‘standard’ paradigms that can adequately explain, predict, or prevent Africa’s current misperceptions and myths about the African ‘crisis’ and ‘failure’ status. The authors provide a holistic, and perhaps, anticolonial and anti-hegemonic perspective that can benefit a wide spectrum of academics, scholars, students, development agents, policy makers in both governmental and non-governmental organisations and engage some alternative analyses and possibilities for socio-politico and economic advancement in Africa. The book provides up-to-date scholarly research on continental trends on various subjects and concerns of paramount importance to globalisation and development in Africa. “The book is brilliant! Remapping Africa in the Global Space: Propositions for Change explores Africa from the perspective of academics specialised in subject matters pertaining to the continent. In this age of globalisation, I find this book invaluable. It is a good read as it dissects analyses and presents issues affecting the continent in an articulate and cogent way. I highly recommend its use in academic institutions!” – Magnus Mfoafo-M’Carthy, Assistant Professor, Lyle S. Hallman Faculty of Social Work; Fellow of Tshepo Institute for the Study of Contemporary Africa, Wilfrid Laurier University, Kitchener, Canada “More than anything else, Remapping Africa in the Global Space: Propositions for Change speaks to the complex, multifaceted, and interfused character of the development challenges and prospects of Africa. Indeed, few books have examined contemporary Africa as comprehensively and insightfully as this edited volume; it is widely welcomed in the African academic, scholarly and research arena.” – Joseph Mensah, Professor of Geography, York University, Toronto "

Curricula, Examinations, and Assessment in Secondary Education in Sub-Saharan Africa

Author : World Bank
Publisher : World Bank Publications
ISBN 13 : 9780821373491
Total Pages : 140 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (734 download)

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Download or read book Curricula, Examinations, and Assessment in Secondary Education in Sub-Saharan Africa written by World Bank and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2008-02-15 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Economic and social changes, fast evolution of technology, and the growing importance of Internet services and international communications--all these require secondary education providers to adapt what is taught and learned in schools. However, in Africa the content of secondary curricula is in most cases ill-adapted to 21st century challenges, where young people are mobile, have access to 'more and instant information,' and face health threats such as HIV/AIDS. In addition, implementation problems exist, and the time for instruction is often much less then what is required by the prescribed secondary curriculum. In Africa there is a need to develop a secondary education curriculum adapted to the local economic and social environment, but with international-comparable performance indicators. This study analyzes that challenge: the quality of curricula and assessment, and their development processes in secondary education in Africa against the background of existing contexts, conditions, and ambitions on the one hand and current pedagogical thinking on the other. This World Bank Working Paper was prepared as part of the Secondary Education and Training in Africa (SEIA) initiative which aims to assist countries to develop sustainable strategies for expansion and quality improvements in secondary education and training.

Culture, Education, and Community

Author : J. Lavia
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137013125
Total Pages : 421 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (37 download)

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Download or read book Culture, Education, and Community written by J. Lavia and published by Springer. This book was released on 2012-04-14 with total page 421 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides a critical space in which to interrogate the ways in which postcolonial voices are imagined and struggle to be valued, heard, and responded to. Takes the imagination of the postcolonial as its focus, acknowledging that it is a troubling, unsettling, and ambiguous concept requiring re-visiting and re-interpretation.

Rethinking and Unthinking Development

Author : Busani Mpofu
Publisher : Berghahn Books
ISBN 13 : 1789201772
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (892 download)

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Download or read book Rethinking and Unthinking Development written by Busani Mpofu and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2019-03-27 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Development has remained elusive in Africa. Through theoretical contributions and case studies focusing on Southern Africa’s former white settler states, South Africa and Zimbabwe, this volume responds to the current need to rethink (and unthink) development in the region. The authors explore how Africa can adapt Western development models suited to its political, economic, social and cultural circumstances, while rejecting development practices and discourses based on exploitative capitalist and colonial tendencies. Beyond the legacies of colonialism, the volume also explores other factors impacting development, including regional politics, corruption, poor policies on empowerment and indigenization, and socio-economic and cultural barriers.

Apartheid: Its Effects on Education, Science, Culture and Information

Author : Unesco
Publisher : Paris
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Apartheid: Its Effects on Education, Science, Culture and Information written by Unesco and published by Paris. This book was released on 1972 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: UNESCO pub. Report on the effects of Apartheid on education, science, cultural factors and mass media in South Africa R - outlines social implications for the various Asian and African ethnic groups and covers discrimination, human rights aspects, etc. References and statistical tables.

Systematic Reviews of Research in Basic Education in South Africa

Author : Felix Maringe
Publisher : African Sun Media
ISBN 13 : 1991201141
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (912 download)

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Download or read book Systematic Reviews of Research in Basic Education in South Africa written by Felix Maringe and published by African Sun Media. This book was released on 2021-04-09 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Maringe ought to be commended for putting together an invaluable contribution to our understanding of research into a complex education system in South Africa. This volume provides a useful foundation to the current state of education quality in South Africa including the impact of interventions. It also brings to the fore challenges still facing education transformation. The evidence presented which, taken together, lays out a coherent view of how improvements could be made. Albert Chanee Head of Planning, Gauteng Department of Education For too long the weight of educational scholarship produced in South Africa has been limited to that simple and standard form called the literature review. Now, for the first time, education researchers are provided with an African-based text on the concepts and methods of conducting systematic reviews. In this exceptional work of editorship, Felix Maringe brings together some of the leading researchers on South African education to model and demonstrate how to review a significant body of research on a chosen topic which is adjudicated strictly on the basis of the quality and efficacy of the evidence in hand. I have no doubt that this remarkable book will become a standard reference for educational researchers in and beyond the African continent. It will also lift the quality of educational inquiry by equipping a new generation of scholars with the capacity for doing evidence-based research that compels the attention of policymakers, planners and practitioners alike. Prof Jonathan Jansen Stellenbosch University

The Learning School

Author : Sue Davidoff
Publisher : Juta and Company Ltd
ISBN 13 : 9780702156625
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (566 download)

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Download or read book The Learning School written by Sue Davidoff and published by Juta and Company Ltd. This book was released on 2002 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Addressing the challenge of developing effective schools in this daunting yet exciting period of transformation in South Africa, this book aims to provide some insights and guidelines on how to proceed with school development. The values at the heart of this book are those central to a democratic South Africa and include the exercise of basic human rights by all individuals, a fair distribution of resources, participative decision making, access to necessary information on the part of people affected, and accountability on the part of those in authority. This is a handbook for principals, teachers, and other persons or groups interested in the holistic development of schools--particularly within the context of a developing South Africa.

Africa and Beyond

Author : Patrick J. Ebewo
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1443864633
Total Pages : 480 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (438 download)

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Download or read book Africa and Beyond written by Patrick J. Ebewo and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2014-07-24 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Africa and Beyond: Arts and Sustainable Development is a massive undertaking by thoughtful theorists and practitioners in the creative/cultural industry. The combined effect of the volume is to disabuse the fixed, prevailing conception of the role of culture in society; a view that consigns the arts to the periphery of social life, devoid of any meaningful contribution to the alleviation of poverty and general development. Contrary to this view, the volume presents a more comprehensive, meaningful, insightful set of perspectives and paradigms that ascribe agency to creative/cultural products in all facets of human development. The usefulness of the volume extends beyond the industry itself. It is meant for a broader readership and is therefore highly recommended for specialists and the public at large.” – Professor Mokubung Nkomo, Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Tshwane University of Technology, South Africa

Emerging Voices

Author : Human Sciences Research Council
Publisher : HSRC Press
ISBN 13 : 9780796920898
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (28 download)

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Download or read book Emerging Voices written by Human Sciences Research Council and published by HSRC Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This examination graphically illustrates the conditions that make dreams of a better life for all virtually unrealizable in rural areas of South Africa. Through the voices of rural people themselves, this study tells not only what the problems surrounding education are but also what can and should be done when the South African government launches its offensive against poverty in rural areas. Rigorous and qualitative, the text is an overview of the need of great numbers of people for the opportunities and capabilities that education can provide for their futures. It also shows the existing situation of many impoverished populations worldwide and illustrates that poverty and inequality continue where such issues are not addressed.