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| Title: | New Directions in African Education
: Challenges & Possibilities |
| Series: | (Africa -- Missing Voices Series: 4) |
| Author: | S Nombuso Dlamini (ed). With assistance from Maryszka Clovis |
| ISBN: | 1552382125 : 9781552382127 |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Size: | 155x230mm |
| Pages: | 253 |
| Weight: | .42 Kg. |
| Published: | University of Calgary Press - December 2007 |
| List Price: | 23.5 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: | In Print |
| Subjects: | EDUCATION: AFRICA |
It has been said that education in post-colonial Africa is in a state of crisis. Policies & practices from Eurocentric colonial regimes have carried over, intertwining with new challenges inherent in the new political & economic climate. Leaders have done little to remedy the malfunctioning education system, & even where attempts have been made, they have overwhelmingly been shaped by commercial & capitalist interests. Nombuso Dlamini has assembled essays from continental African scholars who, before pursuing graduate studies in North America, had first-hand experience with the education system in post-colonial Africa. Their cross-cultural perspective has provided a unique opportunity to critically examine education in the African context & to present possible courses of action to reinvent its future. These authors are in search of a new model for African education -- a model that embraces indigenous knowledge, helps cultivate a greater sense of pride in people of African descent, and, most importantly, serves local needs.
Introduction; The Place of African Indigenous Knowledge and Languages in Education for Development: The Case of Kenya; Some Issues of Science Education in Africa; Reproductive Health in Kenya: A Matter of Social Justice; Gender, Post-Secondary Education, and Employment Opportu-nities for Women in Tanzania; Information Technology and the Curriculum Process: Student Participation and the Changed Role of the Teacher; Envisioning African Social Work Education; A Comparison of Institutional Discriminatory Practices against People with Disabilities in North America and Africa: Cases in Zimbabwe and Canada; Financing Students in Higher Education: Examining Trends and Funding Options in Africa and Canada; Possibilities in African Schooling and Education.
