Schooling and Difference in Africa: Democratic Challenges in a Contemporary Context

Alireza Asgharzadeh; George J. Sefa Dei; Sharon Eblaghie Bahador

Published by University of Toronto Press 2006

Schooling and Difference in Africa

Democratic Challenges in a Contemporary Context

Alireza Asgharzadeh , George J. Sefa Dei and Sharon Eblaghie Bahador

https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442679610

Overview
Contents

About this book

By studying the challenges of inclusive education in Ghana and, further, by making comparisons with the Canadian context, this volume seeks to shed light on the ongoing struggle for an empowering school system in Africa and elsewhere.

Author / Editor information

Asgharzadeh Alireza :

Alireza Asgharzadeh is an assistant professor in the Department of Sociology at York University.Dei George J. Sefa :

George J. Sefa Dei is Professor, Department of Sociology in Education, University of Toronto.Bahador Sharon Eblaghie :

Sharon Eblaghie is a PhD candidate in the Department of Sociology and Equity Studies at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto.

Topics

Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Preface Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	ix
Acknowledgements Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xvii
1 Introduction :Threads of Inclusive Schooling Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2 Understanding Difference: Method and Practice Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	40
3 Acknowledging Difference, Responding to Diversity Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	68
4 Majority and Minority Relations: A Question of Power Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	95
5 Complicating Schooling: The Question of Ethnicity Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	121
6 Gendered Subjects: Extending Beyond a Critique of Culture Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	149
7 The Economics of Schooling: Class and Poverty Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	182
8 Resisting Normalcy: Disability and Inclusive Schooling Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	208
9 Language as a Site of Exclusion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	226
10 Evoking the Sacred: Religion and Spirituality in Schools Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	253
11 Concluding with a Comparative Lens: Lessons and Possibilities Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	287
References Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	309
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	329

Language: English
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Audience: College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 336

eBook

Published: October 23, 2006
ISBN: 9781442679610