ISBN:
9788178298771
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (411 p)
,
ill
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Parallel Title:
Print version Educational Theories and Practices from the Majority World
DDC:
306.43
Keywords:
Critical pedagogy
;
Educational anthropology Cross-cultural studies
;
Ethnology
;
Educational sociology Cross-cultural studies
;
Indigenous peoples Cross-cultural studies Education
;
Aufsatzsammlung
Abstract:
This work provides a healthy, comprehensive counterpoint to the ethnocentrism. engrained in the widespread belief that scientific knowledge about education is. typically Western. Stressing that the Western 'minority' perspective. cannot hold true for the 'majority' of the world population situated. outside Europe and North America, this edited volume explores traditional educational. theories and practices developed in the majority world to study how they can improve. modern schooling globally. Educational Theories and Practices from the Majority World probes the. elements of culturally approp
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Contents; Introduction; Informal Education and Learning Processes; Ethnotheories of Developmental Learning in the Western Grassfi elds of Cameroon; Participatory Appropriation and the Cultivation of Nurturance: A Case Study of African Primary Health Science Curriculum Development; Situated Learning and Compagnonnage Formation: Implications for the Education Systems of Poor (and Rich) Nations ; Curriculum Localization: A View from the South; Education of Tribal Children in India; The Decolonization of Aboriginal Education: Dialogue, Refl ection, and Action in Canada
Description / Table of Contents:
Issues and Challenges for Intercultural and Bilingual Education (IBE) in Latin AmericaSocialization, Learning, and Basic Education in Islamic Contexts ; Sanskrit Schooling in India; Sanskrit Schools in Varanasi between Traditions and Transition ; Buddhist Education as a Challenge to Modern Schooling; Education in Voodoo Convents in Benin; Paulo Freire: Building a Multicultural Pedagogy for Silenced Voices ; Globalization, Education, and Cultural Diversity; The Globalization of Schooling: Major Trends and Issues in the South and the North; About the Editors and Contributors; Index
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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