Teaching Africa Towards a Transgressive Pedagogy

Written from the perspective of a knowledge base and educational practice that are both African-centred, this volume uses a discursive pedagogy that is anti-colonial in origin. It theorizes colonial – and re-colonial – relations and the implications of imperial structures on knowledge production and...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sefa Dei, George J.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 2010, 2010
Edition:1st ed. 2010
Series:Explorations of Educational Purpose
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • History as Tool of Colonialism
  • Teaching and Learning African History
  • The Study of Africa and the African Experience: The Challenge and Possibilities of an Integrative Theory
  • Theorizing Africa Beyond Its Boundaries
  • Teaching Africa: “Development” and Decolonization
  • Reclaiming “Development” Through Indigenity and Indigenous Knowledge
  • Indigenous Knowledge! Any One? Pedagogical Possibilities for Anti-colonial Education
  • Politicizing the Contemporary Learner: Implications for African Schooling and Education
  • Looking to the Future – African-Centred Schooling in Action: Applying Development Discourse to Sustainability, Community Empowerment, and Health Awareness