International Handbook of Urban Education

It is evident that urban education has become the central focus of educators at the present time. In the U.S., for example, almost one third of all school age children attend schools in large urban school districts. It is in these urban schools where the

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Springer International Handbooks of Education VOLUME 19

A list of titles in this series can be found at the end of this volume.

International Handbook of Urban Education Part One Editors William T. Pink Marquette University, U.S.A. and

George W. Noblit University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, U.S.A.

Section Editors Africa Kevin Brennan Julius Nyang’oro Asia Pacific Masturah Ismail Allan Luke Europe Elisabet Öhrn Gaby Weiner Latin America Belmira Oliveira Bueno North America Michele Foster United Kingdom Carol Campbell Geoff Whitty

A C.I.P. Catalogue record for this book is available from the Library of Congress.

ISBN-13 978-1-4020-5198-2 (HB) ISBN-13 978-1-4020-5199-9 (e-book)

Published by Springer, P.O. Box 17, 3300 AA Dordrecht, The Netherlands www.springer.com

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Preface

xi

Introduction George W. Noblit and William T. Pink

xv Part One

Section 1 Africa 1

Urban Education in Africa: Section Editors’ Introduction Kevin Brennan and Julius Nyang’oro

2

Urbanization and Schooling in Africa: Trends, Issues, and Challenges from Ghana during the Colonial Era Kwabena Dei Ofori-Attah

23

Language Education in Cameroon: From the Colonial Era to the 21st Century Funwi F. Ayuninjam

49

The Politics of National Culture and Urban Education Reforms in Post-Independent Zimbabwe Douglas Mpondi

75

Reforming the City School in South Africa: Mapping the History from Apartheid Durban to Post-Apartheid eThekwini Jenni Karlsson

91

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Urban Primary Schooling in Malawi: Opportunities and Challenges Samson MacJessie-Mbewe and Dorothy Cynthia Nampota

7

Ethnicity, Politics, and State Resource Allocation: Explaining Educational Inequalities in Kenya Alwiya Alwy and Susanne Schech

129

Dimensions of Diversity: Educating Urban Township Learners, a Case of Umlazi Township School in Durban, South Africa Thabisile Buthelezi

145

The Middle School Climate in Senegal: The Case of the Diourbel Middle School Abdou Karim Ndoye

183

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Urban Education Differentials and Marginalization: The Case of Educating the Youth in Nairobi’s Informal Settlements Kinuthia Macharia

205

Section 2 Asia Pacific 11

Urban Education in Asia Pacific: Section Editors’ Introduction Allan Luke and Masturah Ismail

12

Urban–Rural Disparities in Educational Equality: China’s Pressing Challenge in a Context of Economic Growth and Political Change Rui Yang

231

Equity and Social Justice in Australian Education Systems: Retrospect and Prospect Jill Blackmore

249

The Urban and the Peripheral: New Challenges for Educ