Issues in African Education Sociological Perspectives
This book addresses major sociological issues in sub-Saharan African education today. Its fourteen contributors present a thoroughly African world-view within a sociology of education theoretical framework, allowing the reader to see where that theory is
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Issues in African Education
Edited by
Ali A. Abdi and Ailie Cleghorn
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S OCIOLOGICAL P ERSPECTIVES
ISSUES IN AFRICAN EDUCATION
© Ali A. Abdi and Ailie Cleghorn, 2005. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews.
PALGRAVE MACMILLAN is the global academic imprint of the Palgrave Macmillan division of St. Martin’s Press, LLC and of Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. Macmillan® is a registered trademark in the United States, United Kingdom and other countries. Palgrave is a registered trademark in the European Union and other countries. ISBN 1–4039–7069–6 A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Issues in African education : sociological perspectives / edited by Ali A. Abdi, Ailie Cleghorn. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 1–4039–7069–6 1. Education—Social aspects—Africa. I. Abdi, Ali A., 1955– II. Cleghorn, Ailie, 1940– LC191.8.A4I77 2005 306.43⬘096—dc22
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List of Tables and Figures
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List of Contributors
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Preface
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Acknowledgments
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Theoretical Foundations
1. Sociology of Education: Theoretical and Conceptual Perspectives Ali A. Abdi and Ailie Cleghorn 2. African Philosophies of Education: Counter-Colonial Criticisms Ali A. Abdi 3. National “Development” and African Universities: A Theoretical and Sociopolitical Analysis Korbla P. Puplampu Part II
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Culture, Language, and the Curriculum
4. Reclaiming Our Memories: The Education Dilemma in Postcolonial African School Curricula Edward Shizha 5. Surveying Indigenous Knowledge, the Curriculum, and Development in Africa: A C
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