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Title Educating for social justice and inclusion in an African context : pathways and transitions / Anbanithi Muthukrishna, editor
Published New York : Nova Science Publishers, ©2008

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Description 1 online resource (xxv, 241 pages)
Contents EDUCATING FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE AND INCLUSION IN AN AFRICAN CONTEXT: PATHWAYS AND TRANSITIONS; DEDICATION ; CONTENTS ; PREFACE ; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ; PART 1: EDUCATIONAL POLICY AND IDEOLOGICAL CROSSROADS; INTRODUCTION : EDUCATING FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE AND INCLUSION: WIDENING OUR GAZE ; PART 1: IDEOLOGICAL CROSSROADS AND EDUCATIONAL POLICY; PART 2. DIVERSITY IN CONTEXT: SOME SITUATED STORIES ; PART 3. ACTION FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE AND INCLUSION IN EDUCATION: LESSONS FROM THE GROUND ; REFERENCES ; DECOLONISING INCLUSION1 ; INTRODUCTION; THE DECOLONISING PROJECT OF SOCIAL CHANGE: RECENTRING HUMAN AGENCY
EMBRACING THE ACTIVE, RELEASING THE PASSIVETHREE LENSES: EQUITY, QUALITY AND KNOWLEDGE; CONCLUSION ; REFERENCES; EDUCATION WHITE PAPER 6: A FRAMEWORK FOR CHANGE OR LIMITING NEW POSSIBILITIES? ; INTRODUCTION ; THE CHALLENGES OF BUILDING AN INCLUSIVE EDUCATION AND TRAINING SYSTEM; FACILITATING THE PARADIGM SHIFT ; FULL-SERVICE SCHOOLS: A STRATEGY FOR INCREMENTAL CHANGE OR A MISLEADING GOAL? ; DEVELOPING A COMMUNITY-BASED SUPPORT SYSTEM ; CONCLUSION ; REFERENCES ; EXCLUSION AND INCLUSION IN EDUCATION POLICY AND PRACTICE IN SOUTH AFRICA: UNDERSTANDING THE NEW STATE 1 ; INTRODUCTION
RACIAL STATES THE POLICY TEXT: DECENTRALISATION; POLICY PRACTICE IN SCHOOL ; ACCESS: FEES, LANGUAGE AND THE REVIVAL OF RACE ; CURRICULUM AND INCLUSION IN A DECENTRALISED SYSTEM ; CONCLUSION ; REFERENCES ; DEMYSTIFYING THE NOTION OF 'INCLUSION' IN THE CONTEXT OF A RURAL SCHOOL AND ITS COMMUNITIES IN SOUTH AFRICA1 ; INTRODUCTION ; INCLUSIVE EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT IN SOUTH AFRICA ; AN INCLUSIVE EDUCATION PROJECT; DEVELOPMENTS ; CONTESTING NOTIONS OF INCLUSION ; INTERVENTION: DEMYSTIFYING 'INCLUSION' ; OUTCOMES ; CONCLUSION ; REFERENCES
SYSTEMIC CURRICULUM REFORM EMBEDDED IN PRINCIPLES OF SOCIAL JUSTICE: POSSIBILITIES AND COMPLEXITIESINTRODUCTION ; TENSIONS IN THE EXPRESSION OF SOCIAL JUSTICE, DEMOCRACY, SOCIAL CRITIQUE AND EMPOWERMENT IN THE POLICY DOCUMENTS AND PROCESSES ; SOCIAL CONTROL THROUGH CENTRALIZED ASSESSMENT AND ACCOUNTABILITY VERSUS LOCAL FREEDOM THROUGH LOCALIZATION OF ASSESSMENT ; CURRICULUM INTEGRATION AND ALTERNATE FORMS OF KNOWING VERSUS DISCIPLINE BASED CONCEPTUAL COHERENCE ; UNPRODUCTIVE CONSEQUENCES IN THE SHIFT IN AUTHORITY PATTERNS VERSUS THE SOCIAL GAINS IT MAY CREATE; CONCLUSION ; REFERENCES
PART 2: DIVERSITY IN CONTEXT: SOME SITUATED STORIESTEACHERS' GENDERED IDENTITIES, PEDAGOGY AND IV/AIDS EDUCATION IN AFRICAN SETTINGS WITHIN THE ESAR1 ; INTRODUCTION; THE STUDY CONTEXT ; TEACHERS' PROFESSIONAL LIVES: GENDERING AND SEXUALISING IDENTITIES ; CLASSROOM LEARNING AND TEACHERS' CONSTRUCTION OF GENDER AND SEXUALITY ; SOME RECOMMENDATIONS ; REFERENCES; THE SCHOOL AS A CONTEXT FOR PROMOTING GENDER EQUITY: PERSPECTIVES OF RURAL MALE YOUTH IN SOUTH AFRICA ; INTRODUCTION ; CONTEXT OF THE STUDY ; METHODOLOGY ; DISCUSSION OF THE FINDINGS ; INTERVENTION STRATEGIES ; REFERENCES
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Critical pedagogy -- Africa
Social justice -- Africa
EDUCATION -- Aims & Objectives.
Critical pedagogy
Social justice
Kritische Pädagogik
Africa
Afrika
Form Electronic book
Author Muthukrishna, Nithi
ISBN 9781608763719
1608763714