Schooling and Difference in Africa: Democratic Challenges in a Contemporary Context - Softcover

Asgharzadeh, Alireza; Dei, George J. Sefa; Bahador, Sharon Eblaghie

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ISBN 10: 0802048943 ISBN 13: 9780802048943

Verlag: University of Toronto Press, 2006

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Book by Asgharzadeh Alireza Dei George J Sefa Bahador Shar

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Since the 1950s when most African countries gained political independence, schooling has presented very difficult challenges. In the discussion of these challenges, however, the issue of diversity has received relatively little attention. Schooling and Difference in Africa aims to understand how differences such as ethnicity, class, gender, language, religion, and disability play out in African schools systems, and more specifically in Ghana. Together, George J. Sefa Dei, Alireza Asgharzadeh, Sharon Eblaghie Bahador, and Riyad Ahmed Shahjahan promote 'educational inclusion' in the context of African schooling. The aspects of diversity explored in this study include: minority / majority relations, race, ethnicity, gender, language, class, religion, and physical (dis)ability. The authors build their analyses of these issues around a series of interviews, which project a perspective that policy makers and administrators rarely seek out. By studying the challenges of inclusive education in Ghana and, further, by making comparisons with the Canadian context, this volume seeks to shed light on the ongoing struggle for an empowering school system in Africa and elsewhere.

Biografía del autor:

Alireza Asgharzadeh is an assistant professor in the Department of Sociology at York University. George J. Sefa Dei is Professor, Department of Sociology in Education, University of Toronto. Sharon Eblaghie is a PhD candidate in the Department of Sociology and Equity Studies at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto.

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• Verlag: University of Toronto Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0802048943
• ISBN 13: 9780802048943
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 336