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African education and globalization : critical perspectives

Containing both theoretical discussions of globalization and specific case analyses of individual African countries, this collection of essays examines the intersections of African education and globalization with multiple analytical and geographical emphases and intentions.
Print Book, English, ©2006
Lexington Books, Lanham, MD, ©2006
Aufsatzsammlung
ix, 214 pages ; 24 cm
9780739110416, 0739110411
63116880
African education and globalization: an introduction / Ali A. Abdi, Korbla P. Puplampu, and George J. Sefa Dei
Culture of education, social development, and globalization: historical and current analyses of Africa / Ali A. Abdi
Critical perspectives on higher education and globalization in Africa / Korbla P. Puplampu
Indigenous knowledges and globalization: an African perspective / George J. Sefa Dei and Alireza Asgharzadeh
Higher education for Africa's women: prospects and challenges / Philomina E. Okeke
Globalization, information technologies, and higher education in Africa: implications of the market agenda / Wisdom J. Tettey
The contested politics of education in Ethiopia: leadership vacuity, mass/national alienation, ethnic atomization and resistance / Mikael Wossen-Taffesse
Economic restructuring and education in Ghana / Rose B. Folson
International financial institutions and education in South Africa: a critical discussion / Nkosinathi Mkosi
Swaziland: towards an effective education for global citizenship / Kwamena Kwansah-Aidoo and Joyce M. Djokoto
Continuity or discontinuity in educational equity: contradictions in structural adjustment programs in Zimbabwe / Edward Shizha