Education, Disability and Armed Conflict: : A Theory of Africanising Education in Uganda

ISBN-13: 9783659896804 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 256 str.

Patrick Businge

Opis

This qualitative study set out to gain insight into how children with disabilities were educated in the conflict setting of Uganda and how it could be improved. It used a critical, constructivist and grounded methodology to generate data. There were four main findings. First, it revealed the nature and extent of the challenges faced by all children living in conflict settings: forced displacement, dehumanisation, rampant poverty and weakened leadership. Second, it discovered that disabled people experienced rejection in their communities and invisibility in the provision of services. Whilst these practices prevailed in non-conflict situations, they were intensified in conflict settings and were counter to the African beliefs on what it meant to be human and live in a community. Third, education in Uganda was likened to disabled people and considered 'crippled' because of demotivated teachers, disengaged parents, ailing infrastructure and decreasing quality. Fourth and last, participants had visions of educational change which involved modifying it and transforming it into an education that develops conscience, reinforces hope and widens opportunities.

O autorze

Dr Businge lives in England. He completed his Doctorate in Special and Inclusive Education at the University of Exeter. He now works as a specialist education assessor and independent researcher who focuses on education, disability and armed conflict. He is fluent in French and has researched in Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burkina Faso and Algeria.