Education, Indigenous Knowledges, and Development in the Global South: Contesting Knowledges for a Sustainable Future

ISBN-13: 9780415895897 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 244 str.

Anders Breidlid

Opis

Through a series of case studies, this book explores the question of whether Western educational discourse benefits the majority of pupils and helps promote sustainable development in these countries, or whether pedagogies rooted in more indigenous ideologies/discourses would better serve this aim.

Spis treści

1. Introduction  2. The Hegemonic Role of Western Epistemology  3. Indigenous Knowledge Systems, Sustainability, and Education in the Global South  4. Indigenous Knowledges and Education: the Case of South Africa  5. Education in Sudan and South Sudan: Tension and Struggles Between Epistemologies  6. The Educational Discourse of Cuba - an Epistemological Alternative for Other Countries in the Global South?  7. Cognitive Violence Against Minority Groups: the Case of the Mapuche in Chile  8. Protest and Beyond: A Case for Optimism?

O autorze

Anders Breidlid is Professor of International Education and Development at Oslo University College.