Serving the Common Good: A Postcolonical African Perspective on Higher Education

ISBN-13: 9780820476261 / Angielski / Twarda / 2005 / 168 str.

Saaka, Yakubu

Opis

Serving the Common Good combines critical analysis and interpretation of theory and practice for higher education in Africa and in the West. It demonstrates the current urgent need to articulate an educational ideal relevant to the cultural, economic, political, and social problems of the twenty-first century. Utilizing Julius K. Nyerere s vision of education for the common good a pragmatically balanced articulation of a postcolonial African perspective on higher education Kiluba L. Nkulu emphasizes a human-centered approach to community and national development. Serving the Common Good offers a provocative and unique perspective on the state of higher education in Africa, and will be useful in courses on African Studies, Education and Society, Educational Foundations and Inquiry, Higher Education and Leadership, Political Economy, and Sociology."

O autorze

The Author: Kiluba L. Nkulu is a scholar of tertiary education in Africa and the United States. He holds a Licence ès lettres from the University of Lubumbashi in the Democratic Republic of Congo, an M.A. in religious education from Asbury Theological Seminary in Kentucky, and a Ph.D. in educational policy studies with an emphasis on higher education from the University of Kentucky. A native of the Democratic Republic of Congo, he is the founder of Mchekiti, a non-profit, independent, Christian educational organization.