Education, Modern Development, and Indigenous Knowledge: An Analysis of Academic Knowledge Production / Edition 1

by Seana McGovern

Overview

This book re-conceptualizes the field of international and comparative education by utilizing indigenous knowledge as a central component for altering the dominant, eurocentric social science research paradigm. Examples from indigenous sources of knowledge are juxtaposed to the dominant discourses on education and modern development in subaltern societies in order to provide scholars with alternative ways of viewing education and development and to shape how subaltern peoples are understood and represented in academic research. Bibliography. Index.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780815328407
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	12/01/1998
Series:	Indigenous Knowledge and Schooling , #1
Pages:	222
Product dimensions:	5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Chapter One The Field of International and Comparative Education: A History of Ideas and Methods in the United States; Chapter Two Postmodern Analysis and the Re-viewing of Indigenous Knowledge: Power, Culture and Knowledge Relations; Chapter Three International and Comparative Education: An Analysis of the Comparative Education Review; Chapter Four Modern Development: An Analysis of The Development Dictionary; Chapter Five A Comparison of Dominant Concepts; Chapter Six Conclusion; BIBLIOGRAPHYIndex;

Editorial Reviews

Arguing that those involved in the production of academic knowledge (mainly Western educators) should examine assumptions associated with the creation of knowledge about indigenous peoples, the author (an academic whose background is not noted) examines academic representations of education and modern development in subaltern societies. Her analysis centers on a discussion of the production of knowledge in two scholarly texts in relation to the field of international and comparative education. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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