Education, Modern Development, and Indigenous Knowledge: An Analysis of Academic Knowledge Production
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.
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Education, Modern Development, and Indigenous Knowledge: An Analysis of Academic Knowledge Production
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.
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Education, Modern Development, and Indigenous Knowledge: An Analysis of Academic Knowledge Production

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

by Seana McGovern
Education, Modern Development, and Indigenous Knowledge: An Analysis of Academic Knowledge Production

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

by Seana McGovern

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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;
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