Teaching Africa: Towards a Transgressive Pedagogy

by George J. Sefa Dei

Overview

The author’s anti-colonial discursive platform addresses distorted Eurocentric views of Africa. It raises ontological and epistemological questions about teaching methods and methodologies relating to Africa, and highlights knowledge indigenous to Africa.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789400731295
Publisher:	Springer Netherlands
Publication date:	02/25/2012
Series:	Explorations of Educational Purpose , #9
Edition description:	2010
Pages:	130
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.01(d)

Table of Contents

Preface Chapter 1: History as Tool of Colonialism Chapter 2: Teaching and Learning African History Chapter 3: The Study of Africa and the African Experience: The Challenge and Possibilities of an Integrative Theory Chapter 4: Theorizing Africa Beyond its Boundaries Chapter 5: Teaching Africa: ‘Development’ and Decolonization Chapter 6: Reclaiming ‘Development’ through Indigeneity and Indigenous Knowledge Chapter 7: Indigenous Knowledge Studies and the Next Generation: Pedagogical Possibilities for Anti-Colonial Education Chapter 8: Politicizing the Contemporary Learning: Implications for African Schooling and Education Chapter 9: Looking to the Future — Afrocentric Schooling in Action: Applying Development Discourses to Community Empowerment, HIV/AIDS Awareness, and Sustainability