SPECIALISATION AREA A:
ADVANCED COURSE IN EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT
PART 1:
1. EDUCATION POLICIES FOR DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
Brock-Utne, Birgit : Whose education for All? Recolonizing the African mind? , 2000. New York: Falmer Press. Part 1. (120 pp) **.
Cheng, Haojing & DeLany , Brian : Quality Education and Social Stratification: The Paradox of Private Schooling in China., 1999. Current Issues in Comparative Education. (9 p). Available here.
King, Kenneth : From Analysis to Advice and from Counsel to Consultancy: The Challenge to Educational Research., 1996. Bonn: DSE. . In: Buchert, Lene and King, Kenneth (eds). Consultancy and Research in International Education. pp. 11-35. (25 pp) *.
Kormondy, Edward : Minority education in Inner Mongolia and Tibet., 2002. International Review of Education, 48 (5): 377-401. (24 pp).
Lie, Suzanne S. & Vogt, Kari : Islamization in Syria: Gender, Education and Ideology., 2003. Journal of South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, 26 (2): 22-41. (19 pp) *.
Liu, Jing-qui : Education of Females in China. Trends and Issues. , 1998. The Journal of Educational Thought. Vol. 32. No 1. pp 42 – 55. (14 pp) * .
Samoff, Joel : The Structural Adjustment of Educational Research: Reflections. , 1996. Bonn: DSE. . In: Buchert, Lene and King, Kenneth (eds). Consultancy and Research in International Education. pp. 65 –83. (19 pp) *.
Torres, Rosa Maria : What happened at the World Education Forum?, 2000. Paper. (13 pp) *.
Valverde, Gilbert A. : Curriculum Convergence in Chile: The Global and Local Context of Reforms in Curriculum Policy. , 2004. Comparative Education Review, 48 (2). 174-201. (27 pp).
Foster, Philip : The Vocational School Fallacy in Development Planning., 1965. Penguin Books LTD, Harmondsworth. In: Blaug, M. Economics of education 1. pp 396 - 423. (27 pp) *.
Lauglo, Jon : Vocationalized Secondary Education Reconsidered. , 2005. Dordrecht: Springer. . In: Jon Lauglo & Rupert Maclean (2005) Vocationalized Secondary Education Reconsidered. Chapter 1. (30 pp) .
Number of pages for education policies: 327
Recommended reading:
Carnoy, Martin : Education and the Transition State. , 1989. Princeton: Princeton University Press. . In: Martin Carnoy & Joel Samoff, (eds.). Education and Social Transition in the Third World. Chapter 3. .
Kumar Krishna : Political Agenda of Education. A study of Colonialist and Nationalist Ideas., 1991. London/New Dehli: Sage Publivations. (197 pp).
2. CULTURE IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES AND THE CONTENT OF SCHOOLING
Abdenur, Adriana : Tilting the North-South axis: The legitimization of Southerndevelopment knowledge and its implications for comparative education research. , 2002. Current Issues in Comparative Education [online], 4(2). (12 pp).
Aikman, Sheila : Language, literacy and bilingual education. An Amazon people’s Strategies for cultural maintenance. , 1995. International Journal of Educational Development 15 (4). pp 411 – 422. (11 pp) *.
Banya, Kingsley : Illiteracy, Colonial Legacy and Education: the case of modern Sierra Leone. , 1993. Comparative Education. Vol. 29. No. 2. pp. 159-171. (13 pp) *.
Brock-Utne, Birgit : Whose education for All? Recolonizing the African Mind? , 2000. New York: Falmer Press. . Part II. (120 pp) **.
Brock-Utne, Birgit: Stories of the Hunt – who is writing them?, 2002. Claremont: New Africa Education. In: Catherine Odora Hoppers (ed.): Indigenous Knowledge and the Integration of Knowledge Systems. Towards a Philosophy of Articulation. pp.237-257. (20 p) **.
Brock-Utne, Birgit: The continued battle over Kiswahili as the language of instruction in Tanzania. , 2005. Cape Town: CASAS and Dar es Salaam: Mkuki na Nyota. Also published by African Books Collective in Oxford.UK. In: Brock-Utne, Birgit & Rodney Kofi Hopson (eds.): Languages of instruction for African emancipation: Focus on postcolonial contexts and considerations. pp.51- 87. (36 pp) **.
Makalela, Leketi : We Speak Eleven Tongues”. Reconstructing Multilingualism in South Africa., 2005. Cape Town: CASAS and Dar es Salaam: Mkuki na Nyota. Also published by African Books Collective in Oxford.UK.. In: Brock-Utne, Birgit & Rodney Kofi Hopson (eds.): Languages of instruction for African emancipation: Focus on postcolonial contexts and considerations. pp.147- 175. (31 pp) **.
Freire, Paulo & Donaldo P.Macedo : A Dialogue:Culture, Language and Race., 1995. Harvard Educational Review. Vol. 65. No. 3. pp. 377-402. (25 pp).
Macedo, Donald : Literacy for stupidification. , 1993. Harvard Educational Review. Vol. 63. No. 2. pp. 183-206. (23 pp).
Mazrui, Alamin : The World Bank, the language question and the future of African education. , 1997. Race & Class. A Journal for Black and Third World Liberation. Vol. 38. No.3 January - March. pp. 35-49. (15 pp) *.
Obanya, Pai : Case studies of curriculum innovations in western Africa. , 1995. International Review of Education. Vol.41. No.5. pp. 315-336. (22 pp) *.
Odora Hoppers,Catherine: Indigenous Knowledge and the Integration of Knowledge Systems., 2002. Claremont: New Africa Education.. In: Catherine Odora Hoppers (ed.): Indigenous Knowledge and the Integration of Knowledge Systems. Towards a Philosophy of Articulation. pp.2-23. (21 pp) *.
Oxenham, John; Abdoul Hamid Diallo, Anne Katahoire, Anna Petkova-Mwangi & Oumar Sall: Skills and Literacy Training for Better Livelihoods - A Review of Approaches. , 2002. World Bank: Africa Region. Human Development. . Pp 1-45. (45 pp). Available here..
Praah, Kwesi Kwah : Language of Instruction for Education, Development and African Emancipation., 2005. Cape Town: CASAS and Dar es Salaam: Mkuki na Nyota. Also published by African Books Collective in Oxford.UK.. In: Brock-Utne, Birgit & Rodney Kofi Hopson (eds.): Languages of instruction for African emancipation: Focus on postcolonial contexts and considerations. pp. 23- 87. (64 pp) **.
Ethnomathematics
Ascher, Marcia : Ethnomathematics. A Multicultural View of Mathematical Ideas., 1991. Pacific Grove, California: Brooks/Cole Publishing Company. . Chapter 7. pp. 185–199. (15 pp) * .
Barton, Bill, Fairhall, Uenuku & Trinick, Tony : Tikanga Reo Tatai: Issues in the Development of a Maori Mathematics Register. , 1998. For the Learning of Mathematics, 18, 1998 no.1, 3–9. (7 pp) *.
Gerdes, Paulus : Ethnomathematics and Mathematics Education. , 1996. Dordrecht : Kluwer Academic Publishers.. In: Bishop, Alan J., Clements, Ken, Keitel, Christine, Kilpatrick, Jeremy & Laborde, Colette (eds.): International Handbook of Mathematics Education. Chapter 24, pp. 909 – 943. (35 pp) *.
Joseph, George G. : A Rationale for a Multicultural Approach to Mathematics., 1993. Oxford: Oxford University Press.. In: Nelson, David, Joseph, George Gheverghese & Williams, Julian: Multicultural Mathematics. Teaching Mathematics from a Global Perspective. Chapter 1, pp. 1–24. (24 pp) * .
Zaslavsky, Claudia : Africa Counts. Number and Pattern in African Culture. , 1979. Boston,: Lawrence Hill Books. . Chapter 1 pp. 6–16. (10 pp) *.
Zaslavsky, Claudia : "Africa Counts" and Ethnomathematics., 1994. For the Learning of Mathematics, 14 1994. No. 2, pp. 3–8. (6 pp) *.
Number of pages for culture and the content of schooling: 519
Recommended reading:
ActionAid. REFLECT. Evaluation reports (yet to be decided which one).:
"Other readings on http://www1.worldbank.org/education/adultoutreach/".
Nordtveit, Bjørn-Harald : Manging Public Private Partnerships. Lessons from Literacy Education in Senegal. , 2004. World Bank: Africa Region Human Development Series. . Full text here..
See also weblinks to:
http://www.unesco.org/education/uie/
http://www.literacyonline.org/ili.html,
and other reports on:
http://www1.worldbank.org/education/adultoutreach/relatedsites.asp
Said, Edward : Orientialism., 2003. London. Penguin Books. . (pp. 1-110 & 201-328). .
3. HIGHER EDUCATION IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
Bako, Sabo : Education and Adjustment in Nigeria. Conditionality and Resistance., 1994. Dakar: Codesria Book Series. . In: Diouf , Mamadou and Mamdani, Mahmood (eds.). Academic Freedom in Africa. pp 150-176. (27 pp) *.
Brock-Utne, Birgit : Whose education for All? Recolonizing the African mind? , 2000. New York: Falmer Press. . Part III. (120 pp) **.
Brock-Utne, Birgit : Formulating Higher Education Policies in Africa - the Pressure from External Forces and the Neoliberal Agenda. , 2003. Higher Education in Africa. Vol.1.No.1 pp.24-56. ISSN 0851-7762. (32 pp).
Colclough, Christopher : Learning from experience: policy and practice in aid to higher education., 1995. CESO Paperback No. 24. The Hague: CESO. . In: Buchert, Lene & King, Kenneth (eds.). Learning from experience: policy and practice in aid to higher education. pp. 145-157. (13 pp) **.
Gorostiaga, Xabier : New Role for Universities of the South. , 1993. Envio: The monthly Magazine of Analysis on Central America. Vol 12. No. 144. pp 29 – 40. (12 pp) * .
King, Kenneth : World Bank traditions of support to higher education and capacity-building: reflections on "Higher Education: The Lessons of Experience". , 1995. CESO Paperback No. 24. The Hague: CESO . In: Buchert, Lene & King, Kenneth (eds.). Learning from experience: policy and practice in aid to higher education. pp.19-41. (23 pp) **.
Ki-Zerbo, Joseph : The Need for Creative Organizational Approaches. , 1994. Dakar: Codesria Book Series. . In: Diouf , Mamadou and Mamdani, Mahmood (eds.). Academic Freedom in Africa. pp.26-39. (14 pp) *.
Mazrui, Ali : The Impact of Global Changes on Academic Freedom in Africa: A preliminary Assessment. , 1994. Dakar: Codesria Book Series. . In: Diouf , Mamadou and Mamdani, Mahmood (eds.). Academic Freedom in Africa. pp.118-140. (23 pp) *.
Morgan, Douglas L. : Appropriation, appreciation, accommodation: Indigenous wisdoms and knowledges in Higher Education. , 2003. International Review of Education, 49 (1-2): 35-49. (14 pp).
Šlaus, Ivo, Šlaus-Kokotović, Andrea & Morović, Jasenka : Education in countries in transition facing globalization – a case study Croatia. , 2004. International Journal of Educational Development, 24: 479-494. (15 pp).
Yang, Rui : Globalisation and higher education development: A critical analysis. , 2003. International Review of Education, 49 (2-3): 269-291. (22 pp).
Zajda, Joseph : Lifelong learning and adult education: Russia meets the West. , 2003. International Review of Education, 49 (1): 111-132. (21 pp).
Number of pages for higher education: 336
Recommended reading:
Mafeje, Archie : African Intellectuals. An inquiry into their Genesis and Social Options. , 1994. Dakar: Codesria Book Series . In: Diouf , Mamadou and Mamdani, Mahmood (eds.). Academic Freedom in Africa. pp. 193-212. (20 pp) **.
Ednet,: Shaping the National Identity. The Role of the Palestinian Teacher. , 1994. Educational Network. No 15. July 1994. pp 1 – 11. (11 pp) *.
Weidman, J.C. & Bat-Erdene, R. : Higher education and the state in Mongolia: dilemmas of democratic transition. , 2002. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. In: Chapman, D. & Austin, A. (eds.). Higher education in the developing world. pp 129-148. (19 pp) .
Total number of pages: 1179