Perspectives on Empowering Education ( Education in a Competitive and Globalizing World )

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Perspectives on Empowering Education

Chapter

METHODOLOGY

FINDINGS FROM THE SYLLABI ANALYSIS

FINDINGS FROM THE QUESTIONNAIRE

EXPLORING QUESTIONS FOR READING TEXTS

PERSPECTIVES OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHERS ABOUT THE TEACHING OF ENGLISH

APPROACHES USED IN TEACHING ENGLISH LANGUAGE

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

Chapter 3: EQUITY IN SPECIAL EDUCATION: A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF THE DISPROPORTIONATE REPRESENTATION OF ETHNICALLY AND CULTURALLY DIVERSE STUDENTS IN SPECIAL EDUCATION

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

THE ROLE OF POVERTY

THE ROLE OF MULTIPLE VARIABLES

CONSIDERATIONS RELEVANT TO STATISTICAL METHODOLOGY

THE ROLE OF SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS

A DISABILITIES PARADIGM

HYPOTHESIZING THE ROLE OF CULTURAL CONFLICT

LINGUISTIC BIAS AND ASSESSMENT ISSUES

INCLUSION

UNDERREPRESENTATION AND “GIFTED” CLASSES

THE STRUCTURE OF SCHOOLING

REDUCING OVERREPRESENTATION

IMPROVING ASSESSMENT PRACTICES

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

Chapter 4: THE NEED FOR A MULTICULTURAL EDUCATION STIMULUS PACKAGE: FROM COLONIALISM TO OBAMA

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

COLONIAL DISCOURSE AND MULTICULTURAL EDUCATION

HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF MULTICULTURAL EDUCATION

THE CANON DEBATE: THE COLONIZED AND THE COLONIZER

KNOWLEDGE CONSTRUCTION

DISMANTLING THE MASTER’S HOUSE

MOVING FROM A EUROCENTRIC CURRICULUM TO A MULTICULTURAL CURRICULUM

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

Chapter 5: CAN YOU SEE ME? THE NECESSITY FOR AN AFROCENTRIC EDUCATION

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

ABOUT THE AFRICAN AMERICAN MISCONCEPTION

HEGEMONIC CURRICULUM

MIDDLE SCHOOL CONCEPT

ETHNIC IDENTITY DEVELOPMENT

SELF-CONCEPT

SELF-ESTEEM

THE NEED FOR AFROCENTRIC EDUCATION

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

Chapter 6: EMPOWERMENT BREWED IN THE AFRICAN POT: A CONCOCTION OF THE OLD AND NEW

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

DEFINITIONS

IS EDUCATION A WESTERN CONSTRUCT?

CHARACTERISTICS OF AFRICAN TRADITIONAL EDUCATION

NATURE AND CONTENT OF THE CURRICULUM OF AFRICAN TRADITIONAL EDUCATION

METHODS OF TEACHING IN AFRICAN TRADITIONAL EDUCATION

STAGES OF GROWTH IN TRADITIONAL AFRICAN EDUCATION

EDUCATION AND GOVERNANCE

DEMOCRACY AND THE AFRICAN TRADITIONAL EDUCATION SYSTEM

STRIKING THE BALANCE

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

Chapter 7: TECHNOLOGY AND EMPOWERMENT: SOCIAL IMPACT ANALYSIS

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

EXAMINING THE DEBATE SURROUNDING OUR UNDERSTANDING OF TECHNOLOGY FROM A SOCIAL CONSTRUCTIVIST PERSPECTIVE

TECHNOLOGY AS A TOOL FOR BOTH SOCIAL EMPOWERMENT AND DISEMPOWERMENT

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

PART II. CASE STUDIES OF EMPOWERING SPACES

Chapter 8: MOVING POLICY TOWARDS PLACE-BASED EDUCATION IN GHANA: USING ARTISTIC FORMS AND INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE SYSTEMS AS EMPOWERING PARADIGMS

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

FOCUS AND PURPOSE OF THE STUDY

RESEARCH QUESTIONS

METHODOLOGY

PERSPECTIVES

THE CONCEPT OF PLACE-BASED EDUCATION

RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PBE, ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION AND INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE

TRADITION AND MODERNITY: POWER RELATIONS IN EDUCATION AND THE NEED FOR PBE AND IK

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

Chapter 9: CIVIL SOCIETY CONSTRUCTION IN UZBEKISTAN: WHEN IDEOLOGIES AND INTERESTS COMPETE AND COLLUDE

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

CONCEPTUALIZATION OF CIVIL SOCIETY

UZBEK CIVIL SOCIETY

POLITICAL ISLAMIC CIVIL SOCIETY GROUPS (1980S-1990S)

TRADITIONAL CIVIL SOCIETY GROUPS: MAHALLA

IMPORTED CIVIL SOCIETY GROUPS: NGOS

WOMEN’S NGO MOVEMENT AND THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS (1995-2005)

CRITICAL BUT CONTROVERSIAL

WHOSE INTERESTS?

STATE AND HYBRIDIZATION OF NGOS

WITH OR AGAINST U.S. POLICY: 2004 – 2008

IMAGINED WOMAN: MUSLIM, SOVIET AND IN BETWEEN

WHAT KIND OF CIVIL SOCIETY IS POSSIBLE IN UZBEKISTAN?

FEMINISM IN UZBEKISTAN

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

Chapter 10: MAKING SCHOOLS DEMOCRATIC AND EMPOWERING PUBLIC SPHERES: STAREHE BOYS CENTRE AND SCHOOL, KENYA, “BARAZA” SYSTEM

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

LITERATURE ON DEMOCRATIC, LIBERATORY AND EMPOWERING EDUCATION

HISTORICAL FOUNDATION OF THE “BARAZA” SYSTEM AT STAREHE BOYS CENTRE AND SCHOOL

EFFECTS OF “BARAZA” SYSTEM ON STAREHE’S ADMINISTRATION

EMERGING EDUCATIONAL LESSONS FROM STAREHE’S BARAZA SYSTEM

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

Chapter 11: ENHANCING DEMOCRACY THROUGH EDUCATION FOR EMPOWERMENT: A REALITY CHECK FOR KENYA

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

CRITICAL PEDAGOGY: KEY TO EMPOWERMENT

MEANING OF EMPOWERING EDUCATION

GOALS OF AN EMPOWERING EDUCATION

UNVEILING GENDER BIAS IN KENYAN CLASSROOMS

FAIR POWER SHARING

DIALOGUE IN THE CLASSROOM

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

Chapter 12: WORK-FAMILY INTERFERENCE: PERCEPTIONS FROM PROFESSIONAL GHANAIAN WOMEN

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

THE CHANGING WORK ENVIRONMENT AND WOMEN EMPLOYMENT

THE DEARTH OF WORK-FAMILY INTERFERENCE LITERATURE IN AFRICA

THEORETICAL UNDERPINNINGS OF WORK-FAMILY INTERFERENCE

THE NEED FOR AN INDIGENOUS AFRICAN PERSPECTIVE ON WFI

METHODS AND PROCEDURES

RESULTS

DISCUSSION

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

Chapter 13: SOMALI COMMUNITY EDUCATION EMPOWERMENT IN NORTH AMERICA

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

THE SOMALI COLONIAL AND POSTCOLONIAL EDUCATION SYSTEM

SOMALI IMMIGRANTS IN NORTH AMERICA

THE ROLE OF CULTURE IN COMMUNITY PROBLEM SOLVING

EDUCATION AND THE SOMALI DIASPORA IN NORTH AMERICA

NEGOTIATING WITH THE EDUCATION SYSTEM: THE CANADIAN EXPERIENCE

THE SIGNIFICANCE OF COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION AND NETWORKING: THE SOMALI CANADIAN EXPERIENCE

THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: NEGOTIATING WITH THE EDUCATION SYSTEM

THE COLUMBUS COMMUNITY SCHOOLS

HOW SCHOOLS ARE SERVING TO EMPOWER THE COMMUNITY

BENEFITS OF THE COMMUNITY SCHOOLS

COMMUNITY OWNERSHIP AND EMPOWERMENT

SUGGESTIONS

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

Chapter 14: “THE SIX-HOUR RETARDED CHILD”: AN ANALYSIS OF SAUDI TEACHER PERSPECTIVES AND ATTITUDES

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

DIFFERENCES IN TERMINOLOGY

SAUDI SPECIAL EDUCATION AND TEACHER ATTITUDES

THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND SPECIAL EDUCATION IN SAUDI ARABIA

TEACHER ATTITUDES

TEACHER WILLINGNESS TO WORK WITH STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS

SAUDI TEACHERS’ ATTITUDES TOWARDS INTEGRATION

DATA SOURCES

FINDINGS

LD: THE NEW SAUDI SOCIAL PHENOMENON AFFECTING ACADEMICS

A SYSTEM FACTOR: “TEACHERS’ ATTITUDES” TOWARDS THE PHENOMENA OF LD

IMPLICATIONS

REFERENCES

Chapter 15: EVOLUTION OF WOMEN’S POWER IN EDUCATION AND POLITICS IN GHANA

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK: POSTCOLONIALISM

TRADITION AND MODERNITY: WOMEN IN A BIND IN THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM OF GHANA

WOMEN’S POWER IN TRADITIONAL POLITICS AND SOCIAL LIFE

COLONIALISM AND WOMEN’S PARTICIPATION IN EDUCATION, GOVERNANCE AND LAWMAKING

INDEPENDENCE AND WOMEN’S PARTICIPATION IN GOVERNANCE AND LAWMAKING

FURTHER DISCUSSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR THE FUTURE

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

Chapter 16: TALKING ALTERNATIVES: RADIO TALK SHOWS AND WOMEN EMPOWERMENT IN SENEGAL

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

BACKGROUND

EMPOWERMENT DEFINED

METHODOLOGY

FINDINGS

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

INDEX

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