Challenging Perceptions of Africa in Schools - Critical Approaches to Global Justice Education

This book challenges educational discourse in relation to teaching about Africa at all levels of the education system in the Global North, with a specific case study focus in the Republic of Ireland

List of contents

Part 1 Setting the Context. 1. Approaching Critical Pedagogies in Education. 2. Learning about Africa and Global Justice. Part 2. Pedagogical Perspectives. 3. 'Unlearning' in Global Justice Education. 4. Africa as Pedagogical Playground: Problematising Sending Programmes for Teachers. 5. Teachers' Experiences of Global Justice Education through the Lens of Trade. 6. Representations of Africa: Irish NGOs, Media and Educational Resources. 7. Translating Critical Thinking into Meaningful Action. Part 3. Intersectionalities: Knowledge Justice, Race, and Education. 8. Knowledge Justice as Global Justice: Epistemicide, Decolonising the University and the Struggle for Planetary Survival. 9. Making Sense of Race in Global Justice Education: Insights from a Racial Stratification Project in Ireland. 10. Transformative Learning: The Future of Critical Education.

About the author

Barbara O'Toole is a Senior Lecturer at Marino Institute of Education, Dublin, Ireland.
Ebun Joseph is a Lecturer in Black Studies, Dublin, Ireland.
David Nyaluke is the Proudly Made in Africa Fellow at University College Dublin, Ireland.

Summary

This book challenges educational discourse in relation to teaching about Africa at all levels of the education system in the Global North, with a specific case study focus in the Republic of Ireland

Product details

• Authors: Barbara Joseph O''''toole
• Assisted by: Ebun Joseph (Editor), David Nyaluke (Editor), Nyaluke David (Editor), Barbara O’Toole (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.08.2021
• EAN: 9781032082547
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3208254-7
• No. of pages: 220
• Series: Routledge Research in Education
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; EDUCATION / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, Africa, EDUCATION / Aims & Objectives, Ireland, teacher training, Moral and social purpose of education, Primary & middle schools, Multicultural education, Moral & social purpose of education, Primary and middle schools, Educational strategies and policy, EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Higher