Decolonizing Education for Sustainable Futures

Bringing together the perspectives of researchers, policy makers, activists, educators and practitioners, this book critically interrogates the Western-centric assumptions underpinning education and development agendas and the colonial legacies of violence they often uphold --

About the author

Yvette Hutchinson is Senior Consultant at the British Council, an Advisory Group member for the Economic and Social Research Council's Education Research Programme and Chair of UKFIET.

Artemio Arturo Cortez Ochoa is Research Associate at the REAL Centre, University of Cambridge, and Honorary Fellow of the Centre for Comparative and International Research in Education at the University of Bristol.

Julia Paulson is Associate Professor of Education, Peace and Conflict at the University of Bristol, where she is also Co-Director of the Centre for Comparative and International Research in Education.

Leon Tikly is UNESCO Chair in Inclusive, Good Quality Education at the University of Bristol.

Summary

Bringing together the perspectives of researchers, policy makers, activists, educators and practitioners, this book critically interrogates the Western-centric assumptions underpinning education and development agendas and the colonial legacies of violence they often uphold.

Product details

• Assisted by: Artemio Arturo Cortez Ochoa (Editor), Artemio (University of Cambridge) Arturo Cortez Ochoa (Editor), Yvette Hutchinson (Editor), Yvette (British Council) Hutchinson (Editor), Julia Paulson (Editor), Julia (University of Bristol) Paulson (Editor), Leon Tikly (Editor), Leon (University of Bristol) Tikly (Editor)
• Publisher: Bristol University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.07.2023
• EAN: 9781529226089
• ISBN: 978-1-5292-2608-9
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 234 mm x 18 mm
• Weight: 581 g
• Series: Bristol Studies in Comparative; Bristol Studies in Comparative and International Education
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics