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Zusatztext "This book is highly recommended for students in international education! for development agencies and anyone who is critical to the imposition of Western knowledge on the rest of the world." - Birgit Brock-Utne! University of Oslo! Norway! in the International Review of Education Informationen zum Autor Anders Breidlid is Professor of International Education and Development at Oslo University College. Klappentext Through a series of case studies, this book explores the question of whether Western educational discourse - still the dominant discourse in many countries in the global South - benefits the majority of pupils and helps promote sustainable development in these countries, or whether pedagogies rooted in more indigenous ideologies and discourses would better serve this aim. Zusammenfassung Through a series of case studies, this book explores the question of whether Western educational discourse – still the dominant discourse in many countries in the global South – benefits the majority of pupils and helps promote sustainable development in these countries, or whether pedagogies rooted in more indigenous ideologies and discourses would better serve this aim. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction 2. The Hegemonic Role of Western Epistemology 3. Indigenous Knowledge Systems, Sustainability, and Education in the Global South 4. Indigenous Knowledges and Education: the Case of South Africa 5. Education in Sudan and South Sudan: Tension and Struggles Between Epistemologies 6. The Educational Discourse of Cuba - an Epistemological Alternative for Other Countries in the Global South? 7. Cognitive Violence Against Minority Groups: the Case of the Mapuche in Chile 8. Protest and Beyond: A Case for Optimism?