Globalisation and Education Policy Reform in Botswana

This book uses the Global-local dialect approach to explicate education policy reform in Botswana and interrogates the practical effects of the various education policies on curriculum, pedagogy and governance of the Botswana General Education system.

List of contents

1. Pre-1966 State of Education: Neglected and Fragmented   2. Globalisation and Education Policy Reform   3. National Policy on Education (NPE): Growth, Stability, then Crisis   4. Contextualising the Revised National Policy on Education (RNPE)   5. The Revised National Policy on Eduction (RNPE): Botswana's Response to (Neoliberal) Globalisation   6. Education and Training Sector Strategic Plan (ETSSP): Addressing the Education-Economy Dislocation?   7. ETSSP: Critical Reflections

About the author

Richard Tabulawa is Professor and former Dean of the Faculty of Education at the University of Botswana. He has also acted as Director at the Centre for Continuing Education and Deputy Vice Chancellor, Academic Affairs (January 2022 to December 2022). He is the author of Teaching and Learning in Context: Why Pedagogical Reforms Fail in Sub-Saharan Africa (CODESRIA, 2013).

Summary

This book uses the Global-local dialect approach to explicate education policy reform in Botswana and interrogates the practical effects of the various education policies on curriculum, pedagogy and governance of the Botswana General Education system.

Product details

• Authors: Richard Tabulawa
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 09.10.2024
• EAN: 9781032000497
• ISBN: 978-1-032-00049-7
• No. of pages: 230
• Weight: 460 g
• Illustrations: schwarz-weiss Illustrationen, Zeichnungen, schwarz-weiss, Tabellen, schwarz-weiss
• Series: Perspectives on Education in Africa
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; EDUCATION / General, Africa, EDUCATION / Educational Policy & Reform / General, Regional Studies, Philosophy & theory of education, Educational strategies & policy, Regional / International studies, Philosophy and theory of education, Educational strategies and policy