Schooling and Difference in Africa Democratic Challenges in a Contemporary Context

Informationen zum Autor Alireza Asgharzadeh is an assistant professor in the Department of Sociology at York University. George J. Sefa Dei is Professor, Department of Sociology in Education, University of Toronto. Sharon Eblaghie is a PhD candidate in the Department of Sociology and Equity Studies at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto. Klappentext By studying the challenges of inclusive education in Ghana and, further, by making comparisons with the Canadian context, this volume seeks to shed light on the ongoing struggle for an empowering school system in Africa and elsewhere. Zusammenfassung By studying the challenges of inclusive education in Ghana and! further! by making comparisons with the Canadian context! this volume seeks to shed light on the ongoing struggle for an empowering school system in Africa and elsewhere. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Acknowledgments Threads of Inclusive Schooling Understanding Difference: Method and Practice Acknowledging Difference, Responding to Diversity Majority and Minority Relations: A Question of Power Complicating Schooling: The Question of Ethnicity Gendered Subjects: Extending Beyond a Critique of Culture The Economics of Schooling: Class and Poverty Resisting Normalcy: Disability and Inclusive Schooling Language as a Site of Exclusion Evoking the Sacred: Religion and Spirituality in Schools Concluding with a Comparative Lens: Lessons and Possibilities References Index

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• Autori: George Jerry Sefa Dei, Alireza Asgharzadeh, Sharon Eblaghie, George J. Sefa/ Asgharzadeh Dei, George J. Sefa Asgharzadeh Dei, George J. Sefa Dei, Sharon Eblaghie Bahador, Ahmed Shahjahan Shahjahan, Alireza Dei Asgharzadeh, George J Sefa Dei
• Editore: University of Toronto Press
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Copertina rigida
• Data pubblicazione: 04.11.2006
• Categoria: Guide e manuali > Libri sul benessere, vita quotidiana > Famiglia; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Pedagogia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie
• EAN: 9780802090195
• ISBN: 978-0-8020-9019-5
• Numero di pagine: 336
• Dimensioni (della confezione): 15.2 x 22.9 x 2.5 cm
• Categorie: Sociology; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General; EDUCATION / Multicultural Education