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Title:

African education and globalization : critical perspectives / edited by Ali A. Abdi, Korbla P. Puplampu, and George J. Sefa Dei.

Publisher:

Lexington Books,

Copyright Date:

c2006

Description:

ix, 214 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Educational sociology--Africa.
Education--Economic aspects--Africa.
Education and globalization--Africa.

Other Authors:

Abdi, Ali A., 1955-
Puplampu, Korbla P.
Dei, George J. Sefa (George Jerry Sefa), 1954-

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

African education and globalization: an introduction / Ali A. Abdi, Korbla P. Puplampu, and George J. Sefa Dei -- Culture of education, social development, and globalization: historical and current analyses of Africa / Ali A. Abdi -- Critical perspectives on higher education and globalization in Africa / Korbla P. Puplampu -- Indigenous knowledges and globalization: an African perspective / George J. Sefa Dei and Alireza Asgharzadeh -- Higher education for Africa's women: prospects and challenges / Philomina E. Okeke -- Globalization, information technologies, and higher education in Africa: implications of the market agenda / Wisdom J. Tettey -- The contested politics of education in Ethiopia: leadership vacuity, mass/national alienation, ethnic atomization and resistance / Mikael Wossen-Taffesse -- Economic restructuring and education in Ghana / Rose B. Folson -- International financial institutions and education in South Africa: a critical discussion / Nkosinathi Mkosi -- Swaziland: towards an effective education for global citizenship / Kwamena Kwansah-Aidoo and Joyce M. Djokoto -- Continuity or discontinuity in educational equity: contradictions in structural adjustment programs in Zimbabwe / Edward Shizha.

ISBN:

9780739110416
0739110411 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)63116880

LCCN:

2006001165

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)