Issues in African Education: Sociological Perspectives

PART I: THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS Introduction to the Sociology of Education: Theoretical and Conceptual Perspectives; A.A.Abdi & A.Cleghorn African Philosophies of Education: Counter-colonial Criticisms; A.A.Abdi National 'Development' and African Universities: A Theoretical and Socio-political Analysis; K.P.Puplampu PART II: CULTURE, LANGUAGE AND THE CURRICULUM Reclaiming Our Memories: The Education Dilemma in Postcolonial African School Curricula; E.Shizha Surveying Indigenous Knowledge, the Curriculum, and Development in Africa: A Critical Viewpoint; N.Mkosi Language Issues in African School Settings: Problems and Prospects for Literacy for All; A.Cleghorn Cultural Perspectives on Science and Technology Education; M.B.Ogunniyi PART III: GENDER AND EQUALITY ISSUES Women's Education and Social Development in Africa; B.Egbo Achieving Gender Equity in Africa's Institutions of Tertiary Education: Beyond Access and Education in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Women in Development Approach (WID) and its Discontents; C.Diaw Quandaries, Prospects and Challenges of Nomadic Educational Policy on Women and Girls in Sub-Sahara Africa; L.Usman Narratives from Ghana: Exploring Issues of Difference and Diversity in Education; G.J.Sefa Dei & A.Asgharzadeh PART IV: Education and Change Democratizing Education in Zambia: Social and Historical Analyses; E.Shizha & A.A.Abdi At the Mercy of Informal Learning: Education and Development in Stateless Somalia; A.A.Abdi School Organization and Teacher Education: A Kenyan Case Study; N.Wane The Role of the School in Africa in the 21st Century: Coping with Forces of Change; O.Abagi