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Education, Indigenous Knowledges, and Development in the Global South Anders Breidlid

Education, Indigenous Knowledges, and Development in the Global South By Anders Breidlid

Education, Indigenous Knowledges, and Development in the Global South by Anders Breidlid

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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.

Education, Indigenous Knowledges, and Development in the Global South Summary

Education, Indigenous Knowledges, and Development in the Global South: Contesting Knowledges for a Sustainable Future by Anders Breidlid

The book's focus is the hegemonic role of so-called modernist, Western epistemology that spread in the wake of colonialism and the capitalist economic system, and its exclusion and othering of other epistemologies.

Through a series of case studies the book discusses how the domination of Western epistemology has had a major impact on the epistemological foundation of the education systems across the globe. The book queries the sustainability of hegemonic epistemology both in the classrooms in the global South as well as in the face of the imminent ecological challenges of our common earth, and discusses whether indigenous knowledge systems would better serve the pupils in the global South and help promote sustainable development.

Education, Indigenous Knowledges, and Development in the Global South Reviews

"Breidlids book promotes the recognition and respect of indigenous epistemologies which are reflected in the education systems of the Global South. The author insists that an education system that does not consider the indigenous knowledge and culture of learners is disconnecting them from their indigenous context and epistemologies. This book is recommended for all courses related to indigenous education."- Rev. Godrick E. Lyimo, ALTER NATIVE, January 2015


'The book is a most valuable source of information on problems facing countries in the Global South. It is very well written. I hope it will be read and discussed by students, scholars, and aid workers so that they can better understand the problems facing authorities in countries with disadvantaged groups, when structuring the education
system.'- Lars Leer, Forum for Development Studies, February 2015

'This is an important book and one that will provide and provoke in equal measure.'- David Stephens, Comparative Education, January 2015

'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, International Review of Education, September 2013

'Breidlids Education, Indigenous Knowledges, and Development provides fascinating insight into a number of education systems in the Global South...The book is passionately written, and is evidently the culmination of a considerable period of field research and scholarly practice.'- Patrick L.J. Bailey, British Journal of Sociology of Education, June 2013

About Anders Breidlid

Anders Breidlid is Professor of International Education and Development at Oslo University College.

Table of Contents

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?

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NPB9780415895897
9780415895897
0415895898
Education, Indigenous Knowledges, and Development in the Global South: Contesting Knowledges for a Sustainable Future by Anders Breidlid
Anders Breidlid
Routledge Research in Education
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Hardback
Taylor & Francis Ltd
2012-08-17
244
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