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1030087
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b784457
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Brock-Utne, Birgit,1938-
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Whose education for all? : : the recolonization of the African mind /\ Birgit Brock-Utne.
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| Publication Statement
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New York ;London :: Falmer Press,, 2000.
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| Series Statement
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Garland reference library of social science ;; v. 1445.Studies in education/politics ;; v. 6
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1 online resource (xxx, 340 pages)
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| ISBN
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020390365X
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: 0585451788
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: 0815334788
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: 113557829X
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: 1280335629
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: 6610335621
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: 9780203903650
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: 9780585451787
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: 9780815334781
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: 9781135578299
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: 9781280335624
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: 9786610335626
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0815334788
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-325) and index.
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| Contents
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Book Cover; Title; Contents; Preface; Series Editor's Introduction; Introduction; Establishing Education Policies for Sub-Saharan Africa: A Critique; Whose Education for All?; Education Policies for Sub-Saharan Africa as Viewed by the World Bank; The Formulation of Educational Policies and the Coordination of Aid; Some Examples; African Culture and the Content of Schooling; A Renewed Curriculum Dependency?; Education for All; In Whose Language?; Language of Instruction in Tanzania and Namibia; A Life after Jomtien for the African Universities?; Globalization of Learning
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Whose Globe and What Learning?The Role of the African Universities; Africanization of the Universities of South Africa; Yes, Whose Education for All Is It?; References; Index
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| Abstract
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Since 1990, when the phrase ""education for all"" was first coined at the World Bank conference in Jomtien, Thailand, a battle has raged over its meaning and its impact on education in Africa. In this thought-provoking new volume, Dr. Brock-Utne argues that ""education for all"" really means ""Western primary schooling for some, and none for others."" Her incisive analysis demonstrates how this construct robs Africans of their indigenous knowledge and language, starves higher education in Africa, and thereby perpetuates Western dominion. In Dr. Brock-Utne's words, ""A quadrangle building has.
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Education-- Aims and objectives-- Africa, Sub-Saharan.
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Education-- Economic aspects-- Africa, Sub-Saharan.
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Educational assistance-- Africa, Sub-Saharan.
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Education-- Aims and objectives.
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Education-- Economic aspects.
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EDUCATION-- Finance.
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Educational assistance.
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Sub-Saharan Africa.
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| Dewey Classification
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379.1/296
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LC67.A435B76 2000eb
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