Challenging perceptions of Africa in schools : critical approaches to global justice education / edited by Barbara O'Toole, Ebun Joseph and David Nyaluke.
"This book challenges educational discourse in relation to teaching about Africa at all levels of the education system in the Global North, with a specific case study focus in the Republic of Ireland. The book provides an interrogation of the proliferation of negative imagery of African people...
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Full Text (via Taylor & Francis) |
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| Other Authors: | , , |
| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London ; New York, NY :
Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group,
2020.
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| Series: | Routledge research in education ;
6. |
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| Summary: | "This book challenges educational discourse in relation to teaching about Africa at all levels of the education system in the Global North, with a specific case study focus in the Republic of Ireland. The book provides an interrogation of the proliferation of negative imagery of African people and African countries, and the impact of this on the attitudes and perceptions of children and young people. It explores how predominantly negative stereotyping can be challenged in classrooms through an educational approach grounded in principles of solidarity, interdependence and social justice"-- |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xv, 199 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780429467127 0429467125 9780429883682 0429883684 9780429883675 0429883676 9780429883699 0429883692 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 09, 2020) |
| Biographical or Historical Data: | Barbara O'Toole is a Senior Lecturer at Marino Institute of Education, Dublin, Ireland. Ebun Joseph is a Lecturer in Black Studies, Dublin, Ireland. David Nyaluke is the Proudly Made in Africa Fellow at University College Dublin, Ireland. |