Drawing on a wide range of international contexts, International Education and Development provides an innovative and comprehensive critique of developments to improve schooling in the global South. Offering both a theoretical critique of the field and a series of case studies, drawn from recent research, illustrating the usefulness of a narrative approach, it generates a greater understanding of the meta-narratives that shape development and international education. Focusing on three periods of extensive field work in South Africa, Bangladesh and Mauritius, this book reflects upon the combination of narrative and biographical approaches in different national settings. Context is provided in three levels, meta, meso and micro, through a clear and critical examination of the macro ‘stories’ of development and international education over the past fifty years, and an examination of the role that narrative can play at local and micro levels, looking at the stories of individual decision makers – from children in the classroom to education officers at the district education office – and the opportunities and challenges of using these accounts for research, teaching and policy-making purposes.International Education and Development adds a global perspective to an area dominated by a concern with the Northern industrialised world, making it an essential text for students following courses in the social sciences, and individuals working the field of international education. It addresses a fundamental concern of development theory in a unique and engaging manner. A highly original contribution to a growing field, this book synthesises developments both in this field and in the growing topic of narrative research.
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Draws on a wide range of international contexts to provide an innovative and comprehensive critique of developments to improve schooling in the global South. Offers a theoretical critique of the field, as well as a series of case studies which illustrate the usefulness of a narrative approach.
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List of figuresList of tablesAcknowledgements: Part One: ‘Grand Narratives’ of theory and methodology in international education and developmentChapter One IntroductionChapter Two Theoretical insights into culture, context and narrative Chapter Three The methodological and epistemological narrative: researching culture, context and narrative Part Two: Narratives from the fieldChapter Four National narratives of South AfricaThe national narrative of South AfricaThe cultural narrativeThe education narrativeChapter Five South African teacher narratives across two generations – from struggle to emancipationChapter Six National narratives of BangladeshThe national narrative of BangladeshThe cultural narrativeThe NGO BRAC narrativeChapter Seven At the office – Bangladeshi stories of administration, management and change.Chapter Eight National narratives of MauritiusThe national narrative of MauritiusThe cultural narrativeThe education narrativeChapter Nine Mauritian school students - narratives from an island classroomChapter Ten Conclusions: Learning from narratives of education and developmentReferencesIndex
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ISBN
9780415624015
Publisert
2018-07-31
Utgiver
Vendor
Routledge
Vekt
399 gr
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234 mm
Bredde
156 mm
Aldersnivå
UP, P, 05, 06
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Engelsk
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Antall sider
166

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Biographical note

David Stephens is Professor of International Education in the Education Research Centre, University of Brighton, UK.