Educational reconstruction and post-colonial curriculum development: A comparative study of four African countries
Educational reconstruction and post-colonial curriculum development: A comparative study of four African countries
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教育重建与后殖民课程开发:四个非洲国家的比较研究
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2001
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D. Woolman
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D. Woolman
Nation-building in modern Africa has faced the challenge of integrating multicultural traditions. Reform of inherited educational systems that largely functioned to maintain the colonial order of dependency and elitism has been an essential part of this task. Reconstruction of curriculum to reflect indigenous traditions, social change and empowerment was advocated by African critical theorists from the late 19 century to the present. This paper surveys African reform thought and curriculum development in Kenya, Mali, Mozambique and Nigeria since independence. Comparative analysis focuses on the inclusion of African culture, history and language in curriculum and innovation in methodology. Finally, African initiatives are contrasted with reconstructionist theory that integrates traditional culture with the demands of modernisation.