INDEX

A

able-bodied

people, 175, 183, 186, 190

professionals, 174, 197

researchers, 182, 183

students, 181

teachers, 179, 194, 197

abortion

constitutional review, 84

post-abortion care, 89

action research, 66

African

humanness, 240

indigenous systems, 239

renaissance, 239

social work education, 12

systems of thought, 240

women, 97

worldviews, 240

American capital hegemony, 241

Angola, 184

anti-racist teaching, 59, 62

Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA), 63

aauthoritarian medical model, 200

B

banking model of education, 8

Black women, 97

Braille, 188, 189

Breecher Report, 23

C

Canada

administrative structure, 186

Charter of Rights and Freedoms, 175

Human Rights Code, 179

Ministry of Health, 185, 186

capitalism, 97

Charity Organization Society, 158

Children’s Act, 81

civil war, 184

colonial era, 2

regimes, 3

colonial forces

England, 22

France, 22

Portugal, 22

colonial patriarchal heritage, 96, 115

colonialism, 97

computer literacy, 127, 128

conflicts

community, 164

connectivism, 125

Conservative Government, 208

continental African scholars, 1

co-operative learning, 60

cost of instruction, 217

cost sharing, 102, 219, 223

cultural imperialism, 149

culture, 236

African cultures, 235

curriculum, 122, 123, 124, 126, 130, 131

change, 149, 167, 235

design, 135

learner needs, 134

reform, 245

teacher education, 132, 133, 135

D

developing world, 124, 127

development, 9, 18, 19, 230, 231, 236

activities, 164

economic, 160, 161

global, 10

HIV/AIDS, 63

human, 18

indigenous African, 232

language, 25

local, 10

material, 18

poverty, 63

social, 161

social change, 167

White paper, 161

digital divide, 11, 124, 126, 141

disabilities

civil war, 184

communication, 189

discrimination, 174, 178, 183, 193, 197

eugenics and euthanasia, 200

landmines, 184

oppression, 174, 178

perceptions, 190, 198

research, 186

technology, 189

treatment of, 177

visual, 178, 184, 191, 196

youth, 176

division of labour, 109

E

economic policies, 245

education, 230

African, 234, 236, 240, 245

banking model, 30

budget, 152

crisis, 233

educational equity, 243

educational system, 244

equity, 30

Eurocentric, 26, 231

extra-curricular activities, 162

in Africa, 3

language, 7, 8

language of instruction, 36

learning problems, 29

remedial model, 158, 161

rural, 26

science, 238

social work, 157–58, 160, 163, 166

systems, 6

transformative curriculum, 163

Western, 152

educational crisis, 2, 3

Education for All (EFA), 25

education for development, 9

Education for Self Reliance, 105

Education with Production, 54, 55, 65

empirical studies, 1

employment, 176

categories of discrimination, 175

professional, 216

recruitment of disabled, 190

sources of income, 225

equity, 220, 224

Eurocentric legacy, 3, 5

Eurocentric theoretical frameworks, 235

European dominance, 233

experimental method, 42

exploitation

class, 4

F

family, 5

female genital cutting, 77, 81

female science teachers, 113

financial resources, 216

financing university, 225

free primary education, 26

Freire, Paulo, 8

G

Gachathi Commission, 24

gender

inequality, 4, 156

in science, 8

status, 156

gender equity, 44

gender inequalities, 78, 89

gender parity, 98

under-representation, 107, 108

globalization, 34

culture, 10

globalizing, 244

grade repetition, 27

graduate tax, 229, 230

H

handicapped people, 174, 197, 200

deinstitutionalization, 200

in Africa, 176

students, 180

teachers, 179, 190, 193, 196

health care, 88

access, 83

barriers, 78, 88

primary, 155

user fees, 155

hegemonic traditions, 59

hegemony, 149

higher education, 9, 107, 214, 220

Africa, 214, 220

Botswana, 229

Canada, 217

gender, 214, 215, 216, 217

Nigeria, 221

Senegal, 224

higher education policies, 207

History, Philosophy and Sociology (HPS), 46

HIV/AIDS, 82, 155, 156, 159, 184, 199

holistic, 242

homogenization, 10

human rights, 5, 182

human rights law, 85

government roles, 86

I

illiteracy rate, 111

imported learning, 47

colonization, 60

inclusion, 180, 199

indigenous

as “local,” 239

as “traditional,” 234

ways of knowing, 243

indigenous cultures, 233, 240

indigenous knowledge, 2, 19, 150, 162–65, 168

authentication, 165

educational framework, 12

globalization, 166

indigenization, 165

internationalization, 166

and language, 15–17, 21

religion, 165

systems, 244

indigenous knowledges, 50, 238

and science, 45, 48

traditional heat metaphor, 51

industrialized countries, 127, 129

infant mortality rate, 155

informal economic sectors, 20

information technology (IT), 11, 12, 122, 123, 125, 126, 130

access, 128

equipment, 133

needs assessment, 145

skills, 127, 128, 129, 132, 133, 134, 135, 142

specialists, 141

standards, 127

instructional strategies, 192

integration, 181, 199

International Monetary Fund (IMF), 97, 115, 206, 220, 245

Internet, 122, 123, 132

J

Jewish Holocaust, 177

K

Kenyan women, 5

Kisii, 77

knowledge

African indigenous cultural knowledge, 237, 239

African science, 236

African science and technology, 237

cultural transmission, 19, 20

global, 234, 236

indigenous knowledge, 17, 19

indigenous science, 236

African spiritual cosmology, 238

local, 231, 245

traditional, 241

Western, 236

knowledge adaptation, 50–1

application, 63

contextualization, 53, 62

relevance, 64

L

labour-market earnings, 111

language

empowerment, 23

English, 6, 7, 8, 21

equity, 30

ethnic tensions, 33

European, 7, 34, 35

indigenous, 6, 7, 8

indigenous languages, 18, 19, 21, 32, 33, 34

Kiswahili, 7, 8

myths and fallacies, 31

non-Kenyan languages, 21

practice, 24

repository of culture, 20

language of instruction, 28, 35

learning methodologies

constructivism, 46, 56

hypothetico-deductive model, 45

learner-centred orientation, 42, 43, 64

natural humanism, 46

science-centred orientation, 42, 43

society-centred orientation, 42, 43, 64

Liberal government, 203, 205, 225

lingua franca, 23

linguistic homogeneity, 33

local, 239

local knowledge. See indigenous knowledge

low income students, 209, 229

M

maendelo, 16

marriage, 112

masculinity, 79

maternal mortality rate, 74–75, 83, 155

Millennium Development Goals, 87

missionaries, 22, 31

motherhood, 74

Mozambique, 184

Musoma Resolution, 98, 100

N

natural world, 242

neo-colonialist, 239

Nigeria

demographics, 154

ethno-religious conflicts, 154

oil, 154

social work, 167, 168

women, 157

Nyerere, Julius, 105

O

Olusegun Obadanjo, 156

Ominde commission, 24

organizational hierarchy, 144

orthography, 31, 32, 33

P

patriarchy, 4, 5

pedagogy, 190, 191

people with disabilities, 12

policy

agrarian reforms, 198

decisions, 191

discriminatory policies, 179

economic sanctions, 198

recommendation, 188

political and moral commitment, 244

polygamous unions, 80

postcolony, 2, 4

post-secondary education, 5

poverty, 156, 160

premiers, Ontario

Bob Rae, 207

Dalton McGuinty, 207

David Petersen, 207

Mike Harris, 207, 208

private universities, 224

problem-based education, 8

Q

quota system, 101, 102, 110

R

reproductive health, 76, 79

adolescence, 90

indigenous customs, 79

politics, 84

research

budgets, 183, 187

consumers, 187

providers, 187

rights, 85

Rivers Readers Project, 32

Rodney, Walter, 13

S

scholarships, 223, 224

school knowledge, 51

science

goals, 52

Science, Technology, Society and the Environment (STSE), 46–47, 57, 58, 62

Settlement House Movement, 158

sex

education, 76, 77

pre-marital, 77

taboos, 76, 77

sexuality and gender, 115

sexual and reproductive health, 5

education, 106

sexual harassment, 109, 113, 114

sexuality

adolescence, 81, 82

poverty, 82

sexually transmitted infections, 81

social action, 241

social change, 241

social-support programs, 182

social welfare programs, 148, 151, 155, 158

disadvantaged communities, 160

health services, 152

urban middle class, 152

social work

Africa, 150

education, 149, 166

models, 12

practice, 160

profession, 149, 157

roles, 165

systems, 151, 152, 153, 155

theories, 152

Western, 148, 149, 152, 166

workers, 153

socio-economic background

Canada, 217

economic indicators, 219

Kenya, 216

low, 210, 216, 219

South Africa, 162, 185

spiritual world, 241

structural adjustment, 206

Structural Adjustment Programs, 97, 99,

102, 115, 220

students

financial assistance, 214

Ghana, 214, 216

physical disability, 180, 181, 192

special needs, 180

testing, 194

student loans, 208, 209, 210, 217, 219, 221

grants, 209

income-contingent, 206, 207, 209, 210, 224, 228

Ontario Student Assistance Program (OSAP), 219

sub-Saharan Africa, 98, 206, 225

Swahilization policy, 35

T

teachable standard, 197

teaching resources, 110

technical education, 107, 115

ten-cell leadership, 137–139

districts, 138

organizational structure, 139

zones, 138

three languages model, 36

traditional, 234, 240

traditional knowledge. See indigenous knowledge

transformative pedagogies, 245

tuition fees, 218, 223

free, 221

U

UNESCO, 98, 207

Universal Primary Education, 26, 98, 100

user fees, 221

V

vocational training, 54

vocationalization, 110

W

Western colonialist, 239

Western knowledge, 165

wife inheritance, 80

women’s enrolment, 108

World Bank, 97, 99, 100, 102, 115, 206, 220, 221, 245

White Paper, 162

white supremacy, 3

Z

Zimbabwe

administrative structure, 197

Disabled Persons Act, 1992, 199

Ministry of Education, 193

Ministry of Labour and social Welfare, 199

National Disability Board, 199