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Record Nr.

UNINA9910461300203321

Titolo

Postcolonial perspectives on global citizenship education / / edited by Vanessa de Oliveira Andreotti and Lynn Mario T.M. de Souza

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2012

ISBN

1-283-45926-4

9786613459268

1-136-58239-8

0-203-15615-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (259 p.)

Collana

Routledge research in education ; ; 68

Altri autori (Persone)

AndreottiVanessa

SouzaLynn Mario T. Menezes de

Disciplina

370.11/5

Soggetti

World citizenship - Study and teaching

International education

Postcolonialism

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. I. Conceptual analyses : global citizenship education and the gifts and limitations of postcolonial theory -- pt. II. Critiques of GCE initiatives : policies, campaigns, study abroad and volunteering schemes -- pt. III. Creating postcolonial spaces : global citizenship education 'Otherwise'.

Sommario/riassunto

This volume bridges the gap between contemporary theoretical debates and educational policies and practices. It applies postcolonial theory as a framework of analysis that attempts to engage with and go beyond essentialism, ethno- and euro-centrisms through a critical examination of contemporary case studies and conceptual issues. From a transdisciplinary and post-colonial perspective, this book offers critiques of notions of development, progress, humanism, culture, representation, identity, and education. It also examines the implications of these critiques in terms of pedagogical approac