Schooling and Education in Africa: The Case of Ghana
- ISBN-10
- 1592210031
- ISBN-13
- 9781592210039
- Category
- Community and school
- Pages
- 322
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2004
- Publisher
- Africa World Press
- Author
- George Jerry Sefa Dei
Description
"Education in Africa is often said to be in a ""crisis."" This current crisis is in part a colonial legacy of frequently misguided educational policies and practices that fail to ""speak"" adequately to the variety of human experiences or to the diverse histor"
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