TY - GEN T1 - Schooling and difference in Africa : democratic challenges in a contemporary context T2 - Book collections on Project MUSE. A2 - Dei, George J. Sefa (George Jerry Sefa), 1954- LA - English PP - Toronto Ont. PB - University of Toronto Press YR - 2006 UL - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_ocn288146881 AB - Since the 1950s when most African countries gained political independence, schooling has presented very difficult challenges. In the discussion of these challenges, however, the issue of diversity has received relatively little attention. Schooling and Difference in Africa aims to understand how differences such as ethnicity, class, gender, language, religion, and disability play out in African schools systems, and more specifically in Ghana. Together, George J. Sefa Dei, Alireza Asgharzadeh, Sharon Eblaghie Bahador, and Riyad Ahmed Shahjahan promote 'educational inclusion' in the context of African schooling. The aspects of diversity explored in this study include: minority / majority relations, race, ethnicity, gender, language, class, religion, and physical (dis)ability. The authors build their analyses of these issues around a series of interviews, which project a perspective that policy makers and administrators rarely seek out. By studying the challenges of inclusive education in Ghana and, further, by making comparisons with the Canadian context, this volume seeks to shed light on the ongoing struggle for an empowering school system in Africa and elsewhere. OP - 333 CN - LC191.8.G4 S36 2006eb SN - 9781442679610 SN - 1442679611 SN - 0802090192 SN - 9780802090195 SN - 9786611991715 SN - 6611991719 SN - 9781281991713 SN - 1281991716 SN - 9780802048943 SN - 0802048943 KW - Discrimination in education : Ghana. KW - Minorities : Education : Ghana. KW - Educational anthropology : Ghana. KW - Education : Africa. KW - Discrimination en éducation : Ghāna. KW - Minorités : Éducation : Ghāna. KW - Anthropologie et éducation : Ghāna. KW - Éducation : Afrique. KW - SOCIAL SCIENCE : Sociology : General. KW - POLITICAL SCIENCE : Public Policy : Cultural Policy. KW - SOCIAL SCIENCE : Anthropology : Cultural. KW - SOCIAL SCIENCE : Popular Culture. KW - Discrimination in education KW - Education KW - Educational anthropology KW - Minorities : Education KW - Africa KW - Ghana KW - Diskriminierung KW - Schulbildung KW - Schule ER -