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Challenging Perceptions of Africa in Schools - Critical Approaches to Global Justice Education (Paperback)
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Challenging Perceptions of Africa in Schools - Critical Approaches to Global Justice Education (Paperback)
Series: Routledge Research in Education
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This book challenges educational discourse in relation to teaching
about Africa at all levels of the education system in the Global
North, with a specific case study focusing on the Republic of
Ireland. The book provides an interrogation of the proliferation of
negative imagery of and messages about African people and African
countries and the impact of this on the attitudes and perceptions
of children and young people. It explores how predominantly
negative stereotyping can be challenged in classrooms through an
educational approach grounded in principles of solidarity,
interdependence, and social justice. The book focuses on the
premise that existing educational narratives about the African
continent and African people are rooted in a preponderance of
racialised perceptions: an 'impoverished' continent dependent on
the 'benevolence' of the North. The cycle of negativity engendered
as a result of such portrayals cannot be broken until educators
engage with these matters and bring critical and inquiry-based
pedagogies into classrooms. Insights into three key pedagogical
areas are provided - active unlearning, translating critical
thinking into meaningful action, and developing a race
consciousness. This book will appeal to academics, researchers, and
post-graduate students in the fields of education and teacher
education. It will be of interest to those involved in youth work,
as well as intercultural and global citizenship youth trainers.
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