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Education, Modern Development, and Indigenous Knowledge

Name: Education, Modern Development, and Indigenous Knowledge
Author: Seana McGovern
ISBN: 9780815328407

by Seana McGovern

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This book re-conceptualizes the field of international and comparative education by utilizing indigenous knowledge as a central component for altering the dominant, eurocentric social science research paradigm. Examples from indigenous sources of knowledge are juxtaposed to the dominant discourses on education and modern development in subaltern societies in order to provide scholars with alternative ways of viewing education and development and to shape how subaltern peoples are understood and represented in academic research. Bibliography. Index.

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Arguing that those involved in the production of academic knowledge (mainly Western educators) should examine assumptions associated with the creation of knowledge about indigenous peoples, the author (an academic whose background is not noted) examines academic representations of education and modern development in subaltern societies. Her analysis centers on a discussion of the production of knowledge in two scholarly texts in relation to the field of international and comparative education. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)