Education, learning, and the transformation of development / edited by Amy Skinner, Matt Baillie Smith, Eleanor Brown and Tobias Troll.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Skinner, Amy, editor.

Smith, Matt, Dr., editor.

Brown, Eleanor, editor.

Troll, Tobias, editor.

James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.

Series:

Rethinking development

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Critical pedagogy--Cross-cultural studies.

Critical pedagogy.

Economic development--Effect of education on--Cross-cultural studies.

Economic development.

Economic development--Effect of education on.

Genre:

Cross-cultural studies.

Physical Description:

xxvii, 188 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2016.

Contents:

Part 1 Rethinking education and development 1

1 A new development paradigm or business as usual? Exploring the relationship between the political subject and social change / April R. Biccum Biccum, April R. 3

2 Development as systematic learning and capacity building / Michael Karlberg Karlberg, Michael, Bita Correa Correa, Bita 19

3 Learning, labour and leisure / Rachel Shah Shah, Rachel 36

4 Practitioner perspective: learning for life / Helena Norberg-Hodge Norberg-Hodge, Helena 50

Part 2 Education and development alternatives 59

5 Ethno-development, education and development in Raqaypampa, Bolivia / Pablo Regalsky Regalsky, Pablo, Hanne Haaland Haaland, Hanne 61

6 Can dreams come true? Exploring transformative education and development through the experiences of La Verneda-Sant Martí, Catalunya, Spain / Sandra Roig Roig, Sandra, Jim Crowther Crowther, Jim 77

7 What do we mean by success? Comparing outcomes from Freirean adult education programmes in Brazil and Mozambique / Rolf Straubhaar Straubhaar, Rolf 93

8 Practitioner perspective: this revolution will not be schooled: how we are collectively improvising a 'new story' about learning / Manish Jain Jain, Manish, Bayo Akomolafe Akomolafe, Bayo 106

Part 3 Learning, agency and citizen engagement 123

9 Civic habitus: toward a pedagogy for citizen engagement / Jethro Pettit Pettit, Jethro 125

10 The future of development education: transformational learning for a world citizens movement / Tobías Troll Troll, Tobías, Johannes Krause Krause, Johannes 143

11 Learning in the praxis of diaspora politics: understanding development as social justice / Helen Underhill Underhill, Helen 158

12 Practitioner perspective: the critical and creative promise of education: a trans-local approach to hosting learning spaces / Anita Borkar Borkar, Anita 172.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.

ISBN:

9781138952553

9781138952546

1138952540

1138952559

OCLC:

919480884

Publisher Number:

99969056474