Global issues in language, education and development : perspectives from postcolonial countries / Naz Rassool ; with case studies by Maggie Canvin, Kathleen Heugh, and Naz Rassool ; with Sabiha Mansoor.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rassool, Naz, 1949-

Contributor:

Canvin, Maggie.

Heugh, Kathleen.

Mansoor, Sabiha.

Series:

Linguistic diversity and language rights ; 4.

Linguistic diversity and language rights ; 4

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Language and education--Developing countries.

Language and education.

Language policy--Developing countries.

Language policy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (303 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Clevedon [England] ; Buffalo [N.Y.] : Multilingual Matters Ltd., c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The question of why the issue of language features increasingly at the centre of debates about education for social and economic development at the beginning of the 21st Century is compelling. Within a rapidly changing world, language, literacy and communication are seen as constituting key elements in the process of lifelong learning. Contemporary technological development and cultural shifts intersect in complex ways with the legacy of colonialism and underdevelopment within developing countries with a colonial history. This book addresses some of these issues related to language and development. Part I explores the relationship between colonial and postcolonial social policies on the unresolved language problems that prevail in many developing countries. Part II comprises case studies of Mali, Pakistan and South Africa. Part III draws on key motifs identified in the previous two sections, and discusses linguistic diversity as an important variable of cultural capital within the interactive global cultural economy. The book’s focus on language, education and development makes it essential reading in Development Studies, International and Comparative Education, Sociology and Educational Policy Studies. Its focus on language issues within the global cultural economy would make it an important text in Applied Linguistic Studies.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Series Editor’s Foreword

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Chapter 1. Language and the Colonial State

Chapter 2. Postcolonial Development, Language and Nationhood

Chapter 3. The Global Cultural Economy: Issues of Language, Culture and Politics

Chapter 4. Language in the Global Cultural Economy:1 Implications for Postcolonial Societies

Chapter 5. Language and Education Issues in Policy and Practice in Mali, West Africa

Chapter 6. Language and Literacy Issues in South Africa

Chapter 7. Contemporary Issues in Language, Education and Development in Pakistan

Chapter 8. Postcolonial Perspectives: Issues in Language-in-Education and Development in the Global Cultural Economy

References

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-286) and index.

ISBN:

9786610828593

9781280828591

1280828595

9781853599538

1853599530

OCLC:

648183006