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Direct linkLaird, Siobhan E. – Teaching in Higher Education, 2006
This paper, originally given as an address to an African audience of students and academics, examines the functions of education in Africa and argues that the western-oriented approach at tertiary level is injurious to the intellectual development of students. It sets out an analysis of the processes at work in the University of Ghana which…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Intellectual Development, Social Work, Higher Education
Weis, Lois; And Others – 1978
The paper explores the effects of industrialization on objectives and content of education for women. Three groups of women serve as examples--Jewish women who immigrated from unindustrialized areas of Europe to the growing industrial economy of early 20th century United States; Ghanaian women who function in a dual economy historically and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, African Culture, Career Choice, Career Education
