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Donna M. Mertens; Bagele Chilisa – International Journal for Transformative Research, 2024
The international development community made a commitment to transformative goals related to social, economic, and environmental justice that requires them to leave no one behind. We argue that the use of transformative and indigenous frameworks for evaluation provide guidance towards achieving those goals. We provide a rationale for inclusion of…
Descriptors: Economic Development, Global Approach, Transformative Learning, Social Justice
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Bagwasi, Mompoloki Mmangaka – Language, Culture and Curriculum, 2014
Many "African English" researchers (see Kachru, B. B. (1983). "The Indianization of English." "The English language in India." Singapore: Singapore University Press.) have argued that when English is used in non-native environments, many aspects of its lexicon, grammar and pronunciation are modified and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), African Culture, Dialects
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Addy, Nii Antiaye – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, 2012
In Sub-Saharan Africa, the academic aims of curriculum reforms and the teaching roles related to them are similar, but non-teaching roles are likely to vary across countries. Taking an organization studies perspective, this article compares teachers' roles in reform along the Botswana-South Africa border. Though these teachers share language and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Preservice Teacher Education, Racial Segregation, Curriculum Development
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Rowan, Diana; Kabwira, Davie; Mmatli, Tlamelo; Rankopo, Morena; Long, Dennis D. – Journal of Social Work Education, 2012
How might U.S. social work students' perceptions of HIV/AIDS differ from those of social work students in sub-Saharan Africa? Furthermore, what can students learn from hearing how students from other countries view them? Social work students in the United States, Botswana, and Malawi were video-recorded; they then viewed the videos of students at…
Descriptors: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Student Attitudes, Foreign Countries
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Chilisa, Bagele; Ntseane, Gabo – Gender and Education, 2010
In this paper we explore tensions between Western gender theory and research, and post-colonial and indigenous feminist standpoints, which challenge us to re-define our roles as feminist-activist educators and researchers working with formerly colonised and historically marginalised communities. We discuss how African and Black feminist approaches…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Feminism, World Views, Females
Bhola, H. S. – 1988
Like many other newly independent countries of the Third World, Botswana, at independence in 1966, sought strictly utilitarian uses of education to train manpower for modernization. By the mid-1970s, however, the country had assumed a more humane development ideology, promising economic equality, democracy, and social justice. The policy of…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, African Culture, Cultural Context, Developing Nations