<p>This book provides an Asian perspective on the timely, urgent questions of how international education aid and development should move forward and what development roles Asia should play, especially following the end of the UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and Education for All (EFA) in 201
Language, Development Aid and Human Rights in Education: Curriculum Policies in Africa and Asia
β Scribed by Zehlia Babaci-Wilhite (auth.)
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan UK
- Year
- 2015
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 203
- Series
- Palgrave Studies in Global Citizenship Education and Democracy
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Table of Contents
Front Matter....Pages i-xxi
Introduction: The Paradigm Shift in Language Choices in Education....Pages 1-13
Educational Issues in Africa and Asia....Pages 14-26
Development Aid in Education....Pages 27-38
Educational Aid in a Human Rights Perspective....Pages 39-47
A Rights-Based Approach in North-South Academic Collaboration within the Context of Development Aid....Pages 48-66
Linguistic Rights for Appropriate Development in Education....Pages 67-85
Language-in-Education Policy....Pages 86-107
Experiences in Countries That Have Chosen English as the Language of Instruction....Pages 108-120
Science Literacy and Mathematics as a Human Right....Pages 121-134
Conclusions and Recommendations: Local Languages and Knowledge for Sustainable Development....Pages 135-145
Back Matter....Pages 146-181
β¦ Subjects
Human Rights; Linguistics, general; Education, general; Educational Policy and Politics; Curriculum Studies; Political Science
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