Education, Modern Development, and Indigenous Knowledge

Download or read book Education, Modern Development, and Indigenous Knowledge written by Seana McGovern and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 1999 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book re-conceptualizes the field of international and comparative education by utilizing indigenous knowledge as a central component for altering the dominant, eurocentric social science research paradigm. Examples from indigenous sources of knowledge are juxtaposed to the dominant discourses on education and modern development in subaltern societies in order to provide scholars with alternative ways of viewing education and development and to shape how subaltern peoples are understood and represented in academic research. Bibliography. Index.