Educating Girls in Congo: An Unsolved Pedagogical Paradox since Colonial Times?

Autor/inn/en	Depaepe, Marc; Lembagusala Kikumbi, Annette
Titel	Educating Girls in Congo: An Unsolved Pedagogical Paradox since Colonial Times?
Quelle	In: Policy Futures in Education, 16 (2018) 8, S.936-952 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1478-2103
DOI	10.1177/1478210318767450
Schlagwörter	Foreign Policy; Sex Stereotypes; Foreign Countries; Females; Caregivers; African Culture; Oral History; Educational History; Educational Attainment; Educational Change; Social Change; Educational Philosophy; Sex Role; Higher Education; Secondary Education; Educational Opportunities; Congo + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Außenpolitik; Ausland; Weibliches Geschlecht; Caregiver; Carer; Betreuungsperson; Pfleger; Africa; Culture; Afrika; Kultur; Oral tradition; Mündliche Überlieferung; History of education; Bildungsgeschichte; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Bildungsreform; Sozialer Wandel; Bildungsphilosophie; Erziehungsphilosophie; Geschlechterrolle; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Sekundarbereich; Bildungsangebot; Bildungschance; Kongo
Abstract	Generally speaking, colonial education in Congo did not engender a very great widening of consciousness among the local population. Mostly, it resulted in inevitable submission through discipline and order. This was particularly the case for girls, for which fewer initiatives were taken than for boys. Moreover, gender stereotypes from the 'mother' country clearly dominated the evolution of female education in Congo. At best girls were trained for care-taking professions. After independence, some Congolese leaders, like Mulele (the first Minister of Education of the Democratic Republic of Congo) and Mobutu (who called himself 'the founding president of Zaire') wanted to break the colonial tradition by putting education in a more authentic African context. However, both educational models -- the one of Mulele as well as the one of his adversary Mobutu - were in the end not very successful. The least we can say, at the basis of some oral history, is that the pedagogical paradox between the rhetoric of emancipation and the existing everyday educational realities in Africa is far from being solved. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01