Indigenizing Civic Education in Africa: Experience in Madagascar and the Sahel

Autor/inn/en	Antal, Carrie; Easton, Peter
Titel	Indigenizing Civic Education in Africa: Experience in Madagascar and the Sahel
Quelle	In: International Journal of Educational Development, 29 (2009) 6, S.599-611 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0738-0593
DOI	10.1016/j.ijedudev.2008.10.004
Schlagwörter	Informal Education; African Culture; Citizenship Education; Citizen Participation; Foreign Countries; Comparative Analysis; Democracy; Democratic Values; Politics of Education; Nonformal Education; Indigenous Knowledge; Educational Development; Developing Nations; Program Effectiveness; International Education; Madagascar + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Informelle Bildung; Nichtformale Bildung; Africa; Culture; Afrika; Kultur; Citizenship; Education; Politische Bildung; Politische Erziehung; Staatsbürgerliche Erziehung; 'Citizen participation; Citizens'' participation'; Bürgerbeteiligung; Ausland; Demokratie; Educational policy; Bildungspolitik; Non-formal education; Non formal education; Bildungsentwicklung; Developing country; Developing countries; Entwicklungsland; Internationale Erziehung; Madagaskar
Abstract	In Africa, as in many countries of the South, democratization is sometimes perceived as a process modeled upon outside--and specifically Northern--experience. Formal civic education programs in those countries arguably reflect the same bias and have not always been notably successful. Yet there are rich patterns of civic involvement and democratic process in African culture and in the myriad ways in which it has adapted to development challenges, often more successfully reflected in non-formal and informal education endeavors. This article reports on a comparative study of related experience in Madagascar and Sahelian West Africa and draws conclusions regarding ways to draw inspiration for school-based civic education from such ground-level sources. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10