Dignity of Labour for African Leaders : The Formation of Education Policy in the British Colonial Office and Achimota School /

From 1910 to the 1930s, educating Africans was a major preoccupation in the metropole and in the colonies of imperial Britain. This richly researched book untangles the discourse on education for African leaders, which involved diverse actors such as colonial officials, missionaries, European and Am...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Yamada, Shoko (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2018
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Achimota School.
Education and state > Ghana.
Education and state > Africa.
Great Britain > Colonies > Education > History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • part I. Framework of the study
  • Introduction
  • Literature review
  • part II. Global discourse on the colonial education in Africa and its constructs
  • The context which conditioned the discourse
  • Genesis of British colonial education policies
  • Philosophical sources of inspiration for African education
  • Political context on the Gold Coast
  • Educational discourse and Guggisberg's administration
  • Achimota School as an experiment
  • Educational adaptation and public response in Ghana after independence
  • Conclusion.

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