Particularizing Universal Education in Postcolonial Sierra Leone

Autor/in	Pai, Grace
Titel	Particularizing Universal Education in Postcolonial Sierra Leone
Quelle	In: Current Issues in Comparative Education, 16 (2013) 1, S.62-73 (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1523-1615
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Case Studies; Rural Areas; African Culture; Educational Philosophy; Civil Rights; Human Capital; Enrollment Trends; Educational Trends; Trend Analysis; Program Development; Educational Finance; Financial Support; International Organizations; Educational Change; Parent Attitudes; Educational History; Educational Development; Community Education; Rural Development; Outcomes of Education; Sierra Leone + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Rural area; Ländlicher Raum; Africa; Culture; Afrika; Kultur; Bildungsphilosophie; Erziehungsphilosophie; Bürgerrechte; Grundrechte; Zivilrecht; Humankapital; Bildungsentwicklung; Trendanalyse; Programmplanung; Bildungsfonds; Finanzielle Förderung; International organisation; International organisations; International organization; Internationale Organisation; Bildungsreform; Elternverhalten; History of education; Bildungsgeschichte; ; Gemeinschaftserziehung; Nachbarschaftserziehung; Rural environment; Development; Ländliches Milieu; Entwicklung; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg
Abstract	This paper presents a vertical case study of the history of universalizing education in postcolonial Sierra Leone from the early 1950s to 1990 to highlight how there has never been a universal conception of universal education. In order to unite a nation behind a universal ideal of schooling, education needed to be adapted to different subpopulations, as the Bunumbu Project did for rural Sierra Leoneans in the 1970s to 1980s. While the idea of "localizing" education was sound, early program success was undermined by a lack of clarity behind terms like "rural" or "community." This was exacerbated by a change in the scope of the project beyond its original objectives. Only by well defining the specific constituents of a target group and fulfilling their precise needs can myriad small-scale programs ultimately aggregate to meet the diverse demands and desires of society writ large. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10