Education Localization for Optimizing Globalization’s Opportunities and Challenges in Africa

Geo‐JaJa, Macleans A.

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“…These were readily accepted in Africa due to embedded local associations between development and inculcation of Western ideas of education and development. Learning continues to be based on Western concepts and thinking, which reinforces dependency (Mazrui, 2003;Geo-JaJa, 2013). Facilitation of the English language in African education provides wealthy "core" societies such as the United States and Britain with a means to exert influence on "peripheral" societies such as Zanzibar.…”

Section: Development and Marketization Of Educationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Local Languages as a Human Right in Education

Babaci‐Wilhite¹

2015

Comparative and International Education

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ScopeComparative and International Education: A Diversity of Voices aims to provide a comprehensive range of titles, making available to readers work from across the comparative and international education research community. Authors will represent as broad a range of voices as possible, from geographic, cultural and ideological standpoints. The editors are making a conscious effort to disseminate the work of newer scholars as well as that of well-established writers. The series includes authored books and edited works focusing upon current issues and controversies in a fi eld that is undergoing changes as profound as the geopolitical and economic forces that are reshaping our worlds. The series aims to provide books which present new work, in which the range of methodologies associated with comparative education and international education are both exemplifi ed and opened up for debate. As the series develops, it is intended that new writers from settings and locations not frequently part of the English language discourse will fi nd a place in the list. A C.I.P. record for this book is available from the Library of Congress. ISBN: 978-94-6209-945-6 (paperback) ISBN: 978-94-6209-946-3 (hardback) ISBN: 978-94-6209-947-0 (e-book) Published by: Sense Publishers,

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Section: Development and Marketization Of Educationmentioning

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Local Languages as a Human Right in Education

Babaci‐Wilhite¹

2015

Comparative and International Education

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“…Furthermore, research sheds the light on an additional aspect of the ongoing debate regarding the choice of a non-native language as the medium of science and mathematics instruction. While an extensive research evidence shows how teaching and learning science and mathematics in a non-native language threatens and weakens the cultural identity and devalues the native language (Albury, 2019;Al Harithi, 2012;Ennaji, 2005;Geo-Jaja, 2013;Lodge, 2016;Sah & Li, 2018), defenders of the use of a non-native language as the medium of science and mathematics instruction believe that teaching and learning science and mathematics in a non-native language doesn't have negative effects on the cultural identity and the value of the native language in the society (Cummins, 2000;Navés, 2009;Ngugi, 1994;Sumaryono & Ortiz, 2004).…”

Section: Language From a Global And Sociopolitical Perspectivementioning

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“…The debate between the school leaders regarding the influence of a non-native as the medium of science and mathematics instruction on the cultural identity and the native language was also reflected in the research and the theoretical framework of this study. An extensive research evidence shows how teaching and learning science and mathematics in a non-native language threatens and weakens the cultural identity and devalues the native language (Albury, 2019;Al Harithi, 2012;Ennaji, 2005;Geo-Jaja, 2013;Lodge, 2016;Sah & Li, 2018).…”

Section: Mathematics Instruction On the Cultural Identity And The Nat...mentioning

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“…In fact, an extensive research evidence shows how teaching and learning science and mathematics in a non-native language devalues the cultural identity and the native language (Albury, 2019;Al Harithi, 2012;Ennaji, 2005;Geo-Jaja, 2013;Lodge, 2016;Sah & Li, 2018). For instance, several researchers affirm that the hegemony of English, as a result of colonial powers, can threaten a country's culture and native language (Albury, 2019;Mustafawi & Shaaban, 2019) and spread the values of the western society (Geo-Jaja, 2013).…”

Section: Mathematics Instruction On the Cultural Identity And The Nat...mentioning

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School Leaders’ Perceptions of Teaching and Learning Science and Mathematics in a Non-native Language in Lebanon. (c2022)

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This study explored the school leaders’ perceptions of teaching and learning science and mathematics in a non-native language in Lebanon. The theoretical framework was based upon four main components derived from the literature: (1) The impact of teaching and learning science and mathematics in a non-native language on the academic and linguistic performance of learners, (2) the global and sociopolitical perspectives of using a non-native language as the medium of science and mathematics instruction, (3) the influence of the latter on the cultural identity and the native language, and (4) its influence on the acquisition of science and mathematics literacy. The study used grounded theory as its methodology. Data sources included a questionnaire and individual interviews with twenty-eight school leaders in public, private, and private-free schools in Beirut, Lebanon. Coding followed by categorizing the data led to five emergent themes. The school leaders mostly preferred the use of English or French as the medium of science and mathematics instruction in Lebanon. They highlighted the controversial aspect of the influence of teaching and learning science and mathematics in a non-native language on the cultural identity and the native language. They also emphasized their role in multilingual contexts and the need for language proficiency in the acquisition of scientific and mathematical literacies. They finally explained how the use of Arabic can facilitate or hamper the teaching and learning of science and mathematics in a non-native language.

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Critical Pedagogy in Language and STEM Education: Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Education

Babaci‐Wilhite

2022

The Palgrave Handbook on Critical Theories of Education

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Education Localization for Optimizing Globalization’s Opportunities and Challenges in Africa

Cited by 4 publications

References 33 publications

Local Languages as a Human Right in Education

Local Languages as a Human Right in Education

School Leaders’ Perceptions of Teaching and Learning Science and Mathematics in a Non-native Language in Lebanon. (c2022)

Critical Pedagogy in Language and STEM Education: Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Education

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