George J. Sefa Dei is Professor of Humanities, Social Sciences, and Social Justice Education at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto. Arlo Kempf is a Banting Postdoctoral Fellow in the Graduate School of Education and Information Studies, University of California, Los Angeles.
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* Foreword by Molefi Kete Asante* Introduction* Chapter 1: African-Centred Education: Situation the Tradition* Chapter 2: The Search for Academic Excellence: Toward a New Policy Framework* Chapter 3: The Fight for African-Centred Schooling in Toronto* Chapter 4: Engaging Academic Critiques with Critical Responses* Chapter 5: Teacher Resistance to African-Centred Education: Public Discourse, Race, and National Identity* Chapter 6: Re-Visioning Educational Opportunity: African-Centred Education* Chapter 7: Moving Forward: The Track Record of African-Centred Education and the Push for New Alternatives* Appendix A: Teacher's Introduction to African-Centred Education* References * Index
This book is a well-researched and well-presented Africentric contribution to the critical discourse on quality of education. Indeed, it is a significant advance in the urgently needed reconsideration of how education is defined, delivered, assessed, and used from a unique and valuable perspective." - Maulana Karenga, California State University, Long Beach