Narrating and Teaching the Nation
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Narrating and Teaching the Nation

The Politics of Education in Pre- and Post-Genocide Rwanda

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Narrating and Teaching the Nation

The Politics of Education in Pre- and Post-Genocide Rwanda

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The book investigates the politics of education in pre- and post-genocide Rwanda, examining the actors, interests, and discourses that have historically influenced educational policy and practice and in particular the production and revision of history curricula and textbooks.This study combines a systematic historical and comparative analysis of curricula and textbooks in Rwanda, stakeholder interviews, classroom observations, and a large-scale investigation of pupils' understandings of the country's history. Written at a crucial time of transition in Rwanda, it illuminates the role of education as a powerful means of socialisation through which dominant discourses and related belief systems have been transmitted to the younger generations, thus moulding the nation. It outlines emergent challenges and possibilities, urging a move away from the use of history teaching to disseminate a conveniently selective official history towards practices that promote critical thinking and reflect the heterogeneity characteristic of Rwanda's post-genocide society.

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Publisher
V&R unipress
Year
2016
ISBN
9783847005162
Edition
1
Topic
Biological Sciences
Subtopic
Science General
Index
Biological Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Copyright
  3. Table of Contents
  4. Body
  5. Acknowledgements
  6. Introduction
  7. 1. History, identity, and the politics of education: a conceptual framework
  8. 2. Historical background
  9. 3. Colonial Rwanda
  10. 4. Post-colonial Rwanda
  11. 5. Post-genocide Rwanda
  12. 6. School voices: Young people's narratives of Rwanda's past and present
  13. 7. Charting a way forward: what lessons for the future?
  14. Bibliography
  15. Glossary