Education and Development in Zimbabwe A Social, Political ...

Education and Development in Zimbabwe

A Social, Political and Economic Analysis

Edward Shizha and Michael T. Kariwo

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EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT IN ZIMBABWE

Education and Development in Zimbabwe

A Social, Political and Economic Analysis

By Edward Shizha Wilfrid Laurier University, Brantford, Canada and Michael T. Kariwo University of Alberta, Canada

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DEDICATION

This book is dedicated to my dear and supportive family, my wife Sebia, and children Anesu Evans, Samantha Rufaro, and Sandra Ruvimbo. To my mother and late father, I say ndinotenda for the foundation you laid for me. Education and knowledge have been a rewarding experience.

Edward Shizha

I would like to dedicate this book to my wife and children, my mother and father. I just want to say thank you to all of you for your support. To my late mom and dad, thank you for showing me the way. Knowledge is power.

Michael Tonderai Kariwo

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Preface

ix

Introduction

xi

Part I. Education and Development

1. Education and Development: An Introduction

3

2. Impact of Colonialism on Education

13

3. Education for All and the Right to Education

27

4. Neoliberalism and Policy Reversals in Education

43

5. Deprofessionalisation of the Teaching Profession

59

6. Postcolonial Curriculum: Continuity or Discontinuity

73

7. The Language Problem in Teaching and Learning in Schools

91

8. Citizenship Education in Zimbabwe

107

Part II. Perspectives in Higher Education

9. The Development of Higher Education in Zimbabwe

125

10.

Higher Education at the Crossroads

135

11.

Gender and Access to Higher Education

151

12.

Globalisation and Higher Education

159

13.

The Issues and the Way Forward

169

References

179

Index

195

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