Keeping the national standard? Contextual dilemmas of educational marginalization in Namibia
| Autor: | Ailie Cleghorn, Riitta-Liisa Korkeamäki, Marika Matengu |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Value (ethics)
Community level Sociology and Political Science Holistic education media_common.quotation_subject 05 social sciences 050301 education Social environment Context (language use) Development Public administration Education 050906 social work Political science 0509 other social sciences National standard 0503 education Qualitative research Diversity (politics) media_common |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Educational Development. 62:128-135 |
| ISSN: | 0738-0593 |
| Popis: | This qualitative study describes how Namibian policy actors make sense of educational marginalization when faced with contradictions between the value of diversity and the need to maintain the national standard. Policy actors in higher levels of the hierarchical system are more influenced by international ECE agendas while those at the community level want contextual solutions. The study concludes that this policy formation context is caught between local realities and globally defined international standards; however, policies that are disconnected from the sociocultural context of implementation are unjust and antithetical to the holistic development of children and a hindrance to national development. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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