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Language, Development Aid and Human Rights in Education PalgraveStudiesinGlobalCitizenshipEducationandDemocracy SeriesEditor:JasonLaker,SanJoseUniversity,USA Thisserieswillengagewiththetheoreticalandpracticaldebatesregardingcit- izenship,humanrightseducation,socialinclusion,andindividualandgroup identitiesastheyrelatetotheroleofhigherandadulteducationonaninter- national scale. Books in the series will consider hopeful possibilities for the capacityofhigherandadulteducationtoenablecitizenship,humanrights, democracyandthecommongood,includingemergingresearchandinterest- ingandeffectivepractices.Itwillalsoparticipateinandstimulatedeliberation anddebateabouttheconstraints,barriersandsourcesandformsofresistance to realizing the promise of egalitarian Civil Societies. The series will facili- tatecontinuedconversationonpolicyandpolitics,curriculumandpedagogy, reviewandreform,andprovideacomparativeoverviewofthedifferentcon- ceptionsandapproachestocitizenshipeducationanddemocracyaroundthe world. Titlesinclude: ZehliaBabaci-Wilhite LANGUAGE,DEVELOPMENTAIDANDHUMANRIGHTSINEDUCATION CurriculumPoliciesinAfricaandAsia JasonLaker,KornelijaMrnjausandConcepciónNaval(editors) CITIZENSHIP,DEMOCRACYANDHIGHEREDUCATIONIN EUROPE,CANADAANDTHEUSA JasonLaker,KornelijaMrnjausandConcepciónNaval(editors) CIVICPEDAGOGIESINHIGHEREDUCATION TeachingforDemocracyinEurope,CanadaandtheUSA MarcellaMilanaandTomNesbit GLOBALPERSPECTIVESONADULTEDUCATIONANDLEARNINGPOLICY PalgraveStudiesinGlobalCitizenshipEducationandDemocracy SeriesStandingOrderISBN978–1–137–43357–2Hardback 978–1–137–43358–9Paperback (outsideNorthAmericaonly) Youcanreceivefuturetitlesinthisseriesastheyarepublishedbyplacinga standingorder.Pleasecontactyourbookselleror,incaseofdifficulty,writeto usattheaddressbelowwithyournameandaddress,thetitleoftheseriesand theISBNquotedabove. Customer Services Department, Macmillan Distribution Ltd, Houndmills, Basingstoke,HampshireRG216XS,England Language, Development Aid and Human Rights in Education Curriculum Policies in Africa and Asia Zehlia Babaci-Wilhite GraduateSchoolofEducation,UniversityofCalifornia,Berkeley,USAand NorwegianCentreforHumanRights,UniversityofOslo,Norway ©ZehliaBabaci-Wilhite2015 Foreword©MartinCarnoy2015 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2015 978-1-137-47318-9 Allrightsreserved.Noreproduction,copyortransmissionofthis publicationmaybemadewithoutwrittenpermission. Noportionofthispublicationmaybereproduced,copiedortransmitted savewithwrittenpermissionorinaccordancewiththeprovisionsofthe Copyright,DesignsandPatentsAct1988,orunderthetermsofanylicence permittinglimitedcopyingissuedbytheCopyrightLicensingAgency, SaffronHouse,6–10KirbyStreet,LondonEC1N8TS. Anypersonwhodoesanyunauthorizedactinrelationtothispublication maybeliabletocriminalprosecutionandcivilclaimsfordamages. Theauthorhasassertedherrighttobeidentifiedastheauthorofthiswork inaccordancewiththeCopyright,DesignsandPatentsAct1988. Firstpublished2015by PALGRAVEMACMILLAN PalgraveMacmillanintheUKisanimprintofMacmillanPublishersLimited, registeredinEngland,companynumber785998,ofHoundmills,Basingstoke, HampshireRG216XS. PalgraveMacmillanintheUSisadivisionofStMartin’sPressLLC, 175FifthAvenue,NewYork,NY10010. PalgraveMacmillanistheglobalacademicimprintoftheabovecompanies andhascompaniesandrepresentativesthroughouttheworld. Palgrave®andMacmillan®areregisteredtrademarksintheUnitedStates, theUnitedKingdom,Europeandothercountries. ISBN978-1-349-56484-2 ISBN978-1-137-47319-6(eBook) DOI 10.1057/9781137473196 Thisbookisprintedonpapersuitableforrecyclingandmadefromfully managedandsustainedforestsources.Logging,pulpingandmanufacturing processesareexpectedtoconformtotheenvironmentalregulationsofthe countryoforigin. AcataloguerecordforthisbookisavailablefromtheBritishLibrary. LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData Babaci-Wilhite,Zehlia. Language,developmentaidandhumanrightsineducation:curriculum policiesinAfricaandAsia/ZehliaBabaci-Wilhite. pages cm.—(Palgravestudiesinglobalcitizenshipeducationand democracy) Summary:“WithaForewordbyMartinCarnoy.Thedebateabout languagesofinstructioninAfricaandAsiainvolvesananalysisofboththe historicalthrustofnationalgovernmentandalsodevelopmentaidpolicies. UsingcasestudiesfromTanzania,Nigeria,SouthAfrica,Rwanda,India, BangladeshandMalaysia,ZehliaBabaci-Wilhitearguesthatthecolonial legacyisperpetuatedwhengloballanguagesarepromotedineducation.The useoflocallanguagesininstructionnotonlyoffersaneffectivemeansto contextualizethecurriculumandimprovestudentcomprehension,butalso toachievequalityeducationandrightsineducation.Evidencethatscience literacyisbetterservedthroughlocallanguagesandadaptedtolocalcontexts isputforwardwithanewvisionforsciencelearningthatinvestscuttingedge technologieswithlocalcontext.ThisvisioniscrucialtotheAfricanandAsian developmentontheirowntermsandshouldtakeitsrightfulplaceasa humanrightineducation”—Providedbypublisher. 1. Nativelanguageandeducation—Africa. 2. Nativelanguageand education—Asia. 3. Science—Studyandteaching—Africa. 4. Science— Studyandteaching—Asia. 5. Righttoeducation—Africa. 6. Right toeducation—Asia. I. Title. LC201.7.A35B332015 372.65—dc23 2015019858 To the voiceless children deprived of learning in the language they know best, and thus deprived of their rights to quality education I hope this book will contribute to the empowerment of all children This page intentionally left blank Contents ListofIllustrations x ForewordbyMartinCarnoy xii Acknowledgments xvi ListofAcronyms xviii Maps xx 1 Introduction:TheParadigmShiftinLanguage ChoicesinEducation 1 Coloniallanguages 2 GlobalizingEnglish 3 Locallanguagesasculturalcapital 7 Organizationofthebook 10 2 EducationalIssuesinAfricaandAsia 14 Dependencyinlanguageimperialism 14 Globalizationandcommodificationofeducation 19 Educationforself-relianceandempowerment ascapabilityapproach 21 3 DevelopmentAidinEducation 27 Historicalbackgroundofdevelopmentaid 28 Thechallengeforeducationaid 31 Aideffectivenessineducation 33 4 EducationalAidinaHumanRightsPerspective 39 Humanrightsineducationalaid 39 Aparadigmshiftinlocallanguageandeducationalaid 41 Humanrightsinaidforsustainabletransformation anddevelopment 46 vii viii Contents 5 ARights-BasedApproachinNorth–SouthAcademic CollaborationwithintheContextofDevelopment Aid 48 Norwegianaidineducationfordevelopment 49 HistoricalcollaborationbetweenNorwegianand AfricanUniversities 51 TheNorwegianmaster’sprogram 52 Anewmodelforinstitutionalandtransformation researchoutreach 53 TheNorwegianhighereducationprogram 58 Futurealternativesandchallenges 61 6 LinguisticRightsforAppropriateDevelopment inEducation 67 Thebackgroundoflinguisticrights 67 The4As:Availability,Accessibility,Acceptability andAdaptability 76 Languageineducationasahumanright 79 7 Language-in-EducationPolicy 86 AcomparativestudyofTanzaniaandNigeria 87 AcomparativestudyofZanzibarandMalaysia 96 8 ExperiencesinCountriesThatHaveChosenEnglish astheLanguageofInstruction 108 ThecaseofIndia 109 ThecaseofSouthAfrica 112 ThecaseofBangladesh 114 ThecaseofRwanda 116 9 ScienceLiteracyandMathematicsasaHumanRight 121 Theroleoflanguageinscienceliteracy 121 TheuseofEnglishanditsimpactinscience andmathematics 126 10 ConclusionsandRecommendations:Local LanguagesandKnowledgeforSustainable Development 135 Bringingtechnologytothehumanrightsineducation agenda 141 Contents ix Reversingthecurrenttrendinthedigitalage 142 Lessonlearnedfromusingdigitallearning 143 Notes 146 Bibliography 148 Index 173
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