Challenging Perceptions of Africa in Schools - 9781032082547

Taylor & Francis

Challenging Perceptions of Africa in SchoolsCritical Approaches to Global Justice Education\nAuthor(s): Barbara OToole, Ebun Joseph, David Nyaluke\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781032082547, 978-1032082547\nSynopsis\nThis book challenges educational discourse in relation to teaching about Africa at all levels of the education system in the Global North, with a specific case study focusing on the Republic of Ireland. The book provides an interrogation of the proliferation of negative imagery of and messages about African people and African countries and the impact of this on the attitudes and perceptions of children and young people. It explores how predominantly negative stereotyping can be challenged in classrooms through an educational approach grounded in principles of solidarity, interdependence, and social justice.\n\nThe book focuses on the premise that existing educational narratives about the African con.