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C Whitehead - Colonial Educators, Inbunden

Inbunden, Engelska, 2003

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Colonial Educators

The British Indian and Colonial Education Service 1858-1983

Av C Whitehead

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Education and the British Empire - cultural imperialism or vital preparation for independence and nationhood? This question lies at the root of the history of the education services in India and the colonial territories. Clive Whitehead, a distinguished educationalist, has brought together these studies of the life and work of leading practitioners and covering over 100 years up to the end of empire, the onset of independence and beyond. He includes both administrators and teachers on the ground, like Sir Hans Vischer, Arthur Mayhew, Eric R. J. Hussey, Sir Christopher Cox, Frank Ward, Freda Gwilliam - the 'Great Aunt' of British colonial education, and the great social anthropologist turned educationalist, Margaret Mead. Leading issues are tackled - academic education for the future Platonic Guardians who would run the territories after the British departed, provision of technical and scientific training, the need for mass education and literacy in English and local languages, equal opportunities for all and education for women and, perhaps the most vital principal with global implications - how to link Western knowledge with unique indigenous history and culture.
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Clive Whitehead teaches at the Graduate School of Education in the University of Western Australia.

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"Meticulous work has been done on the main subjects' background and careers...commendable...enlivened with some good stories." -Lalage Brown, The Overseas Pensioner Journal "Whitehead's theme is a novel one - education has not been a big topic in recent colonial history... He is, in essence, right, and right about the need for such questioning... Whitehead is an indefatigable chronicler of facts." -Chandak Sengoopta, Times Higher Education Supplement Paedagogica Historica (Historical Journal): "This collection represents an invaluable contribution to the study of British colonial education" "fine work...fascinating" "opens up exciting possibilities for future research" "a fine monument to an excellent scholar" 'A richly detailed monograph littered with a mix of Oxford blues, alcoholics, and inveterate travellers struggling with the task of educating across the cultural divide.' - History of Education Researcher

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