Education, Communication and Democracy in Africa : A Democratic Pedagogy for the Future Paperback / softback

Edited by Chikumbutso Herbert (University of Malawi, Malawi) Manthalu, Victor (University of Malawi, Malawi) Chikaipa, Anthony Mavuto (University of Malawi, Malawi) Gunde

Part of the Perspectives on Education in Africa series

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Description

This innovative volume critically examines the intersection between democracy, education and communication in African educational domains.

Providing a platform for multidisciplinary research, it advances scholarship in democratic citizenship education in African higher education through methodological and theoretical innovation. The book discusses the extent to which explicit or subtle communication frameworks that underlie policymaking, institutional culture, teaching and learning experiences in African higher education significantly engender democratic mind habits and practices in students as citizens.

Chapters in the book examine how communication frameworks in pedagogy ought to navigate power imbalances between students on the one hand and the institution and academics on the other.

The book also examines how (dis)empowering higher education policies are and whether they contribute to democratic equality. This book will be of great interest to academics, researchers and post-graduate students in the fields of education, democratic citizenship education, communication, and African studies.