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Learning, Labour and Leisure

Shah, Rachel

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Authors

Rachel Shah



Contributors

A. Skinner
Editor

M. Baillie Smith
Editor

E. Brown
Editor

T. Troll
Editor

Abstract

Schooling is widely used as a tool of international development. One of the arguments for this is that, in contrast with models of development in which solutions are given to communities in response to problems perceived by foreigners, education is a long-term development solution that "empowers" people by giving them the skills considered necessary for negotiating with outsiders and for making informed decisions about the future of their own communities. This perspective, which supports the use of schooling as a development tool has, of course, been challenged. The exportation of formal schooling to regions that did not have a formal education system before has its roots in colonisation and there is widespread recognition of the fact that schooling is not neutral (e.g. Bishop, 2003, May and Aikman, 2003, Nichol, 2011, Shah, 2015). Attention has also been drawn to the importance of recognising indigenous knowledge and existing forms of education (see for example Ohmagari and Berkes, 1997, Posey, 1983, Quanchi, 2004, Sarangapani, 2003, Sillitoe, 1998, 2010b, Smith, 1999). Despite these critiques, however, it remains important to recognise that there are good reasons for people who don't have access to schooling to want it (May and Aikman, 2003, Nichol, 2011).

Citation

Shah, R. (2016). Learning, Labour and Leisure. In A. Skinner, M. Baillie Smith, E. Brown, & T. Troll (Eds.), Education, learning and the transformation of development (36-49). Routledge

Acceptance Date Nov 17, 2015
Online Publication Date Jul 21, 2016
Publication Date Jul 21, 2016
Deposit Date Jan 4, 2016
Publicly Available Date Mar 29, 2024
Publisher Routledge
Pages 36-49
Book Title Education, learning and the transformation of development.
ISBN 9781138952546
Publisher URL http://www.routledge.com/9781315667607

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