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Teaching Africa A Guide for the 21st-Century Classroom

ISBN-10: 0253008212

ISBN-13: 9780253008213

Edition: 2013

Authors: Brandon D. Lundy, Solomon Negash, Jean Ngoya Kidula, Toyin Falola, James Ellison

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Teaching Africa introduces innovative strategies for teaching about Africa. The contributors address misperceptions about Africa and Africans, incorporate the latest technologies of teaching and learning, and give practical advice for creating successful lesson plans, classroom activities, and study abroad programs. Teachers in the humanities, sciences, and social sciences will find helpful hints and tips on how to bridge the knowledge gap and motivate understanding of Africa in a globalizing world.
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Book details

List price: $23.99
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Limited
Publication date: 5/15/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 306
Size: 5.98" wide x 8.98" long x 0.79" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English

Toyin Falola, the Frances Higginbothom Nalle Centennial Professor of History at the University of Texas at Austin, is author of The Culture and Customs of Nigeria.Matt D. Childs is Assistant Professor in Caribbean History at Florida State University.

Introduction
Situating Africa: Concurrent-Divergent Rubrics of Meaning
Introducing "Africa"
Africa: Which Way Forward? An Interdisciplinary Approach
Why We Need African History
Answering the "So What" Question: Making African History Relevant in the Provincial College Classroom
From African History to African Histories: Teaching Interdisciplinary Method, Philosophy, and Ethics through the African History Survey
Treating the Exotic and the Familiar in the African History Classroom
Postcolonial Perspectives on Teaching African Politics in Wales and Ireland
Pan-Africanism: The Ties That Bind Ghana and the United States
The Importance of the Regional Concept: The Case for an Undergraduate Regional Geography Course of Sub-Saharan Africa
Teach Me about Africa: Facilitating and Training Educators toward a Socially Just Curriculum
African Arts: Interpreting the African "Text"
Inversion Rituals: The African Novel in the Global North
Teaching Africa through a Comparative Pedagogy: South Africa and the United States
Stereotypes, Myths, and Realities Regarding African Music in the African and American Academy
What Paltry Learning in Dumb Books! Teaching the Power of Oral Narrative
Teaching about Africa: Violence and Conflict Management
Contextualizing the Teaching of Africa in the 21st Century: A Student-Centered Pedagogical Approach to Demystify Africa as the "Heart of Darkness"
Application of Approaches: Experiencing African Particulars
Shaping U.S.-Based Activism toward Africa: The Role of a Mix of Critical Pedagogies
The Model AU as a Pedagogical Method of Teaching American Students about Africa
The Kalamazoo / Fourah Bay College Partnership: A Context for Understanding Study Abroad with Africa
Teaching Culture, Health, and Political Economy in the Field: Ground-Level Perspectives on Africa in the 21st Century
Beyond the Biologic Basis of Disease: Collaborative Study of the Social and Economic Causation of Disease in Africa
Educating the Educators: Ethiopia's IT Ph.D. Program
Conclusion: Knowledge Circulation and Diasporic Interfacing
References
Index
Contributors