Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Foreword
Jophus Anamuah-Mensah, Ed.D.
Introduction
Francis Ebenezer Godwyll, Ph.D.
Contributors
Part I. Empowering Education
Chapter 1 – The State of Orphans and Vulnerable Children in Kano Metropolis in Nigeria (pp. 3-16)
Mustapha H. Kurfi (African Studies Center, Boston University, Massachusetts, US)
Chapter 2 – Empowering Education from the Perspective of a Language Classroom (pp. 17-30)
Ngan Nguyen, Ph.D. and Francis Ebenezer Godwyll, Ph.D. (Nha Trang University, Vietnam and others)
Chapter 3 – Equity in Special Education: A Critical Analysis of the Disproportionate Representation of Ethnically and Culturally Diverse Students in Special Education (pp. 31-52)
Stacey Steggert and Judy Stahlman, Ph.D. (Cleveland State University Ohio, US)
Chapter 4 – The Need for a Multicultural Education Stimulus Package: From Colonialism to Obama (pp. 53-68)
Stephanie Sanders, Ph.D. (Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, US)
Chapter 5 – Can You See Me? The Necessity for an Afrocentric Education (pp. 69-90)
Debra D. Rayford, Ph.D. (Private Education Consultant, Cincinnati, Ohio, US)
Chapter 6 – Empowerment Brewed in the African Pot: A Concoction of the Old and New (pp. 91-110)
Peter Chrisanthus Otiato Ojiambo, Ph.D. and Francis Ebenezer Godwyll, Ph.D. (Department of African and African-American Studies, University of Kansas, Kansas, US and others)
Chapter 7 – Technology and Empowerment: Social Impact Analysis (pp. 111-126)
Shani Salifu, Ph.D. (Concord University, Athens, West Virginia, US)
Part II. Case Studies of Empowering Spaces
Chapter 8 – Moving Policy towards Place-Based Education in Ghana: Using Artistic Forms and Indigenous Knowledge Systems As Empowering Paradigms (pp. 129-148)
Alex J. Wilson, Ph.D. and Francis Ebenezer Godwyll, Ph.D. (Department of African Studies, University of Cape Coast, Ghana and others)
Chapter 9 – Civil Society Construction in Uzbekistan: When Ideologies and Interests Compete and Collude (pp. 149-174)
Mohira Kurbanova, Ph.D. (Eurasia Foundation, Washington DC, US)
Chapter 10 – Making Schools Democratic and Empowering Public Spheres: Starehe Boys Centre and School, Kenya, ―Baraza‖ System (pp. 175-190)
Peter Chrisanthus Otiato Ojiambo, Ph.D. (Department of African and African-American Studies, University of Kansas, Kansas, US)
Chapter 11 – Enhancing Democracy Through Education for Empowerment: A Reality Check for Kenya (pp. 190-208)
Elizabeth Ngumbi (College of Education, The Catholic University of Eastern Africa, Nairobi, Kenya)
Chapter 12 – Work-Family Interference: Perceptions from Professional Ghanaian Women (pp. 209-228)
Paul Kobina Annan Bedu-Addo, Ph.D. (Department of Psychology and Education, University of Education, Winneba, Ghana)
Chapter 13 – Somali Community Education Empowerment in North America (pp. 229-252)
Mohammed S. Osman (Teaching Faculty, Mogadishu University, Somalia)
Chapter 14 – The Six-Hour Retarded Child‖: An Analysis of Saudi Teacher Perspectives and Attitudes (pp. 253-278)
Nsreen A. Al-ahmadi (Special Education, King Abdul-Aziz University, Saudi Arabia)
Chapter 15 – Evolution of Women‘s Power in Education and Politics in Ghana (pp. 279-302)
Alex J. Wilson (Department of African Studies, University of Cape Coast, Ghana)
Chapter 16 – Talking Alternatives: Radio Talk Shows and Women Empowerment in Senegal (pp. 303-324)
Fanta Diamanka (New Orleans Center for Creative Arts, New Orleans, Louisiana, US)
Index