Welfare and education in British colonial Africa, 1918–1945

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2020

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Springer

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The relevance of historical research for an explanation of the roots of contemporary educational policy and its relationship to notions of equity, democracy and development has been sadly neglected in recent years. This means that policy makers have forfeited the advantages of reflecting on the traditions and experience of past endeavors and examining them critically for potential understandings of present and future policy making. The aim of this paper was to direct the attention of researchers to the complexities and multifaceted nature of educational policy development in inter-war era (1918–1945), with specific reference to British colonial Africa and South Africa. It will also hopefully provide a set of elementary tools for all of those interested in educational policy-making strategies that seek to promote meaningful social, economic and political change in an age of uncertainty.

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Education, British colonialism, Africa, History, Democracy

Citation

Kallaway, P. (2020). Welfare and Education in British Colonial Africa, 1918–1945. In: Matasci, D., Jerónimo, M., Dores, H. (eds) Education and Development in Colonial and Postcolonial Africa. Global Histories of Education. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-27801-4_2