Preface The Introduction of Western Education in Zimbabwe: The Search for a Strategy of Control Circumstances Surrounding the Naming of Commissions: The Beginning of Government Control The Findings of the Commissions: The Structure of Government Control The Recommendations of the Commissions: The Purpose of Government Control Implementing the Recommendations of the Commissions: The Effect of Government Control Case Study in Conflict Between the Government and the Africans: Inquiry into the Effect of Government Control The Outcome of the Reports of the Commissions: Church-State Conflict over Government Control Commissions of Inquiry and Government Control: Summary, Conclusions, and Implications Bibliography Index
DICKSON A. MUNGAZI is Associate Professor of Education at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff.
?A case study of how educational policy was formulated in
pre-independence Zimbabwe (formerly Rhodesia), this volume focuses
on the several official commissions that made recommendations
concerning education during the British colonial period. The basic
argument is that the commissions were a means of the British and
White minority interests to maintain control over education and to
ensure that the content and pedagogy of the schools was consistent
with colonial interests. The author argues that education policies
were a significant contributing factor to the unrest that
eventually resulted in the downfall of the white minority regime
and the emergence of an independent Zimbabwe. Although the
commission reports that constitute the core of this research are
significant, it would have been very useful to consider other
elements in the development of educational policy and practice.
This book constitutes one part of a complex web of relationships.
As such, it does not provide the full picture, but it is a useful
contribution to the development of a history of African education.
Because of its highly specialized nature, this volume is
recommended only for those concerned with African education at the
graduate level.?-Choice
"A case study of how educational policy was formulated in
pre-independence Zimbabwe (formerly Rhodesia), this volume focuses
on the several official commissions that made recommendations
concerning education during the British colonial period. The basic
argument is that the commissions were a means of the British and
White minority interests to maintain control over education and to
ensure that the content and pedagogy of the schools was consistent
with colonial interests. The author argues that education policies
were a significant contributing factor to the unrest that
eventually resulted in the downfall of the white minority regime
and the emergence of an independent Zimbabwe. Although the
commission reports that constitute the core of this research are
significant, it would have been very useful to consider other
elements in the development of educational policy and practice.
This book constitutes one part of a complex web of relationships.
As such, it does not provide the full picture, but it is a useful
contribution to the development of a history of African education.
Because of its highly specialized nature, this volume is
recommended only for those concerned with African education at the
graduate level."-Choice
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