Transformative Learning for Global Change? Reflections on the Wascal Master Programme in Climate Change and Education in the Gambia
Irit, Eguavon and Tambo, Erick, "Transformative Learning for Global Change? Reflections on the Wascal Master Programme in Climate Change and Education in the Gambia" in Environmental Change and African Societies ed. Tischler, Julia and Haltermann, Ingo (Leiden: Brill, 2019), 199-224.
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Author Irit, Eguavon
Tambo, ErickBook Editor Tischler, Julia
Haltermann, IngoChapter Title Transformative Learning for Global Change? Reflections on the Wascal Master Programme in Climate Change and Education in the Gambia Book Title Environmental Change and African Societies Publication Date 2019-09-25 Place of Publication Leiden Publisher Brill Start page 199 End page 224 Language eng Abstract African universities could be appropriate settings to start a process of creative rethinking about alternative economic and climate-friendly development pathways that lead to socially inclusive growth and the alleviation of poverty. Education, capacity building, and a transformative learning agenda have come into academic and political focus. This chapter begins with a brief conceptual overview of the current research and work streams on climate change communication and education, followed by an introduction to climate change activities in The Gambia that sets the stage for an empirical examination of a master programme training West African students in ‘Climate Change and Education’ at the University of The Gambia. The findings illustrate practical challenges, students’ backgrounds and motivations, contestations over the curriculum, as well as the university’s restricted bargaining power due to its dependency on a single foreign donor. While embracing inter- and transdisciplinarity, the transformative learning agenda called for by European scholars has not yet been taken up. UNBIS Thesaurus AFRICA
CLIMATE CHANGEKeyword Transformative learning
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Education and communicationCopyright Holder The Authors Copyright Year 2020 Copyright type Creative commons ISBN 9789004410848 DOI 10.1163/9789004410848_010 -
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