African education

This is a guide for those beginning research on African education.

Background information

International education : an encyclopedia of contemporary issues and systems / edited by Daniel Ness and Chia-ling Lin.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Reference » LB15 .I565 2013 V.1
"Part I provides a set of entries on major topics in education that are particularly salient in an international context....Part II includes entries for the nations of the world, organized by major regions."
African higher education : an international reference handbook / edited by Damtew Teferra, Philip G. Altbach.
Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2003.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Reference » LA1503 .A39 2003
Early childhood education : an international encyclopedia / edited by Rebecca S. New and Moncrieff Cochran.
Westport, Conn. : Praeger Publishers, 2007.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Reference » LB1139.23 .E272 2007 V.1
"a compilation of understandings, controversies, theories, policies, and practices in early childhood education as currently found in the United States and 10 other nations around the world." Vols. 1-3 contain an A to Z listing of articles with suggested readings, while vol. 4 covers other countries. See especially pp. 1194-1239 on South Africa.
Global education digest.
Montreal : UNESCO Institute for Statistics, 2003-
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB2846 .G56 2012
The handbook of international school psychology / editors, Shane R. Jimerson, Thomas D. Oakland, Peter T. Farrell.
Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, c2007.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Reference » LB1027.55 .H357 2007
Provides "a description of the specialty of psychology devoted to the provision of services to children and youth, their teachers, and parents." Section I contains chapters on individual countries, while Section II has synthesis chapters. See section on South Africa on pp. 361-372.
International handbook of higher education / James J.F. Forest, Philip G. Altbach (eds.).
Dordrecht : Springer, 2006.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Reference » LB2322.2 .I57 2006 PT.1
"provides an in-depth analysis of the scope of postsecondary education worldwide, combining a series of overarching comparative essays with analytic chapters focusing on key countries and regions."
The Greenwood encyclopedia of children's issues worldwide / general editor, Irving Epstein ; volume editor Jyotsna Pattnaik.
Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2008.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Reference » HQ767.84 .G74 2008 V.1
The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Children's Issues Worldwide covers "all major aspects of children's lives, including educational provision, legal status, family life, health, abuse and neglect, play and recreation, and religious affiliation" in country chapters. Volume 6 is devoted to Sub-Saharan Africa.
World education encyclopedia [electronic resource] : a survey of educational systems worldwide / Rebecca Marlow-Ferguson, editor and project coordinator ; Chris Lopez, associate editor.
2nd ed. Farmington Hills, MI : Gale Group, 2002-
Stanford Libraries » Online resource » eResource
Cubberley also has a paper copy in reference LB15 .W87 2002.

New books

Decolonisation in universities : the politics of knowledge / edited by Jonathan D. Jansen.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB2362 .S6 D43 2019
Education for decoloniality and decolonisation in Africa / Chikumbutso Herbert Manthalu, Yusef Waghid, editors.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LC213.3 .A35 E38 2019
Agency and social transformation in South African higher education : pushing the bounds of possibility / Grace Ese-osa Idahosa.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LC191.98 .S59 I43 2020
Quality in higher education as a tool for human development : enhancing teaching and learning in Zimbabwe / Patience Mukwambo.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LA1593 .M85 2019
Enhancing quality in higher education for better student outcomes / edited by Lily W. Njanja.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LA1503.7 .E54 2018
Transforming education outcomes in Africa : learning from Togo / Johannes Hoogeveen, Mariacristina Rossi, editors.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LC191.8 .T64 T73 2019
Transformation of higher education institutions in post-apartheid South Africa / edited by Chaunda L. Scott and Eunice N. Ivala.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LA1538 .T74 2019
Teenage pregnancy and education in the global South : the case of Mozambique / Francesca Salvi.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB3433 .D4 2019
Schooling for peaceful development in post-conflict societies : education for transformation? / Clive Harber.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LC71 .H372 2019
Ubuntu and Buddhism in higher education : an ontological (re)thinking / David W. Robinson-Morris.
First edition.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB2331.65 .S6 R63 2019
Universities, pedagogical encounters, openness, and free speech : reconfiguring democratic education / Nuraan Davids, Yusef Waghid.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LA1538 .D38 2019
Facing forward : schooling for learning in Africa / Sajitha Bashir, Marlaine Lockheed, Elizabaeth Ninan, and Jee-Peng Tan.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LA1501 .B375 2018
Studying while black : race, education and emancipation in South African universities / Sharlene Swartz, Alude Mahali, Relebohile Moletsane, Emma Arogundada, Nene Ernest Khalema, Adam Cooper and Candice Groenewald.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LA1538 .S93 2018
Early childhood care and education at the margins : African perspectives on birth to three / edited by Hasina Banu Ebrahim, Auma Okwany and Oumar Barry.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB1139.3 .A35 E33 2019
Brugbouers : die Reitz-video en die pad na versoening / Rudi Buys.
Eerste druk.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LC212.43 .S63 B56 2018
Uprooting university apartheid in South Africa : from liberalism to decolonization / Teresa Barnes.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LC180 .S6 B37 2019
The politics and governance of basic education : a tale of two South African provinces / edited by Brian Levy, Robert Cameron, Ursula Hoadley, and Vinothan Naidoo.
First edition.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LC1035.8 .S6 P65 2018
Lengua, literatura y ciencias de la educación en los sistemas educativos del África Subsahariana / José María Hernández Díaz, Eugénie Eyeang (coords.).
1a. edición.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LA1501 .F675 2014
Education marginalization in sub-Saharan Africa : policies, politics, and marginality / Obed Mfum-Mensah.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LC95 .S726 M48 2018
Literacy for sustainable development in a knowledge economy : essays in honour of Professor Rashid Adewumi Aderinoye / edited by Abba Abubakar Haladu (Ph.D. Ibadan), Kester O. Ojokheta (Ph.D. Ibadan), Adeshina Abideen Olojede (Ph.D. Ibadan).
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LC158 .N6 L57 2015
Development and the right to education in Africa / A.C. Onuora-Oguno.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LC95 .A2 O58 2019
Human rights and equality in education : comparative perspectives on the right to education for minorities and disadvantaged groups / edited by Sandra Fredman, Meghan Campbell and Helen Taylor.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LC213 .H865 2018
Les hussards noirs de la colonie : instituteurs africains et petites patries en AOF (1913-1960) / [éditeurs], Céline Labrune-Badiane et Étienne Smith.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LA1661 .H87 2018
Quranic schools in northern Nigeria : everyday experiences of youth, faith, and poverty / Hannah Hoechner.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LC911 .N6 H64 2018
À l'école en Algérie : des années 1930 à l'indépendance / préface et direction, Martine Mathieu-Job ; postface, Alain Seksig.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LA1671 .A43 2018
Avaliação das aprendizagens : política, concepções e práticas na formação de professores em Angola / Francisco Caloia Alfredo.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB1727 .A5 A44 2014
Empire and education in Africa : the shaping of a comparative perspective / edited by Peter Kallaway and Rebecca Swartz.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LA1531 .E67 2016
Gender in higher education / Efiritha Chauraya.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LC212.93 .Z55 C43 2015
Education and development perspectives in Africa / edited by Maurice Nyamanga Amutabi.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LA1501 .E3445 2013
Knowledge, curriculum, and preparation for work / edited by Stephanie Allais and Yael Shalem.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LA1536 .K66 2018
Sustaining quality teaching and learning to instil good discipline and academic performance / by Vuyisile Mathew Ngoqo, John Wankah Foncha and Afungmeyu Jane-Francis Abongdia.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB1027 .N33 2018

Journals

African journal of academic excellence.
Katsina, Katsina State, Nigeria : African Journal of Academic Excellence,
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LA1630 .A365
Compare.
[Oxford, Eng., etc.] Carfax Publishing Co. [etc.]
Education Library (Cubberley) » Reading Room
Comparative Education Society in Europe
Edumag : le magazine de l'étudiant africain : magazine trimestriel d'information et de formation du monde académique et professionnel.
Cotonou, Benin : Sabati SARL,
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LA1503 .E44 F NO.17 2014
Journal of higher education in Africa = Revue de l'enseignement supérieur en Afrique.
Chestnut Hill, MA : Center for International Higher Education, Boston College ; Dakar, Senegal : Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA), 2003-
Education Library (Cubberley) » Reading Room
Nouvelles d'Afrique : bulletin de liaison du réseau éducation.
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire : Section éducation du Bureau régional UNICEF pour d'Afrique de l'Ouest et du Centre.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks
Perspectives in education.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LA1535 .P47 V.32 2014
South African journal of education = Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir opvoedkunde.
Pretoria : South African Association for the Advancement of Education, 1981-2011.
SAL3 (off-campus storage) » Stacks » LA1535 .S6 V.31 2011
South African journal of higher education = Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir hoër onderwys.
[South Africa] : Committee of University Principals of South Africa, 1987-
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LA2013 .S68 V.29:NO.6 2015

Databases

Education databases

ERIC [electronic resource] : the educational resources information center.
[Washington, DC : National Library of Education?, 199?-
Stanford Libraries » Online resource » eResource
Bibliographic database of educational resources including articles, reports, and curriculum.
Education full text [electronic resource].
[Bronx, N.Y.] : H.W. Wilson Co.
Stanford Libraries » Online resource » eResource
Indexes and abstracts articles of English-language periodicals and books on education from 1983 on. Abstracting coverage begins with January 1994. Full-text coverage begins in January 1996 and is available for over half the 600 journals indexed.
Education week American education news site of record [electronic resource].
Bethesda, MD : Editorial Projects in Education, Inc.
Stanford Libraries » Online resource » eResource
Teachers College record book reviews [electronic resource].
Birmingham, AL : Teachers College Record
Stanford Libraries » Online resource » eResource
"Teachers College Record Book Reviews provides comprehensive reviews of the leading books in education and educational research by major scholars in these fields. "

Related databases

Intergovernmental organization search engine.
[Stanford, Calif.] : [Stanford University Library and Information Services, Jonsson Library of Government Documents]
Stanford Libraries » Online resource » eResource
This is a search engine for students, faculty, researchers, and officials who are doing research in intergovernmental organization topics. The IGO Search searches across hundreds of IGO websites, enabling users to research topics such as active IGOs working on HIV/AIDS in Uganda.
Non-governmental organizations search.
[Stanford, Calif.] : [Stanford University Library and Information Services, Jonsson Library of Government Documents]
Stanford Libraries » Online resource » eResource
"Search of Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) websites. Sites were chosen based on their consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) and also collated from University of Minnesota Human Rights Library, Duke University Libraries' NGO Research Guide, and the World Association of Non-Governmental Organizations (WANGO). "
Africa-wide: NiPAD [electronic resource]
[Baltimore, Maryland] : BiblioLine, [2004?]-
Stanford Libraries » Online resource » eResource
Access to more than two million records, including South Africa studies and African studies and a number of other multi-disciplinary databases.
AllAfrica.com [electronic resource].
Johannesburg ; Washington, D.C. : AllAfrica Global Media, [1999?]-
Stanford Libraries » Online resource » eResource
Recent news about education from African newspapers
Ciao : Columbia International Affairs Online [electronic resource].
[New York : Columbia University, 1997-
Stanford Libraries » Online resource » eResource
A comprehensive source for theory and research in international affairs. It publishes a wide range of scholarship from 1991 on that includes working papers from university research institutes, occasional papers series from non-governmental organizations, foundation-funded research projects, and proceedings from conferences.
SA ePublications [electronic resource].
[Centurion, South Africa] : Sabinet Online
Stanford Libraries » Online resource » eResource
Searchable database of full text journals published in South Africa in the areas of social sciences and humanities.

Websites

Africa South of the Sahara - Education
Africa South of the Sahara - Education is Karen Fung's extensive list of Web links to online resources.
Africa Access Review
Guide to children's literature on Africa. Reviews are written by univ. faculty, librarians, and teachers many of whom are in African studies or have lived in Africa. Use the Search to locate, for ex., Swahili culture. Has an Africana Book Buddies Club. Information on winners of the Children's Africana Book Awards (CABA). Edited by Brenda Randolph. [KF]
Association for the Development of Education in Africa
Based in Paris, France. "focuses on developing partnerships between Ministers of Education and funding agencies in order to promote effective education policies based on African leadership and ownership." Has full text reports (in Adobe PDF format), the PRISME database, by country, funding agency, etc.
Boston College Center For International Higher Education
"The Center for International Higher Education (CIHE) promotes the belief that an international perspective is needed to foster enlightened policies and practices in higher education. With this mission, CIHE was founded in 1995 to advance knowledge about the complex realities of higher education in the contemporary world through its research, publications, training programs, and advisory activities."
World Bank Education
Projects, statistics, on all aspects (Girls' Education, Education Technology, Early Child Development, Tertiary Education, Effective School and Teacher Secondary Education, Adult Education, Global Education Reform, School Health, Economics of Education) with many full text reports
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