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VDM Verlag The Politics of School Texts: The Struggle for the Literary Canon in Kenya

Name: The Politics of School Texts: The Struggle for the Literary Canon in Kenya
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The question as to who makes decisions regarding what is included in the school curriculum and what is not, is perhaps one of the most fundamental, yet controversial, questions one can ever pose particularly in postcolonial Africa. This question has not been interrogated critically and systematically with respect to Kenyan public schools. Indeed, as a country that adopts a national curriculum, this question becomes even more pertinent. This book to responds to that question by methodically investigating the high school literary canon and the processes of selecting literary texts included in the syllabi. Relying on primary as well as secondary sources, the writer argues that the choice of what texts end up in Kenyan classrooms is a result of a combination of intense social, political, ideological and economic interests and considerations. The author demonstrates how key players in the education sector in Kenya including the government, teachers, curriculum experts and publishers all struggle to determine which literary texts Kenyan students read (and by extension, do not read).

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Brand: VDM Verlag
Format: paperback
ASIN: 3639161629
Category: Books > Subjects > Language Study & Reference > English as a Foreign Language > Literacy
Domain: Amazon UK
Release Date: 04 June 2009
Listed Since: 24 June 2009

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