The Capacity to Share

A Study of Cuba's International Cooperation in Educational Development
2012. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-0-230-33880-7
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan Us

Buch, Englisch, 294 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 239 mm, Gewicht: 590 g

Reihe: Postcolonial Studies in Education

This discussion of Cuba's international policies in education shows how Cuba shares its educational resources with other countries. The postcolonial critique underlying the book explores Cuba's role in relation to how the disengagement from colonial legacies in education is taking place in many countries.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hickling-Hudson, A.

González, J.

Preston, R.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Philosophie der Erziehung, Bildungstheorie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Geschichte der Pädagogik, Richtungen in der Pädagogik
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Bildungssystem Bildungspolitik, Bildungsreform

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: Cuba's Capacity to Share; Anne Hickling-Hudson, Jorge Corona González, and Rosemary Preston SECTION 1: CUBANS SHARING EDUCATION AND HEALTH SERVICES: THE REVOLUTIONARY AND MATERIAL BASIS 1. The Cuban Revolution and Internationalism: Structuring Education and Health; Anne Hickling-Hudson, Jorge Corona González, and Sabine Lehr, with Marina Majoli Viani 2. Challenging Educational Underdevelopment: The Cuban Solidarity Approach as a Mode of South-South Cooperation; Jorge Corona González, Anne Hickling-Hudson, and Sabine Lehr 3. Cuba's Education System: A Foundation for "The Capacity to share"; Elvira Martín Sabina, Jorge Corona González, and Anne Hickling-Hudson SECTION 2: STUDYING IN CUBA; RETURNING HOME TO WORK 4. Cuban Higher Education Scholarships for International Students: An Overview; Francisco Martínez Pérez 5. The Children of the Isle of Youth: How Ghanaian Students Learned to Cope with "Anything in Life"; Sabine Lehr 6. Studying in Cuba, Returning Home to Work: Experiences of Graduates from the English-Speaking Caribbean; Anne Hickling-Hudson 7. Cuban Support for Namibian Education and Training; Rosemary Preston SECTION 3: CUBAN EDUCATORS; SHARING SKILLS INTERNATIONALLY 8. Cuba's Educational Mission in Africa: The Example of Angola; Christine Hatzky 9. Capacity Building in Latin American Universities: Cuba's Contribution; Boris Tristá Pérez 10. "You Help Me Improve My English, I'll Teach You Physics!" Cuban Teachers Overseas; Anne Hickling-Hudson 11. Cuba's Contribution to Adult Literacy, Popular Education, and Peace Building in Timor-Leste; Bob Boughton SECTION 4: THE GLOBAL REACH OF CUBAN EDUCATION: PARTICIPANT NARRATIVES 12. Cubans Sharing Education: The Isle of Youth; Oscar Elejalde Villalón interviewed by Anne Hickling-Hudson and Jorge Corona González 13. The Long Road to Neurosurgery: Reflections from Ghana on 18 Years of Studies in Cuba; Samuel Kaba Akoriyea, with Sabine Lehr 14. The International Film and Television School inCuba: For a Stronger Media Culture in the Global South; Anne Hickling-Hudson and Melanie Springer 15. Air Raids, Bride Price, and Cuban Internationalism in Africa: A Cuban Teacher in the Angolan Civil War; Marta Fernández Cabrera interviewed by Anne Hickling-Hudson 16. Teaching in Rural Jamaica: Experiences of a Cuban Teacher; Emelina P. Pérez Herrera interviewed by Anne Hickling-Hudson 17. Cuban Cooperation in Literary and Adult Education Programs Overseas; Jaime Canfux Gutiérrez interviewed by Jorge Corona González and Anne Hickling-Hudson 18. The Role of the APC (Association of Cuban Educators) in Advancing Cuban Internationalism in Education; Lidia Turner Martí interviewed by Anne Hickling-Hudson and Alejandro Torres Saavedra SECTION 5: ENDNOTE 19. Achievements, Celebrations, and Learning; Rosemary Preston

Über Autor(innen)

ROSEMARY PRESTONDirector of the International Centre for Continuing Education (INCED) at the University of Warwick, UK.
ANNE HICKLING-HUDSONAssociate professor of International and Cross-cultural education in Australia at the Queensland University of Technology's School of Cultural and Language Studies, Faculty of Education.
JORGE CORONA GONZALEZ teaches Political Economy at the University of Havana, Cuba. A former president of the Pedagogical Institute for Latin America and the Caribbean, he is currently special advisor on International Collaboration in Cuba's Ministry of Education, and a member of the UNESCO Chair in Educational Sciences.