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Toyin Falola

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Sep 6, 2023, 7:18:03 AM9/6/23
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Augustine Togonu-Bickersteth

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Thanks for sharing professor Falola . A book I always  wanted to read but have forgotten  about it is mentioned here. I mean the author  ,Paul freire. I think he wrote the pedagogy of the oppressed.thank you great  article. 


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Michael Afolayan

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Augustine: I think the Brazilian critical theorist and educator you were referring to is Paulo Freire. Yes, he is the author of the bestseller, Pedagogy of the Oppressed. His liberation theology aligns snugly with some of your positions you've articulated on social reforms.

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Augustine Togonu-Bickersteth

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Professor  folayan  thank you.  I hope with my feather Brain  I would be able to digest  the ideas  in pedagogy  of the oppressed.and then you remind me of
Yet another  book,The theatre  of the oppressed.
I think it  tts asking  the oppressed  to take to theatre  by ??? rather  than actors  doing the acting on their behalf. Thank you all the same Professor  folayan.


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Augustine: I think the Brazilian critical theorist and educator you were referring to is Paulo Freire. Yes, he is the author of the bestseller, Pedagogy of the Oppressed. His liberation theology aligns snugly with some of your positions you've articulated on social reforms.

MOA







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Thanks for sharing professor Falola . A book I always  wanted to read but have forgotten  about it is mentioned here. I mean the author  ,Paul freire. I think he wrote the pedagogy of the oppressed.thank you great  article. 

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Dompere, Kofi Kissi

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IN CONNECTION TO WITH THE  TOPIC OF RETHINKING THYE NFUTURE OF UNIVERSITY EDUCATION IN AFRICA, IT MAY BE USEFUL TO SEE

 

https://books.openedition.org/uop/1778

 

 

The future of research

Top of Form

RECHERCHER DANS LE LIVRE 

Bottom of Form

TABLE DES MATIÈRES

CITERPARTAGER

The future of research

Roger Miller

p. 87-103

TEXTE NOTES AUTEURILLUSTRATIONS

TEXTE INTÉGRAL

INTRODUCTION

1Active participants in university value the ideals of autonomy, independent research and the advancement of knowledge. Universities are portrayed by many as adhocracies in which professors pursue their own research individually. Over the years, however, broader social roles and expectations of performance have been emphasized for universities. As a result of perceived demands concerning the contribution that universities can make to economic and social development, funders of universities have sought expansion, leading them to expand their mission from education and research to becoming an agent of progress generally.

2In the face of the rising costs of university education, growing pressures for wider access and the need to use science for economic progress, governments have developed university systems that are publicly financed while tuition fees and private contributions finance a relatively small share of total costs. Returns on private and public investments in education and research, especially at the university level, are deemed to be very high and have served as a rationale for allocating substantial levels of public funding to postsecondary education and quasi state takeovers.

3Harnessing the research capabilities of universities to enhance competitiveness abroad and rejuvenate the economy has also become a central political issue. Competition on a global scale makes the vitality of university education and research a key element of industrial strategies. Universities face the dual challenge of maintaining a firm commitment to humanistic values and traditions while responding to new demands for greater involvement in technological and economic development. Universities, whether professors like it or not, will face increasingly complex and demanding challenges: difficult choices will have to be made.

THANKS

KOFI.

 

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Elias K. Bongmba

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Congratulations. Interesting topic and I will certainly look for a copy.

Sincerely,

Elias

Michael Afolayan

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It seems you are interested in works of critical theorists. If that is the case, then, I would recommend looking for works of one or two of these individuals: Michael Apple, Henry Giroux, Michel Foucault, Tom Popkewitz, Andrew Apter, etc. Of course, you can understand any of these writers. If you prefer non-Western critical theorists, I would recommend works of Tai Solarin, John Ogbu, and of course, there are folks (at least four) on this our Dialogue, but I won't mention names so as not to offend some whose names I may forget to mention. If you ask me privately, I will tell you. Good luck, Augustine!

MOA






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