Title: Teaching Africa : a guide for the 21st-century classroom /
Authors: Lundy, Brandon D., 1976-; Negash, Solomon, 1960-
Publisher: Indiana University Press,
Year: 2013
Subjects: Interdisciplinary approach in education.; Africa Study and teaching (Higher)
Abstract: Teaching Africa introduces innovative strategies for teaching about Africa. The contributors address misperceptions about Africa and Africans, incorporate the latest technologies of teaching and learning, and give practical advice for creating successful lesson plans, classroom activities, and study abroad programs. Teachers in the humanities, sciences, and social sciences will find helpful hints and tips on how to bridge the knowledge gap and motivate understanding of Africa in a globalizing world.
Contents: Introducing 'Africa' / Jennifer E. Coffman -- Africa: which way forward?: an interdisciplinary approach / Todd Cleveland -- Why we need African history / Kathleen Smythe -- Answering the 'so what' question: making African history relevant in the provincial college classroom / Gary Marquardt -- From African history to African histories: teaching interdisciplinary method, philosophy, and ethics through the African history survey / Trevor R. Getz -- Treating the exotic and the familiar in the African history classroom / Ryan Ronnenberg -- Postcolonial perspectives on teaching African politics in Wales and Ireland / Carl Death -- Pan-Africanism: the ties that bind Ghana and the United States / Harry Nii Koney Odamtten -- The importance of the regional concept: the case for an undergraduate regional geography course of Sub-Saharan Africa / Matthew Waller --^