Great Ideas for Teaching About Africa / / ed. by Jane L. Parpart, Misty L. Bastian.

Some of the best teachers in the field describe the specific projects and assignments that have worked effectively for them in teaching African studies.

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Lynne Rienner Press Complete Archive eBook-Package Pre-2000
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Place / Publishing House:Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2022]
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Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (244 p.)
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Other title:Frontmatter --
CONTENTS --
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS --
INTRODUCTION: TEACHING AFRICA IN A NEW MILLENNIUM --
PART 1 THE ARTS AS RESOURCES FOR TEACHING --
1 TEACHING CULTURE AND POLITICS WITH AFRICAN CINEMA --
2 TEACHING AFRICAN RELIGIONS THROUGH ART AND LITERATURE --
3 AFRICAN “TRADITIONAL” RELIGIONS: A MULTIDISCIPLINARY AND MULTIMEDIA APPROACH --
4 THE MEDIUM IS THE MESSAGE: TEACHING AFRICA THROUGH MUSIC --
5 TEACHING AFRICA THROUGH LITERATURE --
PART 2 CONTROVERSIAL SUBJECTS AND CURRENT ISSUES --
6 TEACHING THE AFRICAN SLAVE TRADE WITH DOCUMENTS --
7 TEACHING STUDENTS ABOUT ETHNICITY IN AFRICA --
8 CONFRONTING STEREOTYPES ABOUT HIV/AIDS AND AFRICANS --
9 CONTEXTS, CONTROVERSIES, DILEMMAS: TEACHING CIRCUMCISION --
10 STUDENT PROJECTS FOR LEARNING ABOUT GENDER AND DEVELOPMENT --
11 TEACHING AFRICAN PEACEKEEPING, PEACEMAKING, AND PEACEBUILDING --
PART 3 NEW TECHNOLOGY IN THE CLASSROOM --
12 ON THE COMPUTER AND IN THE KITCHEN: EXERCISES FOR TEACHING PEOPLEENVIRONMENT RELATIONS --
13 USING THE WORLD WIDE WEB TO TEACH ABOUT AFRICAN ART --
14 USING H-AFRICA IN A VIRTUAL COURSE --
15 NEW TECHNOLOGIES (AND PRETTY PICTURES) FOR TEACHING AFRICAN PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHIES --
PART 4 BROADER APPROACHES TO TEACHING ABOUT AFRICA --
16 TEACHING AFRICA THROUGH CULTURE AREAS AND LITERARY TEXTS --
17 CONCEPT MAPPING AND COUNTRY ADOPTION AS TOOLS FOR TEACHING ABOUT AFRICA --
18 AFRICAN INTELLECTUALS AND THE RECONCEPTUALIZATION OF AFRICA --
19 “THE COUNTRY OF AFRICA”: KEEPING THE AFRICAN SURVEY COURSE LIVELY AND INTERESTING --
ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS --
INDEX --
ABOUT THE BOOK
Summary:Some of the best teachers in the field describe the specific projects and assignments that have worked effectively for them in teaching African studies.
Format:Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
ISBN:9781685857080
9783110784268
DOI:10.1515/9781685857080
Access:restricted access
Hierarchical level:Monograph
Statement of Responsibility: ed. by Jane L. Parpart, Misty L. Bastian.