Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Tables and Figures; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part 1 Postcolonialisms and Postcolonial Theories; One Contextualizing Postcolonialisms and Postcolonial Theories; Two Homi Bhabha's Contribution and Critics; Three Gayatri Spivak's Contribution and Critics; Four Comparative Framework: Selected Theories of Institutional Suffering; Part 2 Actioning Postcolonial Theory in Educational Research; Five Contextualizing the Research Process; Six Analysis of Policy I: Focus on Western Liberal Humanism
Seven Analysis of Policy II: Focus on NeoliberalismEight Analysis of Practice I: The Other Who Validates Our Superiority; Nine Analysis of Practice II: The Other Who Should Be Grateful for Our Efforts; Ten Analysis of Practice III: The Other Who Desperately Needs Our Leadership; Part 3 Actioning Postcolonial Pedagogies; Eleven Contextualizing Pedagogical Processes and Contexts; Twelve Relativizing Western Knowledge Production in Spaces of Dissensus: The OSDE Methodology; Thirteen Engaging with Other Knowledge Systems: The Through Other Eyes Initiative
Fourteen Wrestling with Meaning and Life: Being a Mother of "Southern" Immigrant Children(In)Conclusion; Notes; References; Index
Summary
Andreotti illustrates how postcolonial theory is applied in the contexts of educational research/critique and in pioneering pedagogical projects. She offers an accessible and useful overview and comparison of theoretical debates related to critiques of Western/Northern hegemony
