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The Capacity to Share: A Study of Cuba's International Cooperation in Educational Development (Postcolonial Studies in Education) (Paperback)

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By A. Hickling-Hudson (Editor), J. González (Editor), R. Preston (Editor)
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Introduction: Cuba's Capacity to Share; Anne Hickling-Hudson, Jorge Corona Gonz lez, 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 Gonz lez, and Sabine Lehr, with Marina Majoli Viani 2. Challenging Educational Underdevelopment: The Cuban Solidarity Approach as a Mode of South-South Cooperation; Jorge Corona Gonz lez, Anne Hickling-Hudson, and Sabine Lehr 3. Cuba's Education System: A Foundation for "The Capacity to share"; Elvira Mart n Sabina, Jorge Corona Gonz lez, and Anne Hickling-Hudson SECTION 2: STUDYING IN CUBA; RETURNING HOME TO WORK 4. Cuban Higher Education Scholarships for International Students: An Overview; Francisco Mart nez P rez 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 Trist P rez 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 Villal n interviewed by Anne Hickling-Hudson and Jorge Corona Gonz lez 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 in Cuba: 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 Fern ndez Cabrera interviewed by Anne Hickling-Hudson 16. Teaching in Rural Jamaica: Experiences of a Cuban Teacher; Emelina P. P rez Herrera interviewed by Anne Hickling-Hudson 17. Cuban Cooperation in Literary and Adult Education Programs Overseas; Jaime Canfux Guti rrez interviewed by Jorge Corona Gonz lez and Anne Hickling-Hudson 18. The Role of the APC (Association of Cuban Educators) in Advancing Cuban Internationalism in Education; Lidia Turner Mart interviewed by Anne Hickling-Hudson and Alejandro Torres Saavedra SECTION 5: ENDNOTE 19. Achievements, Celebrations, and Learning; Rosemary Preston.

About the Author


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.

Product Details
ISBN: 9781349341924
ISBN-10: 1349341924
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Publication Date: August 16th, 2012
Pages: 294
Language: English
Series: Postcolonial Studies in Education