Open AccessMODERNISATION THEORY, PRISMATIC SOCIETY AND EDUCATIONAL DECENTRALISATION IN UGANDA
Author(s) -
Clive Harber,
Dan Emmanuel Oryema
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
international journal of educational development in africa
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2709-2844
pISSN - 2312-3540
DOI - 10.25159/2312-3540/41
Subject(s) - modernization theory , decentralization , documentation , relation (database) , political science , public administration , sociology , economic growth , law , economics , database , computer science , programming language
This paper revisits modernisation theory in relation to the nature of education in Africa. It examines how schools actually operate in ‘prismatic’ societies in general before focusing on a study of
educational decentralisation in Uganda. The study used interviews, observation, documentation and filed notes to explore the ways in which a policy of educational decentralisation actually played out. From the study eight themes emerged illustrating how educational policy established at national and international levels can be interpreted and distorted by local cultural values and behaviours.