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Decolonizing Educational Knowledge

International Perspectives and Contestations

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Editors:
  1. Ann E. Lopez

    1. Department of Leadership, Higher and Adult Education, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

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  2. Herveen Singh

    1. New York University, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

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  • Brings together scholars from around the world, including unique contributions from the Global South
  • Centers local indigenous knowledges in education and schooling
  • Identifies and addresses systemic and embedded inequities in Education

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This volume explores theories and practices of decolonizing education, drawing on international perspectives from scholars across the globe to engage new knowledges and build solidarities across different spaces. Decolonization is an ongoing process in which educators, community members, and practitioners alike have a stake in challenging Eurocentric paradigms and ways of knowing. The book showcases the contributions of praxis-oriented scholars and practitioners who seek to engage in decolonizing praxis that unsettles educational norms, forging new ways of thinking about teaching, learning, and leadership.


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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxxv
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  2. Introduction: Decolonizing Education as Site of Possibilities and Contestations

    • Ann E. Lopez, Herveen Singh
    Pages 1-8

  3. Decolonizing Research Methods

    • Khalid H. Arar, Ira Bogotch, Yvonne M. De La Rosa, Carlton J. Fong, Miguel Guajardo, Denise Mifsud
    Pages 9-38

  4. Reimagining Education Futurities Through Decolonial Lens

    • Ann E. Lopez
    Pages 39-53

  5. Avoiding the Housekee** Trap: Challenges and Opportunities in a Decolonizing Project at the University of East Anglia, UK

    • Yao Wang, Thinh Ngoc Pham, Suzanne Henry, Surya Simon, Claire Hynes, Ulrike Theuerkauf
    Pages 55-72

  6. Decolonizing Teacher Education Through Creation of an Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Indigenization (EDI&I) Coalition

    • Ardavan Eizadirad, Jennifer Straub
    Pages 73-94

  7. Decolonising Educational Leadership in Nepal: An Advocacy for Revisiting Eurocentric Legacy and Promoting Epistemic Indigeneity

    • Shankar Dhakal, Chet Nath Panta, Shree Krishna Wagle, Siddhartha Dhungana
    Pages 95-112

  8. Decolonizing the Selection Criteria of Literature Novels in Secondary Schools and Universities in Zambia: A Decolonizing Approach

    • Jive Lubbungu, Pethias Siame
    Pages 113-128

  9. Unsettling Colonial Roots of School Leadership in Canada: Decolonizing School Leadership

    • Wendy Mackey
    Pages 129-146

  10. Reimagining Higher Education in Tanzania: A De-Colonial Approach to Knowledge Production

    • Maxmillian Julius Chuhila
    Pages 147-166

  11. Decolonial by Design: An Expatriate’s Experience of Teaching Indigenous Emirati Students in the United Arab Emirates

    • Herveen Singh
    Pages 167-184

  12. Interrogating Decolonization of Education in Zambia: Chronicles of Voices from the Higher Education Landscape

    • Gabriel Simungala, Ferdinand Chipindi, Sydney Mupeta
    Pages 185-200

  13. Education for Emancipation and Disrupting Colonial Legacies in Morocco

    • Hamza R’boul, Abdelaziz El Amrani
    Pages 201-216

  14. Alternative Aesthetics: An Engaged Path to Decolonial Education

    • Grace Garlow, Andrew McConnell
    Pages 217-232

  15. “I had the mindset to carry on!”: Positive Black Racial Identity (PBRI) Socialization and Post-Secondary Success Among Black Males

    • Beverly-Jean Daniel
    Pages 233-254

  16. Examining Leadership Practices of Secondary School Principals in Kenya Through a Decolonizing Framework

    • Ann E. Lopez, Peter Rugano
    Pages 255-273

  17. Language as a Resource in India’s Decolonized Cultural Curriculum: A Case Study of the Santali Language

    • Soma Ghosal, Priya Singh
    Pages 275-287

  18. Back Matter

    Pages 289-305
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Leadership, Higher and Adult Education, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

    Ann E. Lopez

  • New York University, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

    Herveen Singh

About the editors

Ann E. Lopez is Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy in the Department of Leadership, Higher, and Adult Education at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE), as well as Director of the Center for Leadership and Diversity and Co-Director of the Centre for Black Studies in Education, at the University of Toronto, Canada. She also recently served as Provostial Advisor Access Programs at the University of Toronto. She is the author of Decolonizing Educational Leadership (2020) and Culturally Responsive and Socially Just Leadership in Diverse Contexts: From Theory to Action (2016).  Her scholarly interests are framed through anti-colonial praxis that that seeks to disrupt ongoing impact of colonization/coloniality in education and schooling.


Herveen Singh is Associate Director of Academic Assessment at New York University Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. She previously held the position of Assistant Professor in the College of Interdisciplinary Studies at Zayed University, United Arab Emirates. Dr. Singh has extensive experience in organizational change management and accreditation in higher education and has led multiple initiatives focused on teaching and learning across various contexts, including Canada, Malta, and the UAE. She is a reviewer for the Commission for Academic Accreditation for the Ministry of Education in the UAE. Her research and scholarship are framed through the lens of social justice and critical education.




Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Decolonizing Educational Knowledge

  • Book Subtitle: International Perspectives and Contestations

  • Editors: Ann E. Lopez, Herveen Singh

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-55688-3

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2024

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-55687-6Published: 04 June 2024

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-55690-6Due: 05 July 2024

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-55688-3Published: 03 June 2024

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXXV, 305

  • Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 13 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Education, general, Educational Philosophy, Globalization, International and Comparative Education

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