
Colonising and Decolonising
Concepts, Learnings, and Praxes
Routledge (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 11. November 2025
Book
Hardback
230 pages
978-1-032-98619-7 (ISBN)
Description
Colonising and Decolonising argues for a decolonised and ethicised curriculum. Grounded in an interdisciplinary approach, it draws upon the fields of history, sociology, education, anthropology, philosophy, indigenous studies, and more, to allow a nuanced and multifaceted exploration of the subject matter.
Focusing on the concepts and practices of coloniality and decoloniality, it uses this focus as a framework for positioning concepts as acquired dispositions in the way we live. Philosophical topics addressed include: concepts and descriptors, knowledge, facts and values, free will and volition, coloniality, decoloniality, curriculum, sapience, strong normative evaluations, pedagogy, rationality, freedom, ethics, learning practices, thinking, ecology, imaginative possibility, and inclusion.
A robust and erudite exploration of the imperative of decolonisation, this volume will appeal to scholars and researchers across a broad range of disciplines including specialist fields of education research, decolonial theory, sociology, epistemology, and philosophy of education.
The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons [Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC BY-NC-ND)] 4.0 license.
Focusing on the concepts and practices of coloniality and decoloniality, it uses this focus as a framework for positioning concepts as acquired dispositions in the way we live. Philosophical topics addressed include: concepts and descriptors, knowledge, facts and values, free will and volition, coloniality, decoloniality, curriculum, sapience, strong normative evaluations, pedagogy, rationality, freedom, ethics, learning practices, thinking, ecology, imaginative possibility, and inclusion.
A robust and erudite exploration of the imperative of decolonisation, this volume will appeal to scholars and researchers across a broad range of disciplines including specialist fields of education research, decolonial theory, sociology, epistemology, and philosophy of education.
The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons [Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC BY-NC-ND)] 4.0 license.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Academic and Postgraduate
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
512 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-032-98619-7 (9781032986197)
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David Scott | Sandra Leaton Gray | Rita Chawla-Duggan
Colonising and Decolonising
Concepts, Learnings, and Praxes
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11/2025
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David Scott | Sandra Leaton Gray | Rita Chawla-Duggan
Colonising and Decolonising
Concepts, Learnings, and Praxes
E-Book
11/2025
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Persons
David Scott is an Emeritus Professor of Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment at the UCL Institute of Education, UK.
Sandra Leaton Gray is an Associate Professor of Education at the UCL Institute of Education, UK, and Senior Member, Wolfson College, Cambridge University.
Rita Chawla-Duggan is Associate Professor of Education in the Department of Education at the University of Bath, UK.
Sandra Leaton Gray is an Associate Professor of Education at the UCL Institute of Education, UK, and Senior Member, Wolfson College, Cambridge University.
Rita Chawla-Duggan is Associate Professor of Education in the Department of Education at the University of Bath, UK.
Author
University College London, UK
University College London, UK
Content
1. Introduction Part I: Colonisations 2. Epistemic Colonisation: Indigenous Peoples 3. Cultural Colonisation: The Indian Diaspora 4. Colonial Identities: Arab-Israeli Conflicts 5. Political and Economic Colonisation: Empire and Commerce 6. Taxonomic Colonisation: Rethinking Racism and Notions of Race in Global Educational Contexts 7. Colonial Institutions: Curricula, Pedagogies and Learnings Part II: Decolonisations 8. Epistemic Decolonisation: Truth, Justification and Ethics 9. Feminist Decolonisations: The Women's Rights Movement 10. The Gay Rights Movement: Decoloniality and Universality 11. Anti-Racist Strategies and Pedagogies: Taxonomic Decolonisation 12. Indigenous and Colonial Knowledge 13. Coloniality/Decoloniality