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Some selected books (one-authored and edited) written in English 1985 - 2006

l985: Educating for Peace.New York/Oxford/Toronto/Sydney/ Paris / Frankfurt: Pergamon Press.l75.pp.­Reprinted in l987 and in l989.A Korean edition appeared in l986.Published in Seoul.3l5 pp. A Norwegian edition appeared in l987.Oslo:Folke­reisn­ing mot krig.206.pp. An Italian edition  appeared at the end of l989,published by Edizione Gruppo Abele.

 l989: Feminist Perspectives on Peace and Peace Educati­on.New York/ Oxford/ Toronto/Sydney/Paris/ Frankfurt: Pergamon Press.200 pp.

1999: (eds. together with Gunnar Garbo): Globalization - on whose terms? Report no.6.l999. Oslo: Institute for Educatio­nal Research. 335 pp.ISSN 0800-6113

2000: Whose Education for All? Recolonizing the African mind?  New York: Falmer Press.350 pp. Reprinted in 2006 by africanabooks

2002: Language, Democracy and Education in Africa. Discussion Paper no.15. Uppsala: Nordic Africa Institute. 47pp. ISSN 1104-8417 .ISBN 91-7106-491- 

2003 (with Zubeida Desai and Martha Qorro (eds.): Language of Instruction in Tanzania and South Africa. Dar es Salaam: E & D Publishers.


2004 (with Zubeida Desai and Martha Qorro (eds.):  Researching the Language of Instruction in Tanzania and South Africa. Cape Town: African Minds. 280 pp.

2005  (with Rodney Kofi Hopson (eds.): Languages of instruction for African emancipation: Focus on postcolonial contexts and considerations. Cape Town: CASAS and Dar es Salaam: Mkuki na Nyota. Oxford: African Books Collective. East Lansing: State University of Michigan Press.

2005 (with Zubeida Desai and Martha Qorro (eds.):  LOITASA Research in Progress. Dar es Salaam: KAD Associates. 320 pp.
 

2006 (with Zubeida Desai and Martha Qorro (eds.): Fresh Focus on the Language of Instruction Debate in Tanzania and South Africa. Cape Town: African Minds

Chapters in books (mostly in English, a couple in German and Spanish):

Peace education

l988: Disarmament education: The European Evolution. In: Ray,Dou­glas,(ed): Peace Education. Canadian and International Perspect­ives. London,Canada:Third Eye.pp.ll2-l29.

1994: The distinction between education about peace and development and value centered education intended to promote them. In: Ray, Douglas (ed): Education for Human Rights. An International Perspective. Studies in Comparative Education. Paris: UNESCO/IBE pp.55-82.

1995: The distinction between teaching about peace and teaching for peace. In: Buffet, Françoise and Jacques-André Tschoumy (eds): Choc démocratique et formation des enseignants en Europe. Lyon: Presses Universitaires de Lyon. pp.111-133. republished  in: Valente,Maria Odete, Amália Dárrios, Alberte Gaspar, V.D,Teodora (eds.): Teacher Training and Values Education. Lisboa: Departemento de Educaçâo da Faculdade de Ciências de Lisboa/Association for Teacher Education in Europe. pp.839 - 873.

1997: Internationalisierung des Bildungswesens - Eine kritische Perspektive. In: Kodron,Christoph, Botho von Kopp, Uwe Lauterbach, Ulrich Schäfer und Gerlind Schmidt (Hrsg): Vergleichende Erziehungswissenschaft: Herausforderung - Vermittlung - Praxis. Festschrift für Wolfgang Mitter zum 70. Geburtstag. Köln/Weimar/Wien: Böhlau Verlag.pp.301 -311.

1999: Multicultural education and Development Education. The Challenges to Peace Education. In: James Calleja and Angela Perucca (eds.): Peace Education: Contexts and Values. Leece: Edizioni Pensa MultiMedia.pp.229-261.

2000: Educacion para la Paz en un mundo globalizado. In: Ortega, Pedro (ed.): Educacion para la Paz. Murcia: Ediciones Myrtia.pp.39-58. ISBN 84-95549-05-0

2002: Paz y prevencion de conflictos. In: Alcober,Pere and Vicenç Fisas (eds.): I Encuentro Ciudadano Internacional – Barcelona, abril de 2001. Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona.  DL:B.38.855-2001. pp.197-193

Educational Innovation – curriculum - methods

l982: What are the effects of curricular options? In: Council of Europe(ed.):Sex Stereotyping in Schools.Lisse:Swets & Zeit­linger.pp.63-78. Also published in: Tidskrift för Nordisk Förening för Pedagogisk Forskning.nr.4.l982.pp.5 - 22.

l988: What is educational action research? In: Kemmis,Stephen and Robin McTaggart (eds.): The Action Research Reader. Deakin,Austra­lia: Deakin University Press.pp.253-259.

l988: Formal education as a force in shaping cultural norms relating to war and the environment .In: Westing,Arthur (ed): Cultu­ral Norms,War and the Environment. Oxford: Oxford University Press.pp.83-l0l. Translated into Russian and published by Mir publish­ers, Moscow, l989.

1994: Reflections of a cultural commuter. In: Bystydzienski, Jill and Estelle Resnik (eds), 1994: Women in Cross-Cultural Transitions. Bloomington: Phi Delta Kappa Educational Foundation.pp.121-132.

1994: A renewed curriculum dependency in the wake of Jomtien? In: Schnack,Karsten (ed),1994: Export of Curriculum and Educational Ideas. Didaktiske studier. Studies in Educational Theory and Curriculum. Vol.13. Copenhagen: Royal Danish School of  Educational Studies.pp.25-65.

1994: Creating Change through Adult Education - suggestions for two priority areas. In:  Peter Beckman and Francine D'Amico (eds.),1994: Women, Gender and World Politics. Perspectives, policies and prospects. Westport,Conneticut: Bergin & Garvey. pp.175 - 187.

2007: Comparative Education in Norway (with Tone Skinningsrud) In:  Popov, Nikolay and Charl Wolhuter (eds.) Comparative Education as Discipline at Universities Worldwide.   Sofia: Bureau for Educational Services . ISBN 978-954-9842-10-4. pp. 38-48

Women studies

l982:Gewaltfrei denken.Zur Rolle der Frauen in der Friedens­forsc­hung.(Non-violent thinking.The role of women in peace research.)In:Randzio-Plath,Christa(ed.):Was geht uns Frauen der Krieg an?(Does war concern women?) Hamburg:Rowohlt Verlag.pp.45-64.

1986. Feminism and Peace. In: Pauling, Linus, Ervin Laszlo and Jong Youl Yoo (eds.): World Encyclopedia of Peace. Vol.1.pp.324-327. Oxford/New York/Beijing: Pergamon Press.

l988: The Development of Peace and Peace Education Concepts through three UN Women Decade Conferences. In: Alger, Chadwick and Michael Stohl(eds): A Just Peace through Transformation. Cultural,  Economic, and Political Foundations for Change.Boulder & London:­ Westview Press.pp.l70-l90.

1991: Underdevelopment and the Oppression of Women: A Feminist Perspective. In: Boulding, Elise, Clovis Brigagao and Kevin Clements (eds.): Peace Culture & Society. Transnational Research and Dialogue. Boulder/San Fransisco/Oxford: Westview Press.pp.212 - 229.

1992: The Feminist Experience and Social Change in Europe and Africa. In: Boulding, Elise (ed): New Agendas for Peace Research. Conflict and Security Reexamined. Boulder & London: Boulder: Lynne Rienner Publishers. pp.33-43.

2000: An Analysis of Peace and Development Studies as well as Peace Education from a Feminist Perspective. In: Karame, Kari and Torunn Tryggestad (eds.): Gender Perspectives on Peace and Conflict Studies. Oslo: Norwegian Institute of International Affairs and International Peace Research Institute, Oslo.pp.144-163.ISBN: 82 7002 153 9.

Indigenous knowledge

2000: Transforming African Universities Using Indigenous Perspectives and Local Experience. In: Teasdale, G.R and Z. Ma Rhea (eds): Local Knowledge and Wisdom in Higher Education. New York: Pergamon Press.pp.153-169.

 2002: Stories of the Hunt – Who is writing them? In: Odora Hoppers,Catherine (ed.): Indigenous Knowledge and the Integration of Knowledge Systems. Towards a Philosophy of Articulation. Claremont South Africa: New Africa Education.pp.237-257.

Globalisation, Language and Education

2002: Globalisierung des Bildungswesens – Erfahrungen aus Afrika. In: Wulf Christoph und Christine Merkel (Hrsg.):Globalisierung als Herausforderung der Erziehung. Theorien, Grundlagen, Fallstudien. European Studies in Education. Münster/New York/München/ Berlin: Waxmann. Pp.402-414.

2005: Globalisation, Language and Education. In: International Handbook on Globalisation, Education and Policy Research. . Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers 2005. s. 549-565

 2005: Language-in-Education Policies and Practices in Africa with a Special Focus on Tanzania and South Africa – Insights from Research in Progress. In: Lin, Angel  M.Y. and Peter Martin (eds) Decolonisation, Globalisation, Language – in- Education. Clevedon/Buffalo/Toronto: Multilingual Matters. pp.175 – 195.

2006: English as the language of instruction or destruction – how do teachers and students in Tanzania cope? In: Albert Weidemann  and Birgit Smieja, (eds.): Empowerment through Language and Education: cases and case studies from North America, Europe, Africa and Japan. Frankfurt: Peter Lang .pp.75 - 91

 

2006: Learning through a familiar language versus learning through a foreign language – a look at some secondary school classrooms in Tanzania. In: Brock-Utne, Birgit, Zubeida Desai and Martha Qorro (eds.):  Focus on Fresh Data on the  Language of Instruction Debate in Tanzania and South Africa. Cape Town: African Minds. Pp.19-40 

A selection of articles in professional journals written in English
(book reviews are not included)

Peace education

 l989: Gender and Cooperation in the Laboratory. Journal of Peace Research. Vol.26. No.l   pp.47 - 57.

1995: Educating All for Positive Peace:  Education for Positive Peace or Oppression? International Journal of Educational Development. Vol.15. No.3. Sept. pp.177-197.

1998: Multicultural education and development education - similarities and challenges to peace education. Nordisk Pedagogik. Vol.18.Nr.1.pp.1-15

1999: L'educació de la pau en l'era de la munialització (Peace education in an era of globalization). Revista de Recerca Humanística i Científica. Núm.X.pp.31-47. ISSN 1130-4235

2004: Peace Research with a Diversity Perspective: a look to Africa  International Journal of Peace Studies. Vol.9  No.2. Autumn/Winter  pp.109 – 123

2007:   Education for peace vs education about peace. Bridges. Vol.14.  No1/.2. pp.107-125 ISSN 1042-2234 (a volume dealing with the Reality of War and the Possibility of Peace.)

Educational Innovation – curriculum - methods

l979: Research and Reform in Teacher Educaton. Prospects.vol. IX,no.l/l979.

l982: The hidden curriculum of the Norwegian compulsory school. Tidskrift før Nordisk Førening før Pedagogisk Forskning.nr.l-2/l982.pp.33 - 46.

1996 : Reliability and validity in qualitative research within education in Africa. International Review of Education. Vol.42. No.6. 605-621. ISNN 0020-8566

Indigenous knowledge

1999: African Universities and the African Heritage. International Review of Education. Vol.45. No.1.pp.87-104.

Globalisation, Language and Education

1993: Language of instruction in African schools - a socio-cultural perspective. Nordisk Pedagogik. Nr.4. pp.225-247.

1995: Cultural Conditionality and Aid to education in East Africa. International Review of Education. Vol.41. No.3-4. pp.177-197.

1996 : Globalisation of Learning - the role of the Universities in the South: with a special look at Sub-Saharan Africa. International Journal of Educational Development. Vol.16. No.4.pp.335-346.ISSN 0738-0593

1997: Language of instruction in Namibian schools.  International Review of Education.Vol.43. No.2/3. pp.241-260.

2001: Education for All - in Whose Language? Oxford Review of Education. Vol.27. March. No.1. pp.115-134. ISNN 0305-4985

2001: The Growth of English for academic communication in the Nordic Countries. International Review of Education.Vol.47. No.3-4.pp.221-233. ISNN 0020-8566

2001 .(with Halla Holmarsdottir): The Choice of English as Medium of Instruction and Its Effects on the African Languages in Namibia International Review of Education. Vol.47. No.1.pp.293-322. ISNN 0020-8566

2002: The Use of African Languages – a Question of Learning and a  Question of Democracy. Le Revue Gabonaise des Sciences du Langage. No.1

2003: The Language Question in Africa in the light of Globalisation,  Social Justice and Democracy. International Journal of Peace Studies. Vol.8. No.2.pp.67-87.
 

2004. (with Halla Holmarsdottir):Language policies and practices in Tanzania and South Africa: problems and challenges. International Journal of Educational Development Vol.24. No 1.pp.67-83

2007: Learning through a familiar language versus learning through a foreign language –  a look into some secondary school classrooms in Tanzania. International Journal of Educational Development. Vol.27. No.5. 2007. ISSN 0738-0593  pp. 487 – 498

2007: Is Norwegian threatened as an academic language? International Higher Education Summer issue. ISSN  1084-0613. pp.15-16

2007: Language of Instruction and Student Performance: New Insights from Research in Tanzania and South Africa International Review of Education. Vol.53.No.5/6. ISSN 0020-8566. (in press)

Globalisation, Development Aid , Higher Education

2002: Education and Development: A Developing theme. International Review of Education. Vol.48.No.1/2. 2002. pp.45-65.

2002: Development Aid to the Education Sector in Africa: Lessons of Experience. Journal of International Cooperation in Education.Vol.5.No.2.pp63-90

2002: The Global Forces Affecting the Education Sector Today – The Universities in Europe as an Example. Higher Education in Europe. Vol.XXXVII.N0.3.2002.pp.283-300

2003: Formulating Higher Education Policies in Africa - the Pressure from External Forces and the Neoliberal Agenda. Higher Education in Africa. Vol.1.No.1 pp.24-56. ISSN 0851-7762

2007: Worldbankification of Norwegian Development Assistance to Education. Comparative Education. Vol.43. No.3. Special Issue on Global Governance, Social Policy and Multilateral Education. ISSN 0305-0068. pp.433 – 449.

2007: The language of instruction and research in higher education in Europe – highlights from the current debate in Norway and Sweden. International Review of Education. Vol.53. No.4. pp.367-388. ISSN 0020-8566.

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