Peter Kallaway
Biographic Data
| ID | 221055 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Peter Kallaway |
| GIVEN NAMES | Peter |
| FAMILY NAME | Kallaway |
| SIGNATURE | KALLAWAY P |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Cape Town |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 19 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 37 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 18 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1974 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
William Bryant Mumford, 1900–1951: Entrepreneur in colonial education
Recent debates relating to the #Rhodes-Must-Fall and related movements invite a careful reappraisal of the complex field of colonial education in the late colonial era, given the lack of attention to the field by historians and the significance of this legacy for the development of educational policy in the post-colonial world. The British, French and German colonial offices, along with missionary societies and American philanthropic organisation…
Julian Huxley and a biological approach to education in British East Africa during the interwar era
During the 1930s there was a significant shift in the debate about African colonial education. Above all, somewhat discreetly hidden behind the formal language of the educational documents, is the question of the challenge presented to the traditional literary/religious missionary curriculum, or even to the adaptationist debate about African education, by the emergence of public polemic relating to the relevance of secular science education which…
Comrade Professor’ – Phil Bonner
Phil Bonner joined the History Department at Wits University in 1971 and played a leading role in the development of African History in South Africa and internationally. He was part of a cohort of
Diedrich Westermann and the Ambiguities of Colonial Science in the Inter-War Era
Diedrich Westermann (1875–1956) was a key figure in the establishment of African studies in Germany and Britain. He was a pioneer German linguist and member of the founding generation of German Africanists (Afrikanistik) who played a significant role in the field. As professor at Berlin University, the co-director of the International Institute of African Languages and Culture (IIALC) in London from 1926 and an adviser to Lord Hailey’s research t…
Empire and Education in Africa: The Shaping of a Comparative Perspective
This version is made available in accordance with publisher policies. It is an Accepted Manuscript that has been published In Kallaway, P. & Swartz, R. (Eds.) Empire and Education in Africa : The Shaping of a Comparative Perspective, pp. 271-297, in the series History of Schools and Schooling. Please cite only the published version using the reference above
Creating Postcolonial Literature: African Writers and British Publishers
Science and policy: Anthropology and education in British colonial Africa during the inter-war years
The advent of educational policy debate and educational research in the first half of the twentieth century is part of the quest for respectability and influence in the social sciences. There was an increasing quest for “objective” methodologies and data as missionary societies, philanthropic foundations and governments sought reliable information about existing educational policy and indicators for the direction of future policies in British col…
Educational Reforms in Sub-Saharan Africa: Paradigm Lost? (review)
Reviewed by: Educational Reforms in Sub-Saharan Africa: Paradigm Lost? Peter Kallaway Jeanne Moulton, Karen Mundy, Michel Welmond, and James Williams , eds. 2002. Educational Reforms in Sub-Saharan Africa: Paradigm Lost?Contributions to the Study of Education, 82. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press. 234 pp. $95.00 (cloth). This collection provides essential reading for anyone concerned with the research and understanding of the momentous developmen…
Welfare and education in British colonial Africa and South Africa during the 1930s and 1940s
Contemporary educational policy discourse in South Africa that seeks to serve the poor and address equity issues needs to engage with the roots of twentieth‐century social reform debates if it is meet its goals. One of the weaknesses of the templates for reform at the present time is that they often fail to engage with progressive traditions which have a long history. Present‐day reforms look to agency recommendations or comparative examples of “…
The History of Education under Apartheid, 1948-1994: The Doors of Learning and Culture Shall Be Opened
The History of under Apartheid, 1948-1994: The Doors of Learning and Culture Shall Be Opened. Edited by Peter Kallaway. History of Schools and Schooling, Vol. 28. New York: Peter Lang, 2002. Pp. xvi, 399. 10 illustrations. $34.95 paper. Though about the history of during South Africa's apartheid era, this book is very much concerned with the development of educational policy under the country's democratically elected government since 1994. Furthe…
The need for attention to the issue of rural education
Against the odds: The struggle of the Cape African Night Schools 1945-1967
No abstract available
L'éducation et la construction nationale dans l'Afrique du Sud des années 1990. Comment réformer l'enseignement de l'histoire pour l'après-apartheid
L'analyste du système éducationnel sud-africain décrit son expérience personnelle au sein de la commission officielle chargée de réfléchir aux nouveaux programmes de l'enseignement de l'histoire dans le primaire et le secondaire. Il dévoile les stratégies du pouvoir en la matière : celui-ci semble avoir pris une longueur d'avance sur les conceptions des représentants des nationalistes noirs. L'histoire doit être «nationale» mais rester autant que…
Privatization as an Aspect of the Educational Politics of the New Right: Critical Signposts for Understanding Shifts in Educational Policy in South Africa during the Eighties
Privatization as an aspect of the educational politics of the new right: Critical signposts for understanding shifts in educational policy in South Africa during the eighties
(1989). Privatization as an aspect of the educational politics of the new right: Critical signposts for understanding shifts in educational policy in South Africa during the eighties? British Journal of Educational Studies: Vol. 37, No. 3, pp. 253-278
Johannesburg: Images and Continuities. A History of Working Class Life through Pictures, 1885-1935
Books reviewed
Peter Duignan and L.H. Gann, The United States and Africa. A History (Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 1984). Pp. xiv+450. William Minter, King Solomon's Mines Revisited. Western Interests and the Burdened History of Southern Africa (New York: Basic Books, 1986). Pp. xiii+401. $21.95. Megan Vaughan, The Story of an African Famine (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1987). Pp. ix+181. £22.50. Andrew Ross, John Philip (1775–1…
Danster and the Xhosa of the gariep: Towards a political economy of the Cape Frontier 1790-1820
F. S. Malan, the Cape Liberal Tratition, and South African Politics 1908–1924
F. S. Malan's role, and the influence of the Cape ‘liberal’ tradition in the post-Union era, have been seriously under-estimated. As Minister of Mines and Industries and effective Minister of Native Affairs, Malan was responsible for the passage of a comprehensive system of labour legislation between 1913 and 1924, linked to a new initiative in ‘native policy’ in urban areas. The limitations of such an initiative must, however, not be lost sight …
F. S. Malan, the Cape Liberal Tratition, and South African Politics 1908–1924
F. S. Malan's role, and the influence of the Cape ‘liberal’ tradition in the post-Union era, have been seriously under-estimated. As Minister of Mines and Industries and effective Minister of Native Affairs, Malan was responsible for the passage of a comprehensive system of labour legislation between 1913 and 1924, linked to a new initiative in ‘native policy’ in urban areas. The limitations of such an initiative must, however, not be lost sight …
Welfare and education in British colonial Africa and South Africa during the 1930s and 1940s
Contemporary educational policy discourse in South Africa that seeks to serve the poor and address equity issues needs to engage with the roots of twentieth‐century social reform debates if it is meet its goals. One of the weaknesses of the templates for reform at the present time is that they often fail to engage with progressive traditions which have a long history. Present‐day reforms look to agency recommendations or comparative examples of “…
The need for attention to the issue of rural education
Danster and the Xhosa of the gariep: Towards a political economy of the Cape Frontier 1790-1820
Diedrich Westermann and the Ambiguities of Colonial Science in the Inter-War Era
Diedrich Westermann (1875–1956) was a key figure in the establishment of African studies in Germany and Britain. He was a pioneer German linguist and member of the founding generation of German Africanists (Afrikanistik) who played a significant role in the field. As professor at Berlin University, the co-director of the International Institute of African Languages and Culture (IIALC) in London from 1926 and an adviser to Lord Hailey’s research t…
Empire and Education in Africa: The Shaping of a Comparative Perspective
This version is made available in accordance with publisher policies. It is an Accepted Manuscript that has been published In Kallaway, P. & Swartz, R. (Eds.) Empire and Education in Africa : The Shaping of a Comparative Perspective, pp. 271-297, in the series History of Schools and Schooling. Please cite only the published version using the reference above
Science and policy: Anthropology and education in British colonial Africa during the inter-war years
The advent of educational policy debate and educational research in the first half of the twentieth century is part of the quest for respectability and influence in the social sciences. There was an increasing quest for “objective” methodologies and data as missionary societies, philanthropic foundations and governments sought reliable information about existing educational policy and indicators for the direction of future policies in British col…
Educational Reforms in Sub-Saharan Africa: Paradigm Lost? (review)
Reviewed by: Educational Reforms in Sub-Saharan Africa: Paradigm Lost? Peter Kallaway Jeanne Moulton, Karen Mundy, Michel Welmond, and James Williams , eds. 2002. Educational Reforms in Sub-Saharan Africa: Paradigm Lost?Contributions to the Study of Education, 82. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press. 234 pp. $95.00 (cloth). This collection provides essential reading for anyone concerned with the research and understanding of the momentous developmen…
Books reviewed
Peter Duignan and L.H. Gann, The United States and Africa. A History (Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 1984). Pp. xiv+450. William Minter, King Solomon's Mines Revisited. Western Interests and the Burdened History of Southern Africa (New York: Basic Books, 1986). Pp. xiii+401. $21.95. Megan Vaughan, The Story of an African Famine (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1987). Pp. ix+181. £22.50. Andrew Ross, John Philip (1775–1…
F. S. Malan, the Cape Liberal Tratition, and South African Politics 1908–1924
F. S. Malan's role, and the influence of the Cape ‘liberal’ tradition in the post-Union era, have been seriously under-estimated. As Minister of Mines and Industries and effective Minister of Native Affairs, Malan was responsible for the passage of a comprehensive system of labour legislation between 1913 and 1924, linked to a new initiative in ‘native policy’ in urban areas. The limitations of such an initiative must, however, not be lost sight …
Danster and the Xhosa of the gariep: Towards a political economy of the Cape Frontier 1790-1820
Johannesburg: Images and Continuities. A History of Working Class Life through Pictures, 1885-1935
Books reviewed
Peter Duignan and L.H. Gann, The United States and Africa. A History (Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 1984). Pp. xiv+450. William Minter, King Solomon's Mines Revisited. Western Interests and the Burdened History of Southern Africa (New York: Basic Books, 1986). Pp. xiii+401. $21.95. Megan Vaughan, The Story of an African Famine (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1987). Pp. ix+181. £22.50. Andrew Ross, John Philip (1775–1…
Privatization as an Aspect of the Educational Politics of the New Right: Critical Signposts for Understanding Shifts in Educational Policy in South Africa during the Eighties
Privatization as an aspect of the educational politics of the new right: Critical signposts for understanding shifts in educational policy in South Africa during the eighties
(1989). Privatization as an aspect of the educational politics of the new right: Critical signposts for understanding shifts in educational policy in South Africa during the eighties? British Journal of Educational Studies: Vol. 37, No. 3, pp. 253-278
Against the odds: The struggle of the Cape African Night Schools 1945-1967
No abstract available
L'éducation et la construction nationale dans l'Afrique du Sud des années 1990. Comment réformer l'enseignement de l'histoire pour l'après-apartheid
L'analyste du système éducationnel sud-africain décrit son expérience personnelle au sein de la commission officielle chargée de réfléchir aux nouveaux programmes de l'enseignement de l'histoire dans le primaire et le secondaire. Il dévoile les stratégies du pouvoir en la matière : celui-ci semble avoir pris une longueur d'avance sur les conceptions des représentants des nationalistes noirs. L'histoire doit être «nationale» mais rester autant que…
The need for attention to the issue of rural education
The History of Education under Apartheid, 1948-1994: The Doors of Learning and Culture Shall Be Opened
The History of under Apartheid, 1948-1994: The Doors of Learning and Culture Shall Be Opened. Edited by Peter Kallaway. History of Schools and Schooling, Vol. 28. New York: Peter Lang, 2002. Pp. xvi, 399. 10 illustrations. $34.95 paper. Though about the history of during South Africa's apartheid era, this book is very much concerned with the development of educational policy under the country's democratically elected government since 1994. Furthe…
Welfare and education in British colonial Africa and South Africa during the 1930s and 1940s
Contemporary educational policy discourse in South Africa that seeks to serve the poor and address equity issues needs to engage with the roots of twentieth‐century social reform debates if it is meet its goals. One of the weaknesses of the templates for reform at the present time is that they often fail to engage with progressive traditions which have a long history. Present‐day reforms look to agency recommendations or comparative examples of “…
Educational Reforms in Sub-Saharan Africa: Paradigm Lost? (review)
Reviewed by: Educational Reforms in Sub-Saharan Africa: Paradigm Lost? Peter Kallaway Jeanne Moulton, Karen Mundy, Michel Welmond, and James Williams , eds. 2002. Educational Reforms in Sub-Saharan Africa: Paradigm Lost?Contributions to the Study of Education, 82. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press. 234 pp. $95.00 (cloth). This collection provides essential reading for anyone concerned with the research and understanding of the momentous developmen…
Science and policy: Anthropology and education in British colonial Africa during the inter-war years
The advent of educational policy debate and educational research in the first half of the twentieth century is part of the quest for respectability and influence in the social sciences. There was an increasing quest for “objective” methodologies and data as missionary societies, philanthropic foundations and governments sought reliable information about existing educational policy and indicators for the direction of future policies in British col…
Creating Postcolonial Literature: African Writers and British Publishers
Empire and Education in Africa: The Shaping of a Comparative Perspective
This version is made available in accordance with publisher policies. It is an Accepted Manuscript that has been published In Kallaway, P. & Swartz, R. (Eds.) Empire and Education in Africa : The Shaping of a Comparative Perspective, pp. 271-297, in the series History of Schools and Schooling. Please cite only the published version using the reference above
Comrade Professor’ – Phil Bonner
Phil Bonner joined the History Department at Wits University in 1971 and played a leading role in the development of African History in South Africa and internationally. He was part of a cohort of
Diedrich Westermann and the Ambiguities of Colonial Science in the Inter-War Era
Diedrich Westermann (1875–1956) was a key figure in the establishment of African studies in Germany and Britain. He was a pioneer German linguist and member of the founding generation of German Africanists (Afrikanistik) who played a significant role in the field. As professor at Berlin University, the co-director of the International Institute of African Languages and Culture (IIALC) in London from 1926 and an adviser to Lord Hailey’s research t…
William Bryant Mumford, 1900–1951: Entrepreneur in colonial education
Recent debates relating to the #Rhodes-Must-Fall and related movements invite a careful reappraisal of the complex field of colonial education in the late colonial era, given the lack of attention to the field by historians and the significance of this legacy for the development of educational policy in the post-colonial world. The British, French and German colonial offices, along with missionary societies and American philanthropic organisation…
Julian Huxley and a biological approach to education in British East Africa during the interwar era
During the 1930s there was a significant shift in the debate about African colonial education. Above all, somewhat discreetly hidden behind the formal language of the educational documents, is the question of the challenge presented to the traditional literary/religious missionary curriculum, or even to the adaptationist debate about African education, by the emergence of public polemic relating to the relevance of secular science education which…
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