Sharmistha Barat

Datos Biográficos

ID238704
NOMBRESharmistha Barat
NOMBRESSharmistha
APELLIDOBarat
FIRMABARAT S
AFILIACIONESPennsylvania State University
ORCID0009-0008-8265-0010
VERIFICADOSí
TOTAL DE OBRAS2
TOTAL DE CITAS0
TOTAL COMO AUTOR2
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN2022
AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN2025
ÍNDICE H0

  • Modernist education and the myth of development in Africa

    Open AccessJosé Cossa, Kelli Harris et al.ARTICLEInternational Review of Education2025Referencias: 27

    Arguments that link education to development are overwhelmingly rooted in functionalism as a grand theory and lean heavily on modernisation and human capital theory, with the assumption that African societies must be modernised and that education paves the way to a modernised Africa. However, the concept of what is modern and what constitutes valid and viable ways of modernising often conform to Western notions of modernity, emphasising the human…

  • Toward Building Strategic International University-Society Partnerships in Africa

    Open AccessTeklu Abate Bekele, José Cossa et al.ARTICLEModern Africa Politics History…2022

    In order to redefine the university-society relationship, African universities aspire to forge new partnerships with local, national, regional, and international actors. Employing a critical review of the literature and an analysis of the strategic plans of regional African organisations and African universities, this study explores the challenges and opportunities of creating strategic university–society partnerships in Africa. Against a backdro…