Sharmistha Barat

Dados Biográficos

ID238704
NOMESharmistha Barat
PRENOMESSharmistha
SOBRENOMEBarat
ASSINATURABARAT S
AFILIAÇÕESPennsylvania State University
ORCID0009-0008-8265-0010
VERIFICADOSim
TOTAL DE OBRAS2
TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES0
TOTAL COMO AUTOR2
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO2022
ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO2025
ÍNDICE H0

  • Modernist education and the myth of development in Africa

    Open AccessJosé Cossa, Kelli Harris et al.ARTICLEInternational Review of Education2025Referências: 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…