Under/misrepresentation of Ghanaian Languages in the Literature Curriculum in Senior High Schools
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12762930 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Edwin Nii Bonney (0000-0002-3537-7188, University of Missouri, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 66-82 |
| Publication date | 2020-11-18 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Language Identity & Education (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1532-7701 • E-ISSN: 1534-8458 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/15348458.2020.1832498 |
| OpenAlex | W3105574650 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 34 |
In this paper, I examined how discourses about English and European/Western ways of speaking, doing, and being have been taken up in the literature curriculum and the books students are required to read. I conducted a critical content analysis of both the literature curriculum in addition to required books for students. I found that Ghanaian languages and cultures in the required books are either under-represented or inauthentically represented, even in books written by Ghanaian authors. Because students are also mainly assessed on their ability to recognize literary devices in the books they read, the curriculum fails to encourage students to critically engage with the content they read. In this paper, I argue that because Ghanaian students do not see themselves, their languages, and their own cultures in assigned books, the curriculum—rather than disrupt—reinforces an English language hegemony to the disadvantage of Ghanaian ways of speaking, doing, and being
Curriculum · Disadvantage · Hegemony · Linguistics · Mathematics education · Misrepresentation · Pedagogy · Political science · Sociology · Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy · Law · Literacy, Media, and Education · Multilingual Education and Policy · Psychology
English and the Discourses of Colonialism
Hegemonies of Language and Their Discontents
Critical Multicultural Analysis of Children's Literature
Language Decline and Death in Africa
Translanguaging and Education
‘Literacy is the ability to read and write English’
Discourse on Colonialism
Language representation in the Ghanaian lower primary classroom and its implications
English-only language-in-education policy in multilingual classrooms in Ghana
More than a lingua franca
Social Class and School Knowledge
Social difference and the politics of schooling in Africa
The impact of colonial and postcolonial Ghanaian language policies on vernacular use in schools in two northern Ghanaian communities
Significant Trends in the Development of Ghanaian Education
The Effect of Globalisation in Africa and the Choice of Language in Publishing
Reaching the underserved with complementary education
Belonging and learning to belong in school
The 'Hidden Currlculum' of a West African Girls' Boarding School
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 4 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |