A Kumbla Consciousness
In this article, the author describes how he arrived at appropriating the word "kumbla" from Caribbean and literary discourse to use as a metaphor for a mutating contested space--nurturing but potentially imprisoning--like school/education/Trinidad and Tobago. He notes his plans to use the concept in trying to articulate a theory for a Caribbean curriculum
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Format: | Article biblioteca |
Language: | English |
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Daily Express
2008-11
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Subjects: | Curriculum theory, Metaphors, Caribbean, |
Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2139/8737 |
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Summary: | In this article, the author describes how he arrived at appropriating the word "kumbla" from Caribbean and literary discourse to use as a metaphor for a mutating contested space--nurturing but potentially imprisoning--like school/education/Trinidad and Tobago. He notes his plans to use the concept in trying to articulate a theory for a Caribbean curriculum |
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