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ERIC Number: EJ574468
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1998
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0093-3104
Oburoni outside the Whale: Reflections on an Experience in Ghana.
Wilson, Angene H.
Theory and Research in Social Education, v26 n3 p410-29 Sum 1998
Reflects on a social studies teacher's experiences during a Fulbright professorship in Ghana. Relates how, as an outsider from the United States, she learned about Ghanian perspectives of history, economics, women's issues, and culture, and was reminded of the dominating power of Western cultural and economic imperialism. (DSK)
Descriptors: Cultural Images, Economics, Experiential Learning, Foreign Countries, History, Imperialism, Intercultural Communication, International Relations, Power Structure, Social Studies, Womens Studies
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Cable News Network; Fulbright Exchange Program; Ghana