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Re-thinking the Literacy Divide in Language Education in Senegal

by Moustapha Fall (Author)
Monographs 1 Pages
Series: American University Studies , Volume 36

Summary

This book examines literacy education in Senegal. It assesses some of the impacts of French policies on the overall Senegalese system of education, including some of the language policies championed by a cohort of Senegalese authorities from 1960 until 2012. It begins with a definition of the concept of literacy education in general to briefly set the scene of the early resistance this encountered in West Africa particularly in Senegal. It discusses the major language policies undertaken by presidents Leopold Sedar Senghor, Abdou Diouf, and Abdoulaye Wade. Finally, the book assesses the major impacts of France's literacy policies on the current system of education in Senegal and proposes solutions on how to help Senegal and the rest of the West African countries put in place a rigorous literacy education that benefits their population.

Table Of Contents

  • Cover
  • Title
  • Copyright
  • About the author
  • About the book
  • This eBook can be cited
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Contents
  • Detailed List of Contents
  • Introduction
  • 1 Social Relationships and Trust
  • 2 Between Social and Mental States
  • 2.1 Theoretical Assumptions on the Functionality of Trust
  • 2.1.1 The Role of Trust in the Experience of Others
  • 2.1.2 The Role of Trust in Social Interactions
  • 2.1.3 The Role of Trust in Social Ties and Networks
  • 2.1.4 The Role of Trust in Social Structuring and Information Exchanges
  • 2.2 Empirical Approaches to the Formation of Trust
  • 2.2.1 Behavioral Approaches to Trust
  • 2.2.2 Unidimensional Cognitive Approaches to Trust
  • 2.2.3 Two-Dimensional Cognitive Approaches to Trust
  • 2.2.4 Transformational Cognitive Approaches to Trust
  • 2.2.5 Process-Oriented Approaches to Trust
  • 2.2.6 Network Approaches to Trust
  • 2.3 Trust through the Framework of Human Information Processing
  • 3 Social Presence
  • 3.1 Traditional Views of the Social Environment as a Social Universe
  • 3.2 The Social Environment as a Social Multiverse
  • 3.3 Social Presence and Our Implicit Awareness of Others
  • 3.4 Social Presence in the Context of Information Processing
  • 3.5 The Processing of Social Presence in Direct Copresence
  • 3.6 The Processing of Social Presence in Mediated Interactions
  • 3.6.1 The Processing of Social Presence in Unidirectional Channels
  • 3.6.2 The Processing of Social Presence in Bidirectional Channels
  • 3.6.3 The Processing of Social Presence in Multidirectional Channels
  • 3.7 Social Presence as the Main Stimulus to the Experience of Social Relationships
  • 4 Social Interference
  • 4.1 The Significance of Memory for the Information Processing of Social Presence
  • 4.2 A Simplified Model of the Information Processing of Social Presence
  • 4.3 The Significance of Long-Term Memory for the Processing of Social Presence
  • 4.4 The Memorization of Actor-Related Information Deriving from the Processing of Social Presence
  • 4.5 Intersubjectivity and the Memorization of Relational Information
  • 4.6 Social Interference
  • 4.6.1 Interfering Experience of Interaction
  • 4.6.2 Interfering Character Traits and Features
  • 4.6.3 Interfering Sense of Belonging
  • 4.7 Relational Knowledge as the Foundation for the Perception of Social Relationships
  • 4.8 Relational Knowledge as the Foundation for Trust
  • 5 Trust and Relational Confidence
  • 5.1 Conductional Vigilance
  • 5.2 Conductional Risk and the Inability to Process Contingencies of Social Interaction
  • 5.3 Additional Factors Influencing the Experience of Conductional Vigilance
  • 5.4 Conductional Vigilance as Part of Trust’s Operating Range and Efficacy
  • 5.5 Trust and Its Supply of Relational Confidence
  • 5.6 Trust as Prior to Cognitive Evaluation, Rationality, and the Building of Expectations
  • 5.7 Trust as a Mental Algorithm
  • 6 Trust and Social Interaction
  • 6.1 Trust’s Ease of Conduct and Dynamic Range
  • 6.2 Trust’s Functionality for the Social Performance and Navigation of Individuals
  • 6.3 Trust’s Ease of Conduct as an Attribute of Individuals in Social Ties
  • 6.4 Trust and Multirelationality
  • 6.5 Trust’s General Impact on the Emergence and Disruption of Social Structures
  • 6.6 Trust as Susceptible to Mass Communication
  • 7 Trust and Mass Communication
  • 7.1 Trust in the Light of Expanding Human Communication Networks
  • 7.2 Trust and Public Mediators
  • 7.3 Reliability, Consistency, and Transparency in the Reception of Public Mediators
  • 7.4 Trustworthiness as a Substitute to Trust in Social Interactions
  • 7.5 Trustworthiness as a Product of Collective Memory
  • 7.6 Interdependencies between Trust and Trustworthiness
  • 8 Conclusion
  • Glossary
  • Bibliography
  • Figures

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Detailed List of Contents

Introduction

1 Social Relationships and Trust

2 Between Social and Mental States

2.1 Theoretical Assumptions on the Functionality of Trust

2.1.1 The Role of Trust in the Experience of Others

2.1.2 The Role of Trust in Social Interactions

2.1.3 The Role of Trust in Social Ties and Networks

2.1.4 The Role of Trust in Social Structuring and Information Exchanges

2.2 Empirical Approaches to the Formation of Trust

2.2.1 Behavioral Approaches to Trust

2.2.2 Unidimensional Cognitive Approaches to Trust

2.2.3 Two-Dimensional Cognitive Approaches to Trust

2.2.4 Transformational Cognitive Approaches to Trust

2.2.5 Process-Oriented Approaches to Trust

2.2.6 Network Approaches to Trust

2.3 Trust through the Framework of Human Information Processing

3 Social Presence

3.1 Traditional Views of the Social Environment as a Social Universe

3.2 The Social Environment as a Social Multiverse

3.3 Social Presence and Our Implicit Awareness of Others

3.4 Social Presence in the Context of Information Processing

3.5 The Processing of Social Presence in Direct Copresence

3.6 The Processing of Social Presence in Mediated Interactions

3.6.1 The Processing of Social Presence in Unidirectional Channels

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3.6.2 The Processing of Social Presence in Bidirectional Channels

3.6.3 The Processing of Social Presence in Multidirectional Channels

3.7 Social Presence as the Main Stimulus to the Experience of Social Relationships

4 Social Interference

4.1 The Significance of Memory for the Information Processing of Social Presence

4.2 A Simplified Model of the Information Processing of Social Presence

4.3 The Significance of Long-Term Memory for the Processing of Social Presence

4.4 The Memorization of Actor-Related Information Deriving from the Processing of Social Presence

4.5 Intersubjectivity and the Memorization of Relational Information

4.6 Social Interference

4.6.1 Interfering Experience of Interaction

4.6.2 Interfering Character Traits and Features

4.6.3 Interfering Sense of Belonging

4.7 Relational Knowledge as the Foundation for the Perception of Social Relationships

4.8 Relational Knowledge as the Foundation for Trust

5 Trust and Relational Confidence

5.1 Conductional Vigilance

5.2 Conductional Risk and the Inability to Process Contingencies of Social Interaction

5.3 Additional Factors Influencing the Experience of Conductional Vigilance

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5.4 Conductional Vigilance as Part of Trust’s Operating Range and Efficacy

5.5 Trust and Its Supply of Relational Confidence

5.6 Trust as Prior to Cognitive Evaluation, Rationality, and the Building of Expectations

5.7 Trust as a Mental Algorithm

6 Trust and Social Interaction

6.1 Trust’s Ease of Conduct and Dynamic Range

6.2 Trust’s Functionality for the Social Performance and Navigation of Individuals

6.3 Trust’s Ease of Conduct as an Attribute of Individuals in Social Ties

6.4 Trust and Multirelationality

6.5 Trust’s General Impact on the Emergence and Disruption of Social Structures

6.6 Trust as Susceptible to Mass Communication

7 Trust and Mass Communication

7.1 Trust in the Light of Expanding Human Communication Networks

7.2 Trust and Public Mediators

7.3 Reliability, Consistency, and Transparency in the Reception of Public Mediators

7.4 Trustworthiness as a Substitute to Trust in Social Interactions

7.5 Trustworthiness as a Product of Collective Memory

7.6 Interdependencies between Trust and Trustworthiness

8 Conclusion

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Glossary

Bibliography

Figures

Details

Pages
ISBN (PDF)
9781433153457
ISBN (ePUB)
9781433153464
ISBN (MOBI)
9781433153471
ISBN (Hardcover)
9781433153440
DOI
10.3726/b13204
Language
English
Publication date
2024 (April)

Biographical notes

Moustapha Fall (Author)

Moustapha Fall received his doctoral degree in 2014 from the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada. His primary research focuses on second language acquisition and language pedagogy. He has taught at the University of British Columbia, the Fraser Valley University, the University of Calgary, the University of Victoria, and Southern Illinois University. He received the 2015 Author Recognition Award from Southern Illinois University for his academic contribution to the university.

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