Colonialism and Schooling All Sections Education Essay

Colonialism and Schooling All Sections
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Taylor and Francis's article observes how the British and the French used education to control and enforce their norms to African regions in regards to the minerals and other advantages that come with controlling the region. They observe that at some point schools were used as institutions of European colonial activities. They also note that African schools were used to educate the masses while the European schools produced elite Africans to fill the lower ranks in the European administrations. Another main was that the colonists wanted to train for better-skilled labor force and ensure that people are in a position to understand and respect the European laws. Education was also used to enhance better understanding of Christianity or what was referred to as leading people to the truth. Colonial educators in Philippians and Puerto Rico were to instil the American way of democratic. They tailored their education in a way that the t...