Teaching Global Development: Practical Approaches for Inclusive, Critical, and Decolonized Pedagogy
(Hardback)
Publishing Details
Teaching Global Development: Practical Approaches for Inclusive, Critical, and Decolonized Pedagogy
By (Author) Elisheva Cohen
Edited by John-Michael Davis
Edited by Ruth Murumba
Edited by Mary Jane Parmentier
Edited by Marylynn Steckley
Edited by Rita Udor
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Bloomsbury Academic
11th December 2025
United Kingdom
Classifications
Professional and Scholarly
Non Fiction
Social pedagogy
Decolonisation of knowledge / Decoloniality
Physical Properties
Hardback
256
Width 156mm, Height 234mm
Description
The first volume of its kind, Teaching Global Development offers a unique collection of current approaches to teaching development in ways that foreground such core ethical issues. Hailing from a range of disciplines and from across the world, the contributors gathered here describe what "global development" means in their context, offer strategies for more ethical syllabi, describe innovative ways to explore equity and diversity through readings and activities, and provide detailed case studies of GDS-related programs. Throughout, these chapters showcase new and innovative approaches to service learning, lesson plans, and activities that demonstrate what critical, decolonized, DEI-sensitive knowledge actually looks like.
For its topical breadth, theoretical sophistication, and uniquely concrete examples and suggestions, this book is a must-read for scholars, instructors, and students interested in the ethics not only of global development, but also of curriculum-setting and pedagogy more broadly.
The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by Indiana University and Worcester Polytechnic Institute.
Author Bio
Elisheva Cohen is Director of International Education Programs at the Hamilton Lugar School for Global and International Studies at Indiana University, USA. She holds a PhD in International Development and Education from the University of Minnesota. For two years, she convened an international conference on pedagogy in international development studies.
John-Michael Davis is an Assistant Teaching Professor in the Department of Integrated and Global Studies at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, USA. He co-directs the Puerto Rico Project Center where he builds relationships with Puerto Rican organizations to facilitate reciprocal and impactful project-based learning opportunities for students.
Ruth Murumba holds an MA in Development Studies from the University of Glasgow and is a PhD candidate who studied development studies at Moi University in Kenya (graduation expected in December 2022). Her research focuses on the social sustainability of development projects in informal settlements in Nairobi, Kenya. She has over ten years of experience teaching international development studies.
Mary Jane Parmentier is a Clinical Professor at Arizona State University, USA, in the School for the Future of Innovation in Society and the College of Global Futures. For over 20 years she has published research on innovative pedagogy for teaching global development studies in the classroom, online, and in the field.
Marylynn Steckley is an Assistant Professor in Global and International Studies at Carleton University, Canada. Dr. Steckley is deeply interested in pedagogical innovations in virtual international experiential learning to enhance inclusive learning opportunities for students.
Rita Udor is a lecturer at Simon Diedong Dombo University of Business and Integrated Development Studies, Ghana, and is affiliated with the Department of Development Studies. She teaches gender and development, community mobilization and development, population and development among others courses.
