Background
Brock-Utne, Birgit was born on May 4, 1938 in Oslo, Norway. Daughter of Gerhard and Gertrud Marie Agnes (Hessenberg) B-U.
(Whose Education for All?: The Recolonization of the Afric...)
Whose Education for All?: The Recolonization of the African Mind by Birgit Brock-Utne is one of the most authoritative, critical and incisive books I have read on the ecology of donor-recipient relationship, language issues, and globalization within the context of educational systems in Africa. The book scrutinizes the contentious interaction between donors and recipients, effectively argues for the need to raise the status of local languages as a medium of instruction, and extensively explores and questions the quality, content, and consequence of the African education system. - Dantew Teferra, PhD
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Brock-Utne, Birgit was born on May 4, 1938 in Oslo, Norway. Daughter of Gerhard and Gertrud Marie Agnes (Hessenberg) B-U.
Teaching certified, Oslo, 1960. Candidate in Political, Oslo, 1971. Master of Education, University Illinois, 1964.
Doctor of Philosophy, Oslo College, 1981. Doctor of Philosophy, Oslo College, 1988.
Lecturer Tromsø (Norway) Teacher College, 1966-1973. Research consultant Ministry of Education, Norway, 1973-1977. Researcher Peace Research Institute Oslo, 1981-1982.
Professor University Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania, 1987-1992, University Antioch, Ohio, spring 1992, University Hiroshima, 2002, Indiana University, 2006, University Oslo, since 1977.
(Whose Education for All?: The Recolonization of the Afric...)
President Student Association Tromsø, 1966-1968. Chair Tromsø Social Liberal Party, 1971-1972, Tromsø chapter People's Movement Against Norway's Entry into Common Market, 1971-1972. Board directors Norwegian Film Industry, Oslo, 1971-1973, United Nations Educational Institute Education, Hamburg, Germany, 1992-1900.
Member Norwegian Association Education Researchers (president 1974-1976), International Peace Research Association (board directors 1983-1988), Nordic Association for Study of Education in Developing Countries (board directors 1995-1999), Comparative and International Education Society.
Married Bard Gaarder, October 1, 1960 (divorced December 1973). 1 child, Siri; Married Gunnar Garbo, December 22, 1973. 1 child, Gunnar.