This book explores how postcolonialism and the ongoing debates over the literary canon relate to the practice of teaching high school English. This literary journey begins in apartheid South Africa and then moves forward in time and place to a multi-ethnic Western Canadian school where Ingrid Johnston and an English teacher collaborate in teaching postcolonial literature. Illuminating ways in which a postcolonial pedagogy can open up debates on questions of power, difference and discrimination, this book highlights the complexities of postcolonial pedagogy and raises challenging questions of text selection, reading strategies and student response.

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The Author: Ingrid Johnston is an Associate Professor in the Department of Secondary Education at the University of Alberta, Canada. She received her B.A. and University Education Diploma from the University of Natal, South Africa and her Ph.D. from the University of Alberta. She teaches courses and conducts research in English education, curriculum studies, postcolonial theories, and issues of culture and teacher education. She has published widely in international journals and has written several book chapters related to postcolonial and multicultural literary studies.