ISBN:
9789956552559
,
9956552550
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (1 online resource)
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
500.89
Keywords:
Ethnoscience 21st century
;
Ethnoscience
;
Africa
Abstract:
Cover -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Editors and Contributors -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1 -- Debunking Myths, Misinterpretations and Misrepresentations: An Introduction -- Introduction -- Whose Reality Counts? -- Summary of Chapters in the Volume -- References -- Chapter 2 -- Decolonising Spaces of Inquiry: Indigenous Research and Engagement without the Colonial Matrix of Power -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Theoretical framework -- Why indigenous research methods are important -- Some indigenous approaches to research -- Conclusion -- References
Abstract:
Chapter 3 -- Indigenous Knowledge Across the Curriculum in the Global South: An Epistemic and Cognitive Shifting Process -- Abstract -- Introduction -- What is IK? -- Cognitive shifting -- Epistemic shift -- IK in and across the disciplines -- Politics of the curriculum and effects on society -- Indigenizing the higher education curriculum: some examples -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 4 -- Towards the Implementation of African Indigenous Mathematical Practices into the Mathematics Curriculum in Southern Africa -- Abstract -- Introduction
Abstract:
Education for Sustainable Development and Global Citizenship -- Mathematics as a Tool for Sustainable Development -- Theoretical Framework -- Methodology -- Samples and sampling procedures -- Data collection procedure -- Findings and Discussions -- Income Generation and Poverty Alleviation through Basket and Mat Weaving -- Mathematising a traditional Tswana dance -- The mathematical demand of the context -- Analysis of the group work tasks -- Other concepts to be taught using the cultural dance
Abstract:
Learners' perspectives on the connection between school mathematical knowledge and cultural activities -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 5 -- Challenges in Implementing the Competence-based Curriculum in Zimbabwe: Peeping through the African Indigenous Education Philosophy Lenses -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Background -- Conceptual Framework: The Philosophical Underpinnings of African Indigenous Education Systems -- Research Questions -- Research Methodology -- In-depth Key Informant Interviews (KIIs) -- Research Findings and Discussion
Abstract:
Teacher competences and the Competence-based School Curriculum -- Large class sizes and pedagogical approaches -- Incompatible School Infrastructure and the Competence-based Curriculum -- Conclusions -- Recommendations -- References -- Chapter 6 -- The Nhimbe practice as a community multidisciplinary academy among the Shona and Ndebele people of Zimbabwe -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Brief description of Nhimbe practice -- Profile of nhimbe participants -- Methods of knowledge and skills transfer and strategic points during nhimbe -- Some forms of knowledge and skills shared during nhimbe
Abstract:
This book is on the re-imagination of Indigenous Knowledge Systems (IKS) and practices in 21st century Africa
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