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  title info:
    title: Indigenous Knowledge and Education in Africa
  name:
    name part: Ezeanya-Esiobu, Chika.
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
    role:
      role term: aut
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      role term: http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut
  name:
    name part: SpringerLink (Online service)
  type of resource: text
  genre: Electronic books.
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: si
    date issued: 2019
    edition: 1st ed. 2019.
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    reformatting quality: access
    form: remote
    extent: 1 online resource (IX, 115 pages 1 illustrations)
  abstract: This open access book presents a strong philosophical, theoretical and practical argument for the mainstreaming of indigenous knowledge in curricula development, and in teaching and learning across the African continent. Since the dawn of political independence in Africa, there has been an ongoing search for the kind of education that will create a class of principled and innovative citizens who are sensitive to and committed to the needs of the continent. When indigenous or environment-generated knowledge forms the basis of learning in classrooms, learners are able to immediately connect their education with their lived reality. The result is much introspection, creativity and innovation across fields, sectors and disciplines, leading to societal transformation. Drawing on several theoretical assertions, examples from a wide range of disciplines, and experiences gathered from different continents at different points in history, the book establishes that for education to trigger the necessary transformation in Africa, it should be constructed on a strong foundation of learners' indigenous knowledge. The book presents a distinct and uncharted pathway for Africa to advance sustainably through home-grown and grassroots based ideas, leading to advances in science and technology, growth of indigenous African business and the transformation of Africans into conscious and active participants in the continent's progress. Indigenous Knowledge and Education in Africa is of interest to educators, entrepreneurs, policymakers, researchers and individuals engaged in finding sustainable and strategic solutions to regional and global advancement. Chika Ezeanya-Esiobu is a researcher, teacher, non-fiction and fiction writer, and a well-known intellectual who holds a Ph.D. in African Development and Policy Studies from Howard University in Washington D.C. Chika has published numerous academic articles in peer-reviewed journals, book chapters and short essays, and has also produced do…
  table of contents: 1. Indigenous Knowledge And Its Importance In Africa's Curriculum -- 2. Foundations For An Indigenous Knowledge Based Curricula -- 3. Historical Foundations Of Formal Education Curriculum In Africa -- 4. Contemporary Education Curriculum In Africa -- 5. Africa's Indigenous Knowledge: From Education To Practice -- 6. The Case Of Traditional Bonesetting And Orthopaedic Medical Curriculum -- 7. Research, Innovation, Indigenous Knowledge and Policy Action in Africa -- 8. Conclusion: Towards a Mainstreaming of Indigenous Knowledge in Africa's Curriculum.
  note: by Chika Ezeanya-Esiobu.
  note: Open Access
  subject:
    topic: International business enterprises
  subject:
    topic: Africa-Economic conditions
  subject:
    topic: Curriculums (Courses of study)
  subject:
    topic: Education-Curricula
  subject:
    topic: Education-Philosophy
  subject:
    topic: Educational sociology
  subject:
    topic: African Business
  subject:
    topic: Curriculum Studies
  subject:
    topic: Educational Philosophy
  subject:
    topic: Sociology of Education
  classification: HD62.4-62.45
  classification: 338.7096
  related item:
    title info:
      title: Springer Nature eBook
  related item:
    title info:
      title: Frontiers in African Business Research
  identifier: 9789811366352
  identifier: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-6635-2
  access condition: Open Access
  record info:
    record creation date: 190430
    record change date: 20230829015743.6
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