The Africanisation of education is a highly topical issue. The potentials and pitfalls of Africanisation have drawn a great deal of critical debate, both in Africa and abroad. After the political changes of 1994 in South Africa, there has been renewed interest in the question of a distinctively African philosophy. This publication provides a systematic and clear exposition of an African voice in education, drawing on distinguished authors across Africa.
Author(s): P. Higgs
Year: 2000
Language: English
Pages: 232
Contents......Page 4
Contributors......Page 5
Preface......Page 6
1 African Voices in Education: Retrieving the Past, Engaging the Present, and Shaping the Future......Page 8
2 The Nature of Learning, Teaching and Research in Higher Education in Africa......Page 19
3 Manufacturing Unemployment: The Crisis of Education in Africa......Page 46
4 Educational Research in the African Development Context: Rediscovery, Reconstruction and Prospects......Page 54
5 African/Indigenous Philosophies: Legitimizing Spiritually Centred Wisdoms within the Academy......Page 70
6 African Education: Mirror of Humanity......Page 91
7 Africanist Thinking: An Invitation to Authenticity......Page 110
8 Africanization of Knowledge: Exploring Mathematical and Scientific Knowledge Embedded in African Cultural Practices......Page 125
9 Rethinking Educational Paradigms in Africa: Imperatives for Social Progress in the New Millennium......Page 146
10 Indigenous African Philosophies and Socioeducational Transformation in 'Post-Apartheid' Azania......Page 165
11 African Philosophy and Educational Discourse......Page 186
12 The Problem of Education in Africa......Page 201
D......Page 220
I......Page 221
N......Page 222
S......Page 223
W......Page 224
