This paper is about schooling, education and socialization in Africa with a focus on the pedagogic and instructional relevance of local cultural resource knowledge such as the teachings of Indigenous proverbs. Using Ghanaian case material, the paper examines how Indigenous cultural knowledges inform the education and socialization of youth and suggest ways for rethinking schooling and education in African contexts. Among the teachings of Indigenous proverbs highlighted are knowings about self and community, development of self-worth and character, importance of social discipline and collective social responsibility. The discussion also addresses the challenges of integrating local cultural knowledges as part of the formal education of young...
If culture is a veritable instrument of development, if language is a carrier of culture and if th...
The focus of our research project is to develop a better intercultural communication understanding o...
There continues to be a call on social work education to incorporate diverse teaching and learning r...
This paper is about schooling, education and socialization in Africa with a focus on the pedagogic ...
This paper is about schooling, education and socialization in Africa with a focus on the pedagogic a...
The current approach to African development is driven by Euro-Western material/physical approaches t...
The historic and contemporary global concern over youth violence and indiscipline/subordination in s...
This paper draws on various previous academic research and focuses on Ghana’s education and the impa...
In working to build a sense of nationhood, Ghana has focused on many social engineering projects, th...
Although Akan proverbs of the Twi-speaking people of Ghana are creatively crafted speeches with beau...
In sub-Saharan Africa (especially among the Yoruba ethnic group in Nigeria) one of the elements of i...
Although Akan proverbs of the Twi-speaking people of Ghana are creatively crafted speeches with beau...
It is common knowledge among people of Igbo descent that indigenous Igbo proverbs play vital roles i...
The study explores how the traditional African cultures of Zimbabwe have used their indigenous knowl...
Magister Educationis - MEdThis study was envisioned to investigate and improve multicultural educati...
If culture is a veritable instrument of development, if language is a carrier of culture and if th...
The focus of our research project is to develop a better intercultural communication understanding o...
There continues to be a call on social work education to incorporate diverse teaching and learning r...
This paper is about schooling, education and socialization in Africa with a focus on the pedagogic ...
This paper is about schooling, education and socialization in Africa with a focus on the pedagogic a...
The current approach to African development is driven by Euro-Western material/physical approaches t...
The historic and contemporary global concern over youth violence and indiscipline/subordination in s...
This paper draws on various previous academic research and focuses on Ghana’s education and the impa...
In working to build a sense of nationhood, Ghana has focused on many social engineering projects, th...
Although Akan proverbs of the Twi-speaking people of Ghana are creatively crafted speeches with beau...
In sub-Saharan Africa (especially among the Yoruba ethnic group in Nigeria) one of the elements of i...
Although Akan proverbs of the Twi-speaking people of Ghana are creatively crafted speeches with beau...
It is common knowledge among people of Igbo descent that indigenous Igbo proverbs play vital roles i...
The study explores how the traditional African cultures of Zimbabwe have used their indigenous knowl...
Magister Educationis - MEdThis study was envisioned to investigate and improve multicultural educati...
If culture is a veritable instrument of development, if language is a carrier of culture and if th...
The focus of our research project is to develop a better intercultural communication understanding o...
There continues to be a call on social work education to incorporate diverse teaching and learning r...