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...
In recent years, africanisation of education has become a topical subject in most African countries,...
This article examines Ghanaian youth voices about issues of personal and moral character development...
This study investigates the relevance of oral performance in addressing social concerns within the c...
This paper is about schooling, education and socialization in Africa with a focus on the pedagogic a...
This paper is about schooling, education and socialization in Africa with a focus on the pedagogic ...
The historic and contemporary global concern over youth violence and indiscipline/subordination in s...
The current approach to African development is driven by Euro-Western material/physical approaches t...
In sub-Saharan Africa (especially among the Yoruba ethnic group in Nigeria) one of the elements of i...
The study explores how the traditional African cultures of Zimbabwe have used their indigenous knowl...
The paper points up to the fact that the success of any education system and hence sustainable devel...
Although Akan proverbs of the Twi-speaking people of Ghana are creatively crafted speeches with beau...
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...
If culture is a veritable instrument of development, if language is a carrier of culture and if th...
Magister Educationis - MEdThis study was envisioned to investigate and improve multicultural educati...
In recent years, africanisation of education has become a topical subject in most African countries,...
This article examines Ghanaian youth voices about issues of personal and moral character development...
This study investigates the relevance of oral performance in addressing social concerns within the c...
This paper is about schooling, education and socialization in Africa with a focus on the pedagogic a...
This paper is about schooling, education and socialization in Africa with a focus on the pedagogic ...
The historic and contemporary global concern over youth violence and indiscipline/subordination in s...
The current approach to African development is driven by Euro-Western material/physical approaches t...
In sub-Saharan Africa (especially among the Yoruba ethnic group in Nigeria) one of the elements of i...
The study explores how the traditional African cultures of Zimbabwe have used their indigenous knowl...
The paper points up to the fact that the success of any education system and hence sustainable devel...
Although Akan proverbs of the Twi-speaking people of Ghana are creatively crafted speeches with beau...
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...
If culture is a veritable instrument of development, if language is a carrier of culture and if th...
Magister Educationis - MEdThis study was envisioned to investigate and improve multicultural educati...
In recent years, africanisation of education has become a topical subject in most African countries,...
This article examines Ghanaian youth voices about issues of personal and moral character development...
This study investigates the relevance of oral performance in addressing social concerns within the c...