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Record Nr.

UNINA9910476857603321

Autore

Bailey Roxanne

Titolo

The decolonisation of the curriculum project : the affordances of indigenous knowledge for self-directed learning / / Roxanne Bailey [and nineteen others]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Durbanville, Cape Town, South Africa : , : AOSIS, , [2019]

©2019

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (448 pages) : illustrations

Collana

NWU self-directed learning series

Disciplina

370.1523

Soggetti

Self-managed learning

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Abbreviations, Figures and Tables Appearing in the Text and Notes -- List of Abbreviations -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Notes on Contributors Acknowledgements -- The cover photograph Thanking our sponsors Foreword -- Chapter 1: Glocalisation: The role of indigenous knowledge in the global village -- Chapter 2: Different voices on decolonising of the curriculum -- Chapter 3: The use of Cultural-Historical Activity Theory in researching the affordances of indigenous knowledge for self-directed learning -- Chapter 4: The affordances of indigenous knowledge in decolonising the curriculum, within a self-directed learning framework -- Chapter 5: Arguing for the inclusion of indigenous knowledge in the STEM curriculum: Possibilities and challenges -- Chapter 6: Engaging pedagogies to facilitate the border- crossing between the Natural Sciences and indigenous knowledge: Implications for science teacher education -- Chapter 7: The affordances of indigenous knowledge in Mathematics Education -- Chapter 8: Engaging in indigenous technology: Conceptualisation and contextualisation in problem-based environments -- Chapter 9: The use of puppetry as pedagogy to teach indigenous knowledge -- Chapter 10: The affordances of technology for teaching indigenous knowledge -- Chapter 11: Indigenous knowledge research ethics -- References -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

This book is the result of a longitudinal research project (2016-2018)



funded by the National Research Foundation and the Fuchs Foundation, and it disseminates original research. The project researched the affordances of indigenous knowledge in the school science, technology and mathematics curricula. Short learning programmes (SLPs) were offered to STEM teachers, during which they engaged in creative and inquiry-based teaching and learning strategies. Research shows that strategies such as problem-based and cooperative learning have the potential to enhance self-directed learning. This design-based research was conducted in several provinces in South Africa (North-West Province, the Northern Cape, Limpopo Province, and in Gauteng). Based on the data obtained after each intervention, design principles were formulated for redesigning of SLPs. The qualitative research focussed on teachers' lived experiences of the epistemological border-crossing between natural science and indigenous knowledge, their views on the nature of science and indigenous knowledge, and the reformed teaching and learning that took place after the intervention, in teachers' classrooms.

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910133543803321

Autore

Romanowicz Barbara A

Titolo

Physics of the Earth's interior : inaugural lecture delivered on Thursday 6 October 2011 / / Barbara Romanowicz; [translated by] Liz Libbrecht

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Collège de France, 2013

France : , : Collège de France, , 2013

ISBN

2-7226-0234-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (30 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Leçons inaugurales du Collège de France

Soggetti

Geology

Earth & Environmental Sciences

Dynamic & Structural Geology

Earth (Planet) Internal structure

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph



Sommario/riassunto

Earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions: the extent of certain recent natural disasters and their dramatic consequences have reminded us of the power of terrestrial phenomena and of the need for scientific research to understand the Earth’s dynamics more fully. Over the last twenty years the study of the Earth’s interior has witnessed a real revolution, owing in particular to the development of increasingly sophisticated seismic tomography techniques and the powerful computations made possible by progress in numerical methods and computer technology. Barbara Romanowicz presents us with the current progress and challenges of global seismology.© Collège de France, 2013