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Record Nr.

UNINA9910484969503321

Autore

Hewson Mariana G

Titolo

Embracing Indigenous Knowledge in Science and Medical Teaching / / by Mariana G. Hewson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Dordrecht : , : Springer Netherlands : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2015

ISBN

9789401793001

940179300X

Edizione

[1st ed. 2015.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (165 p.)

Collana

Cultural Studies of Science Education, , 1879-7237 ; ; 10

Disciplina

370

507.1

610.71

Soggetti

Science - Study and teaching

Medical education

Science Education

Medical Education

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Prologue -- Chapter 1: Different Ways of Knowing -- SECTION B: SCIENCE EDUCATION -- Chapter 2: History of Science Teaching in Southern Africa -- Chapter 3: Teaching Science in Southern Africa -- SECTION C: MEDICAL EDUCATION AND PRACTICE -- Chapter 4: Challenges of Medicine Across the Cultural Divide -- Chapter 5: African Healing and Traditional Healers -- Chapter 6: Educating Traditional Healers -- SECTION D: IMPLICATIONS FOR SCIENCE AND CLINICAL TEACHING -- Chapter 7: Research on Indigenous Knowledge in South Africa and Lesotho -- Chapter 8: Integrating Indigenous Knowledge with Science Teaching -- Chapter 9: Incorporating Indigenous Knowledge into Clinical Teaching -- SECTION E: FINALE -- Chapter 10: Epilogue -- VIDEO: We Can Teach the Children -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

This book describes the gaps and commonalities in African and Western ways of knowing concerning science and medicine. It reflects a personal journey in teaching science and trans-cultural medicine in the African setting. In addition, it describes how the author became an initiate as a traditional healer in Zimbabwe. The book combines



educational theory, research and lived experiences of teaching in southern Africa with the ideas of the indigenous healers of the region. Incorporating new knowledge of African indigenous knowledge and traditional healers, the book provides insights about, and suggestions for teaching and caring that are both surprising and energizing for our future.