LEADER 06036 am 22008173u 450 001 9910350206403321 005 20230125184037.0 010 $a981-13-6635-7 024 7 $a10.1007/978-981-13-6635-2 035 $a(CKB)5340000000061421 035 $a(OAPEN)1006886 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5771280 035 $a(DE-He213)978-981-13-6635-2 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL5771280 035 $a(OCoLC)1099690623 035 $a(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/39290 035 $a(PPN)235666688 035 $a(EXLCZ)995340000000061421 100 $a20190430d2019 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $auuuuu---auuuu 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aIndigenous Knowledge and Education in Africa$b[electronic resource] /$fby Chika Ezeanya-Esiobu 205 $a1st ed. 2019. 210 $aSingapore$cSpringer Nature$d2019 210 1$aSingapore :$cSpringer Singapore :$cImprint: Springer,$d2019. 215 $a1 online resource (115) 225 1 $aFrontiers in African Business Research,$x2367-1033 311 $a981-13-6634-9 327 $a1. Indigenous Knowledge And Its Importance In Africa?s Curriculum -- 2. Foundations For An Indigenous Knowledge Based Curricula -- 3. Historical Foundations Of Formal Education Curriculum In Africa -- 4. Contemporary Education Curriculum In Africa -- 5. Africa?s Indigenous Knowledge: From Education To Practice -- 6. The Case Of Traditional Bonesetting And Orthopaedic Medical Curriculum -- 7. Research, Innovation, Indigenous Knowledge and Policy Action in Africa -- 8. Conclusion: Towards a Mainstreaming of Indigenous Knowledge in Africa?s Curriculum. 330 $aThis open access book presents a strong philosophical, theoretical and practical argument for the mainstreaming of indigenous knowledge in curricula development, and in teaching and learning across the African continent. Since the dawn of political independence in Africa, there has been an ongoing search for the kind of education that will create a class of principled and innovative citizens who are sensitive to and committed to the needs of the continent. When indigenous or environment-generated knowledge forms the basis of learning in classrooms, learners are able to immediately connect their education with their lived reality. The result is much introspection, creativity and innovation across fields, sectors and disciplines, leading to societal transformation. Drawing on several theoretical assertions, examples from a wide range of disciplines, and experiences gathered from different continents at different points in history, the book establishes that for education to trigger the necessary transformation in Africa, it should be constructed on a strong foundation of learners? indigenous knowledge. The book presents a distinct and uncharted pathway for Africa to advance sustainably through home-grown and grassroots based ideas, leading to advances in science and technology, growth of indigenous African business and the transformation of Africans into conscious and active participants in the continent?s progress. Indigenous Knowledge and Education in Africa is of interest to educators, entrepreneurs, policymakers, researchers and individuals engaged in finding sustainable and strategic solutions to regional and global advancement. Chika Ezeanya-Esiobu is a researcher, teacher, non-fiction and fiction writer, and a well-known intellectual who holds a Ph.D. in African Development and Policy Studies from Howard University in Washington D.C. Chika has published numerous academic articles in peer-reviewed journals, book chapters and short essays, and has also produced documentary films. Chika has conducted research on indigenous knowledge and homegrown approaches to sub-Saharan Africa?s growth for such organizations as the United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER), United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD), the Swedish International Development Agency (Sida), International Development Research Center (IDRC) Canada and the African Economic Research Consortium. 410 0$aFrontiers in African Business Research,$x2367-1033 606 $aInternational business enterprises 606 $aAfrica?Economic conditions 606 $aCurriculums (Courses of study) 606 $aEducation?Curricula 606 $aEducation?Philosophy 606 $aEducational sociology 606 $aAfrican Business$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/525030 606 $aCurriculum Studies$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/O15000 606 $aEducational Philosophy$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/O38000 606 $aSociology of Education$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/O29000 610 $aBusiness 610 $aManagement science 610 $aInternational business enterprises 610 $aAfrica?Economic conditions 610 $aCurriculums (Courses of study) 610 $aEducation?Curricula 610 $aEducation?Philosophy 610 $aEducational sociology 615 0$aInternational business enterprises. 615 0$aAfrica?Economic conditions. 615 0$aCurriculums (Courses of study). 615 0$aEducation?Curricula. 615 0$aEducation?Philosophy. 615 0$aEducational sociology. 615 14$aAfrican Business. 615 24$aCurriculum Studies. 615 24$aEducational Philosophy. 615 24$aSociology of Education. 676 $a338.7096 700 $aEzeanya-Esiobu$b Chika$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$0923827 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910350206403321 996 $aIndigenous Knowledge and Education in Africa$92073231 997 $aUNINA