Knowledge Education And Social Structure In Africa

Author : Shoko Yamada
Publisher : African Books Collective
ISBN 13 : 9956553158
Total Pages : 367 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Knowledge, Education and Social Structure in Africa written by Shoko Yamada and published by African Books Collective. This book was released on 2021-03-14 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In searching for the potential that lies in African societies, the chapters of this volume consider relationships between knowledge, education and social structure from multiple angles, from a macro-continental scale to national education systems, schools and local communities. The themes that cut across the chapters include education as a mode of transmitting values, the contrasting effects of school credentials and knowledge for use, politics and interactions among people surrounding a school and knowledge acquisition as a subjective process. The rich empirical analyses suggest that the subjective commitment of, and mutuality among, people will make the acquired knowledge a powerful 'tool for conviviality' to realize a stable life, even given the turmoil created by rapid institutional and environmental changes that confront African societies.

Author : Jamaine M. Abidogun
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 303038277X
Total Pages : 829 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Palgrave Handbook of African Education and Indigenous Knowledge written by Jamaine M. Abidogun and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-06-02 with total page 829 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This handbook explores the evolution of African education in historical perspectives as well as the development within its three systems–Indigenous, Islamic, and Western education models—and how African societies have maintained and changed their approaches to education within and across these systems. African education continues to find itself at once preserving its knowledge, while integrating Islamic and Western aspects in order to compete within this global reality. Contributors take up issues and themes of the positioning, resistance, accommodation, and transformations of indigenous education in relationship to the introduction of Islamic and later Western education. Issues and themes raised acknowledge the contemporary development and positioning of indigenous education within African societies and provide understanding of how indigenous education works within individual societies and national frameworks as an essential part of African contemporary society.

Author : Lucy Wairimu Kibera
Publisher : University of Nairobi Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fundamentals of Sociology of Education written by Lucy Wairimu Kibera and published by University of Nairobi Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Education as a process through which a society's way of life is transmitted to the incoming generation is interactive and takes place under different environments. Fundamentals of Sociology of Education with Reference to Africa is about processes, practices, and agencies involved in socialisation and education, particularly the ways in which schools, through their teachers, curricula and organisation, influence the young. Lucy W. Kibera is an Associate Professor of Sociology of Education at the University of Nairobi. She holds a PhD and a Master of Education from Kenyatta University; a Bachelor of Arts (Philosophy) and a Bachelor of Arts (Psychology), York University, Canada; and a Bachelor of Education, Makerere University, Uganda. She has authored several children's books and has served as Chairperson of Department of Educational Foundations, University of Nairobi and Dean, School of Education, University of Nairobi. Angnes Kimokoti has a PhD in Sociology of Education from Kenyatta University, Nairobi. She was a senior lecturer in the Department of Educational Foundations, Faculty of Education, University of Nairobi 1997-2002.

Author : A. Swain
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230505600
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Education as Social Action written by A. Swain and published by Springer. This book was released on 2005-06-01 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Education plays a very important role in breaking the cycle of poverty and increasing opportunity. Various forms of social movements play an important role in providing educational opportunities to communities and social groups that might otherwise be excluded, filling the gap left by the state. This book critically examines the origin and outcome of social action for education in different parts of the world.

Author : Amoah, Lloyd G. Adu
Publisher : IGI Global
ISBN 13 : 1466658452
Total Pages : 358 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Impacts of the Knowledge Society on Economic and Social Growth in Africa written by Amoah, Lloyd G. Adu and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2014-03-31 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a world that is essentially digitizing, some have argued that the idea of the knowledge society holds the greatest promise for Africa’s rapid socio-economic transformation. Impacts of the Knowledge Society on Economic and Social Growth in Africa aims to catalyze thinking and provide relevant information on the complex ways in which the information age is shaping Africa and the implications that this will have for the continent and the world. This premier reference volume will provide policy analysts, policymakers, academics, and researchers with fresh insights into the key empirical and theoretical matters framing Africa's ongoing digitization.

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Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9087904401
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Education and Social Development written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2008-01-01 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book contains important criticisms of the historical developments of education, the meanings and changing intersections of development, schooling, citizenships and their exclusions, and the important interplays of globalization, knowledge, culture and languages.

Author : Chika Ezeanya-Esiobu
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 9811366357
Total Pages : 120 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Indigenous Knowledge and Education in Africa written by Chika Ezeanya-Esiobu and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-04-30 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This 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.

Author : Gilbert Motsaathebe
Publisher : Nova Science Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9781536190717
Total Pages : 275 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Education in Africa written by Gilbert Motsaathebe and published by Nova Science Publishers. This book was released on 2021-01-27 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book comes at a time when Africa is attempting to reinvigorate itself, putting itself on a path for continued stability and economic growth. These reformations have been more pronounced in the educational system, as educational institutions in Africa try to find new ways of making themselves more relevant and repositioning themselves to respond to numerous problems confronting the continent. The book tackles wide-ranging and topical issues that include the decolonisation of education, the implications of COVID-19 on institutions of higher learning, pandemic discourse and education in Africa, gender issues in education, indigenous knowledge systems, transnational education (TNE) partnerships and distance learning issues. This book is a timely contribution that includes views from seasoned scholars from different parts of the continent, such as Ghana, Uganda, Nigeria, Zimbabwe, South Africa and Kenya, as well as the African Diaspora such as Germany and the United Kingdom. The book will be a useful resource for educators, policymakers and students in various sub-fields related to education"--

Author : Kenneth Blakemore
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1315412713
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Sociology of Education for Africa written by Kenneth Blakemore and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-04-28 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, first published in 1980, provides a summary of the major research findings of previous studies of the sociology of education in Sub-Saharan Africa within an original and stimulating general framework whilst also devoting space to their own research findings. The major themes of the book are education and social inequality, the sociology of the school, the teacher and the curriculum, and education and development. The student of the sociology of development will find a stimulating discussion of education in relation to socio-cultural, economic and political change in contemporary Africa.

Author : Sabo Amin Indabawa
Publisher : Pearson South Africa
ISBN 13 : 9789282011195
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Social Context of Adult Learning in Africa written by Sabo Amin Indabawa and published by Pearson South Africa. This book was released on 2006 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines how adult education is influenced by and has an influence on the society in which it takes place. It presents a clear analysis of the development challenges and sociological realities of the adult education context and explores the potential of adult education to help African countries and communities achieve their developmental goals. Issues discussed include: adult education, social change and development; community education; race, ethnicity and religion; social class and gender; empowerment; democracy; health and HIV/AIDS; poverty and debt; globalisation and the environment.