Indigenous Knowledge and Education in Africa.

• Superior document: Frontiers in African Business Research Series
• Author: Ezeanya-Esiobu, Chika.
• Place / Publishing House: Singapore : : Springer Singapore Pte. Limited,, 2019.; ©2019.
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Frontiers in African Business Research Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (120 pages)

Table of Contents

Intro -- Acknowledgement -- Contents -- List of Tables -- 1 Indigenous Knowledge and Curriculum in Africa -- Knowledge and Its Implications -- Science, Technology, Innovation and Indigenous Knowledge -- Indigenous Knowledge -- References -- 2 The Case for an Indigenous Knowledge Based Curriculum -- Unintended Aims of Formal Education -- Colonialism and the Hidden Curriculum -- References -- 3 A Faulty Foundation: Historical Origins of Formal Education Curriculum in Africa -- Education in Africa: From Ancient Times to the Dawn of Colonialism -- Colonial Education -- Language of Instruction and Dependency -- Effects of Colonial Education -- Culture, Education, and Dependency -- References -- 4 Contemporary Education Curriculum in Africa -- Education in Contemporary Africa -- Research and Development in Contemporary Africa -- External Factors and the Role of Aid -- References -- 5 Africa's Indigenous Knowledge: From Education to Practice -- Indigenous Knowledge in Agriculture -- Indigenous Shared Cropping System in Kenya -- SR52 Hybrid Maize in Zambia -- Traditional Rain-Fed Irrigation Project, Chad -- Neem Biopesticides in Togo and Niger -- Ethno-Veterinary Medicine and Fishing in the Niger River -- Indigenous Knowledge of the Environment -- Indigenous Knowledge of Trade and Economics -- Land -- Labor -- Capital -- Indigenous Political Systems -- Religious and Supernatural Sanctions -- Institutionalized Sanctions -- The African Indigenous Judicial System -- Indigenous Knowledge in Medicine -- Philosophy and Practice of Africa's Indigenous Medicine -- References -- 6 The Case of Traditional Bonesetting and Orthopaedic Medical Curriculum -- From Traditional Bonesetting to Modern Orthopaedic Medicine -- Teaching and Practice of Traditional Bonesetting in West Africa -- Reasons for Patient Patronage.

Practice of Traditional Bonesetting with Western Infusion -- References -- 7 Research, Innovation, Indigenous Knowledge and Policy Action in Africa -- Introduction -- Innovation -- Appropriate Technology for Innovation -- A Case for Localized Innovation -- Indigenous Knowledge and Innovation -- Indigenous Knowledge and Research in Africa -- Mainstreaming Indigenous Knowledge in Policy Action -- Conclusion -- References -- 8 Conclusion: Towards a Mainstreaming of Indigenous Knowledge in Africa's Education -- References -- Index.