Contemporary issues in African sciences and science education / / edited by Akwasi Asabere-Ameyaw, George J. Sefa Dei, Kolawole Raheem ; foreword by Jophus Anamuah-Mensah.
In this careful articulation of science, the editors provide an intellectual marriage of Indigenous science and science education in the African context as a way of revising schooling and education. They define science broadly to include both the science of the natural/physical/biological and the ‘s...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Rotterdam, Netherlands : : Sense Publishers,, 2012. ©2012 |
| Year of Publication: | 2012 |
| Edition: | 1st ed. 2012. |
| Language: | English |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (230 p.) |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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Table of Contents:
- Preliminary Material / Akwasi Asabere-Ameyaw , George J. Sefa Dei , Kolawole Raheem and Jophus Anamuah-Mensah
- Introduction / Akwasi Asabere-Ameyaw , George J. Sefa Dei and Kolawole Raheem
- The question of Indigenous science and science education / Akwasi Asabere-Ameyaw , George J. Sefa Dei and Kolawole Raheem
- Engaging scientific activities to build endogenous science and lay foundation for the improvement of living conditions in africa / Wanja Gitari
- Language proficiency and science learning / A. Asabere-Ameyaw and S. J. Ayelsoma
- Children’s Indigenous ideas and the learning of conventional science / R.K. Akpanglo-Nartey , A. Asabere-Ameyaw , George. J. Sefa Dei and K.D. Taale
- Science student teachers’ attitude towards improvisation / John K. Eminah , Kojo Taale and Kolawole Raheem
- Beliefs about the nature of science held by African teachers in the Caribbean diaspora / Dorian A. Barrow
- Gazing mathematics and science education in Ghana / F. Ahia and E. Fredua-Kwarteng
- Culture, identity and science in African education / George J. Sefa. Dei
- Ethiopia survives / Solomon Belay
- Indigenous conceptions of civic education / Wangui Mburu
- Achieving the culture of limited aggression / Asabere-Ameyaw and V. Adzahlie-Mensah
- Environmental hazard communication / Mawuadem Koku Amedeker and Thomas Tachie Young
- Conclusion: Re-visioning science and Indigenous education in Africa / Akwasi Asabere-Ameyaw , George J. Sefa. Dei and Kolawole Raheem
- Contributors / Akwasi Asabere-Ameyaw , George J. Sefa Dei , Kolawole Raheem and Jophus Anamuah-Mensah.