Natural Science Education, Indigenous Knowledge, and Sustainable Development in Rural and Urban Schools in Kenya : Toward Critical Postcolonial Curriculum Policies and Practices / / by Darren M. O’Hern, Yoshiko Nozaki.

Through a multi-sited qualitative study of three Kenyan secondary schools in rural Taita Hills and urban Nairobi, the volume explores the ways the dichotomy between “Western” and “indigenous” knowledge operates in Kenyan education. In particular, it examines views on natural sciences expressed by th...

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Superior document:Cultural Perspectives in Science Education
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Place / Publishing House:Rotterdam : : SensePublishers :, Imprint: SensePublishers,, 2014.
Year of Publication:2014
Edition:1st ed. 2014.
Language:English
Series:Cultural Perspectives in Science Education
Physical Description:1 online resource (174 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material / Darren M. O’Hern and Yoshiko Nozaki
  • Introduction / Darren M. O’Hern and Yoshiko Nozaki
  • Natural Science Education in Non-Western Nations and Critical and Postcolonial Perspectives / Darren M. O’Hern and Yoshiko Nozaki
  • Methods and Methodology / Darren M. O’Hern and Yoshiko Nozaki
  • Kenyan Education / Darren M. O’Hern and Yoshiko Nozaki
  • Forest Secondary School / Darren M. O’Hern and Yoshiko Nozaki
  • Central Boys Secondary School / Darren M. O’Hern and Yoshiko Nozaki
  • Uhuru Girls Secondary School / Darren M. O’Hern and Yoshiko Nozaki
  • Discussion and Concluding Thoughts / Darren M. O’Hern and Yoshiko Nozaki
  • Appendix A / Darren M. O’Hern and Yoshiko Nozaki
  • Appendix B / Darren M. O’Hern and Yoshiko Nozaki
  • Appendix C / Darren M. O’Hern and Yoshiko Nozaki
  • References / Darren M. O’Hern and Yoshiko Nozaki.