Indigenous Concepts of Education Toward Elevating Humanity for All Learners

by Van Wyk, Berte; Adeniji-neill, Dolapo

• ISBN13: 9781137382177
• ISBN10: 1137382171
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2014-08-20
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

This volume provides social, political, and philosophical perspectives on the creation, nature, use, and ultimately, the value of indigenous concepts of education. Scholars examine concepts of education from indigenous cultures around the world, including knowledge traditions, ways of knowing, and cultural virtues. They explore in depth how these concepts are formed by communities and serve as drivers for these communities' aspirations and investigate how these ideas and Western concepts interact. Showcasing communities and contexts from North America, Africa, and Australia as arenas of knowledge production, the writers create from these analyses of varied cultures a robust theory of the implications of indigenous knowledge for wider and deeper understandings of education.

Author Biography

Berte van Wyk is Associate Professor of Education Policy Studies at Stellenbosch University, South Africa.

Dolapo Adeniji-Neill is Assistant Professor of Curriculum and Instruction in the Ruth S. Ammon School of Education at Adelphi University, USA.

Table of Contents

Foreword; Carol Lee
Introduction; Berte van Wyk and Dolapo Adeniji-Neill
PART I: EDUCATION AND IDENTITY
1. Khosian Indigenous Educational System and the Construction of Modern Khosian Identities; Berte van Wyk
2. Imagined Geographies and the Construction of the Campesino and Jíbaro Identities; Bethsaida Nieves
3. How Indigenous Concepts Guide Education in Different Contexts: Tsilhqot'in Culture Course Development; Titi I. Kunkel and Blanca Schorcht
4. Self-Determination and the Indian Act: The Erosion of Indigenous Identity; Georgina Martin
PART II: KNOWLEDGES AND EPISTEMOLOGIES
5. "Being at Home in the World": Philosophical Reflections with Aboriginal Teachers; Marjorie O'Loughlin
6. Indigenous Relatedness Within Educational Contexts; Frances Kay Holmes
7. Indigenous Knowledge, Muslim Education, and Cosmopolitanism: In Pursuit of Knowledge Without Borders; Nuraan Davids and Yusef Waghid
8. Curriculum Leadership Theorizing and Crafting: Regenerative Themes and Humble Togetherness; Vonzell Agosto, Omar Salaam, and Donna Elam
9. Taking an Indigenist Approach to Research: Engaging Wise Ways of Knowing Towards a Vision of Stl'atl'imicw Education; Joyce Schneider (Kicya7)
10. The Politics of Loyalty and Dismantling Past-Present Knowing; Ingrid Tufvesson
PART III: CULTURE, HISTORIES AND LANGUAGE
11. I Will Chant Homage to the Orisa: Oriki (Praise Poetry) and the Yoruba Worldview; Dolapo Adeniji-Neill
12. Containing Interwoven Histories: Indigenous Basket Weaving in Art Education; Courtney Lee Weida
13. An African Philosophy for Children: In Defence of Hybridity; Amasa Philip Ndofirepi
14. Language Ideology and Policy in an American "Hot Spot": Perspectives on Native American Language Education; J. Taylor Tribble
Conclusion; Berte van Wyk and Dolapo Adeniji-Neill