African Science Education - Gendering Indigenous Knowledge in Nigeria

Informationen zum Autor Jamaine Abidogun is Professor Emeritus of African and African-American Studies & Education at the Missouri State University, USA. Klappentext The book argues for the integration of African indigenous science into the secondary school curriculum as a way to strengthens students' science comprehension by affirming their society's science contributions that make clear connections between Indigenous and Western science and to promote female representation in the sciences. Zusammenfassung The book argues for the integration of African indigenous science into the secondary school curriculum as a way to strengthens students’ science comprehension by affirming their society’s science contributions that make clear connections between Indigenous and Western science and to promote female representation in the sciences. Inhaltsverzeichnis Table of Contents Introduction: African Science Education: Gendering Indigenous Knowledge in Nigeria – Jamaine Abidogun Chapter 1: Where are the Girls? – Jamaine Abidogun Chapter 2: Indigenous Knowledge: Its Role in Education – Steve Willis Chapter 3: Igbo Indigenous Science: An Ethnobiologist Perspective – Fred Ozioko and Felix I. Nwafor Chapter 4: Going to School: Nsukka Education Context – Nkiru Ohia and Jamaine Abidogun Chapter 5: The Shalom Dream: Nigerian Based Education – Victoria Onu and Jamaine Abidogun Chapter 6: Gendered Narratives – Sarah Nixon Chapter 7: Integrating Indigenous Science and Technology into the Curriculum – Georgianna Saunders Chapter 8: Creating Gender Parity: Igbo Women’s Indigenous Science Knowledge Practice – Winifred Nwaefido Obasi Chapter 9: Conclusion: Gendering Science through Syncretic Education – Jamaine Abidogun Appendix: Interview, Focus Group, and Journal Protocols Index ...

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• Authors: Jamaine Abidogun
• Assisted by: Jamaine Abidogun (Editor), Abidogun Jamaine (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.03.2018
• EAN: 9781138060623
• ISBN: 978-1-138-06062-3
• No. of pages: 218
• Series: Routledge Contemporary Africa; Routledge Contemporary Africa
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > School education, didactics, methodology; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Folklore; Nigeria, Science: general issues, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Black Studies (Global), Teaching of a specific subject, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / African Studies