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Title: | Towards an argumentative dialogue between local knowledge and official school curriculum: a case of local curriculum in Mozambique |
Authors: | Castiano, Jose P. Mkabela, Queeneth |
Year: | 2014 |
Periodical: | Indilinga: African Journal of Indigenous Knowledge Systems |
Volume: | 13 |
Issue: | 1 |
Pages: | 28-40 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | Mozambique |
Subjects: | basic education curriculum indigenous knowledge |
External link: | https://hdl.handle.net/10520/EJC156194 |
Abstract: | Across Africa, there is an ongoing process of articulation and integration of two kinds of knowledge systems: the local and the universal/formal. In developping a 'local curriculum' the Mozambican Ministry of Education aims at integrating local knowledge in basic education programmes, so that future citizens will be able to make use not only of universal/formal knowlegde but also of local knowledge in their communities and families. The article explains the term 'local curriculum' and describes the process of integration of local/traditional knowledge into the curriculum. It addresses educational practices and underlying values, and also mentions points of criticism on the current process of integrating local knowledge. Bibliogr., sum. [ASC Leiden abstract] |