African science education : gendering indigenous knowledge in Nigeria / [edited by] Jamaine Abidogun.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Class of 1924 Book Fund.

Abidogun, Jamaine, editor.

Series:

Routledge contemporary Africa series

Routledge Contemporary Africa Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Science--Study and teaching (Secondary)--Nigeria.

Science.

Science--Study and teaching (Higher)--Nigeria.

Women--Education--Nigeria.

Women.

Women in science--Nigeria.

Women in science.

Ethnoscience--Study and teaching--Nigeria.

Ethnoscience.

Women--Education.

Science--Study and teaching (Higher).

Science--Study and teaching (Secondary).

Nigeria.

Physical Description:

x, 205 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2018.

Contents:

Introduction: African science education : gendering indigenous knowledge in Nigeria / Jamaine Abidogun

Where are the girls? / Jamaine Abidogun

Indigenous knowledge : its role in education / Steve Willis

Igbo indigenous science : an ethnobiologist perspective / Fred Ozioko and Felix I. Nwafor

Going to school : Nsukka education context / Nkiru Ohia and Jamaine Abidogun

The Shalom dream : Nigerian based education / Victoria Onu and Jamaine Abidogun

Gendered narratives / Sarah Nixon

Integrating indigenous science and technology into the curriculum / Georgianna Saunders

Creating gender parity : Igbo women's indigenous science knowledge practice / Winifred Nwaefido Obasi

Conclusion : gendering science through syncretic education / Jamaine Abidogun

Appendix: Interview, focus group, and journal protocols.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1924 Book Fund.

ISBN:

9781138060623

1138060623

OCLC:

1019838851