Embracing Indigenous Knowledge in Science and Medical Teaching / by Mariana G. Hewson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hewson, Mariana G., Author.

Series:

Cultural Studies of Science Education, 1879-7237 ; 10

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Science--Study and teaching.

Science.

Medical education.

Science Education.

Medical Education.

Local Subjects:

Science Education.

Medical Education.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (165 p.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2015.

Place of Publication:

Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book describes the gaps and commonalities in African and Western ways of knowing concerning science and medicine. It reflects a personal journey in teaching science and trans-cultural medicine in the African setting. In addition, it describes how the author became an initiate as a traditional healer in Zimbabwe. The book combines educational theory, research and lived experiences of teaching in southern Africa with the ideas of the indigenous healers of the region. Incorporating new knowledge of African indigenous knowledge and traditional healers, the book provides insights about, and suggestions for teaching and caring that are both surprising and energizing for our future.

Contents:

Prologue

Chapter 1: Different Ways of Knowing

SECTION B: SCIENCE EDUCATION

Chapter 2: History of Science Teaching in Southern Africa

Chapter 3: Teaching Science in Southern Africa

SECTION C: MEDICAL EDUCATION AND PRACTICE

Chapter 4: Challenges of Medicine Across the Cultural Divide

Chapter 5: African Healing and Traditional Healers

Chapter 6: Educating Traditional Healers

SECTION D: IMPLICATIONS FOR SCIENCE AND CLINICAL TEACHING

Chapter 7: Research on Indigenous Knowledge in South Africa and Lesotho

Chapter 8: Integrating Indigenous Knowledge with Science Teaching

Chapter 9: Incorporating Indigenous Knowledge into Clinical Teaching

SECTION E: FINALE

Chapter 10: Epilogue

VIDEO: We Can Teach the Children

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9789401793001

940179300X

OCLC:

891593421