Handbook of research on social, cultural, and educational considerations of indigenous knowledge in developing countries / Patrick Ngulube, editor.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ngulube, Patrick, author.

Contributor:

Ngulube, Patrick, editor.

Series:

Advances in knowledge acquisition, transfer, and management (AKATM) book series.

Advances in Knowledge Acquisition, Transfer, and Management (AKATM) Book Series, 2326-7615

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethnoscience--Developing countries.

Ethnoscience.

Physical Description:

PDFs (461 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Hershey, Pennsylvania : IGI Global, 2017.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

"This book provides the latest scholarly research on the importance of knowledge and value systems at the community level and ways indigenous people utilize this information, highlighting impacts on culture and education in developing nations"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Return to the source?: challenges and prospects / Bernard Matolino

Towards a regional policy and legal instrument for the protection of indigenous knowledge systems in southern Africa / Amos Saurombe

Indigenous knowledge exclusion in education systems of Africans: impact of beingness and becoming an African / Gubela Mji [and 4 others]

Crucial role of indigenous knowledge in formal education systems / Claudia Koehler

Indigenising the university curriculum in southern Africa / Soul Shava, Nkopodi Nkopodi

Embedding indigenous knowledge in library and information science education in anglophone eastern and southern Africa / Patrick Ngulube

Indigenous knowledge discourses in Africa: at the intersection of culture, politics, and information science / Mehluli Masuku

An indigenous perspective on technology education / Mishack T. Gumbo

Educating highly able students from an African perspective: a focus on indigenous cultures of Zimbabwe's views of giftedness / Constantine Ngara

Indigenous knowledge management practices in indigenous organizations in South Africa and Tanzania / Edda Tandi Lwoga, Patrick Ngulube, Christine Stilwell

Utilization of indigenous knowledge for competitiveness among curio makers of Matobo National Park, Zimbabwe / Esabel Maisiri

Communities of practice and indigenous knowledge: a case study of empowering women in processing shea butter using scientific animations / Anne Namatsi Lutomia, Julia Bello-Bravo

Preservation of indigenous knowledge systems in Zimbabwe: some ethical considerations / Mass Tapfuma

Efficacy of culture houses and centres in the acquisition, preservation, and dissemination of indigenous knowledge in Zimbabwe / Josiline Phiri Chigwada, Blessing Chiparausha

Indigenous knowledge perceptions and development practice in northern Malawi: lessons from small-scale farmers' agricultural practices / Boyson Henry Zondiwe Moyo, Dumisani Z. Moyo

Applying indigenous knowledge in agricultural extension in Zimbabwe / Tinashe Mugwisi

The traditional cooking fuel: a centrepiece in the preservation of cultural values in Chiwundura Communal Area, Zimbabwe / Mangizvo V. Remigios

Indigenous food preservation and management of postharvest losses among the Akan of Ghana / Kofi Quan-Baffour

Old people's homes (OPHS) and intergenerational cultural transfer discontinuity in Zimbabwe / Ngoni Makuvaza

Tackling the preservation of African tales in the technological era: Ghana's legends / Diana A. Abankwah, Ruth M. Abankwah

Politics of belonging: ethnicity and identity of the Kalanga people of Bulilimamangwe District in colonial Zimbabwe / Thembani Dube.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781522508397

OCLC:

960848474