Mainstreaming African Indigenous Knowledge Systems in higher and tertiary education: the case of Zimbabwe

Title
Mainstreaming African Indigenous Knowledge Systems in higher and tertiary education: the case of Zimbabwe
Publication Date
2004
Author(s)
Ndhlovu, Finex
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9263-0725
Email: fndhlovu@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:fndhlovu
Masuku, Jesta
Type of document
Journal Article
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
UniSA Press
Place of publication
South Africa
UNE publication id
une:13302
Abstract
Higher and tertiary education institutions have come to be recognised as centers of academic excellence charged with the social responsibility of generating knowledge that can be used to circumvent the challenges confronting society. The western oriented education system characterising higher and tertiary institutions in modern Zimbabwe has failed to meet this premium because it lacks an appreciation of locally produced philosophies and thought systems. This article exposes those methodological and pragmatic tenets of African indigenous knowledge systems (AIKSs), which are worth mainstreaming in higher and tertiary education curricula.
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Citation
South African Journal of Higher Education, 18(3), p. 281-288
ISSN
1011-3487
Start page
281
End page
288

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