Contemporary Issues in African Sciences and Science Education
In this careful articulation of science, the editors provide an intellectual marriage of Indigenous science and science education in the African context as a way of revising schooling and education. They define science broadly to include both the science
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CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN AFRICAN SCIENCES AND SCIENCE EDUCATION
Edited by
Akwasi Asabere-Ameyaw University of Education, Winneba, Ghana George J. Sefa Dei University of Toronto, Canada Kolawole Raheem University of Education, Winneba, Ghana Foreword by Jophus Anamuah-Mensah University of Education, Winneba, Ghana
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Acknowledgements
vii
Foreword
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1. Introduction: Introduction to contemporary issues in African science education Akwasi Asabere-Ameyaw, George J. Sefa Dei and Kolawole Raheem
1
2. The question of Indigenous science and science education: A look at the current literature Akwasi Asabere-Ameyaw, George J. Sefa Dei and Kolawole Raheem
15
3. Engaging scientific activities to build endogenous science and lay foundation for the improvement of living conditions in Africa Wanja Gitari
29
4. Language proficiency and science learning A. Asabere-Ameyaw and S. J. Ayelsoma
55
5. Children’s Indigenous ideas and the learning of conventional science Richard K. Akpanglo-Nartey, A. Asabere-Ameyaw, George J. Sefa Dei and K.D. Taale
63
6. Science student teachers’ attitude towards improvisation John Enimah, Kojo Taale and Kolawole Raheem
73
7. Beliefs about the nature of science held by African teachers in the Caribbean diaspora Dorian Barrow
81
8. Gazing mathematics and science education in Ghana: Ye asisi yen (we have been shortchanged!) Francis Ahia and Fredua Kwarteng
103
9. Culture, identity and science in African education: the relevance of local cultural resource knowledge George J. Sefa Dei
127
10. Ethiopia survives: Reintegrating our spirituality and culture into our own science Solomon Belay
149
11. Indigenous conceptions of civic education: Reinventing the past Wangui Mburu v
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12. Achieving the culture of limited aggression: The role of higher education institution A. Asabere-Ameyaw and V. Adzahlie-Mensah
195
13. Environmental hazard communication: Revisiting the Indigenous methods to meet the challenges in Ghana Mawuadem Koku Amedeker and Thomas Tachie Young
209
14. Conclusion. Re-visioning science and Indigenous education in Africa: Meeting future challenges Akwasi Asabere-Ameyaw, George J. Sefa Dei and Kolawole Raheem
217
Contributors
223
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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