The Afrocentric Praxis of Teaching for Freedom: Connecting Culture to Learning Contributor(s): King, Joyce E. (Author), Swartz, Ellen E. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1138904945 ISBN-13: 9781138904941 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $61.70 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2015 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Education | Aims & Objectives - Education | Multicultural Education - Education | Teaching Methods & Materials - Social Science |
Dewey: 370.117 |
LCCN: 2015009015 |
Physical Information: 0.5" H x 6" W x 8.9" (0.55 lbs) 168 pages |
Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Multicultural |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: The Afrocentric Praxis of Teaching for Freedom explains and illustrates how an African worldview, as a platform for culture-based teaching and learning, helps educators to retrieve African heritage and cultural knowledge which have been historically discounted and decoupled from teaching and learning. The book has three objectives:
This book expands the Afrocentric praxis presented in the authors' "Re-membering" History in Teacher and Student Learning by combining "re-membered" (democratized) historical content with emancipatory pedagogies that are connected to an African cultural platform. |