AFRICAN PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION IN A WORLD OF CHANGE
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human enterprise, is very basic with change that is positively and optimistically
holistic in challenging the very basic and peculiar vagaries of problems in our
contemporary society. Philosophy of Education, however, in its expertise attempt
at defining the limits and necessary boundaries of teaching and learning,
critically examines the underlying principles in the continued process of leading
one out of ignorance (educere) and the consequent act of cultivating or leading
one into knowledge (educare). African Philosophy of Education nevertheless,
aptly conscious of the Africanity as well as the philosophicality of African
Philosophy of Education as a discipline, gives credence to suitable education
within African contextualized worldview, contributing greatly and immensely to
the global world of change. Using the method of critical appreciation and analysis,
the researcher finds out that Africans need a Philosophy of education that is
African based and oriented while contributing significantly to development in
general. This paper recommends practical and functional curriculums that are
not only ad rem but ever in line with African Weltanschauung so as to contribute
to the contemporary world of change as she tries to recover from the long negative
and suppressive effects of colonial education ensuring African Identity.
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