What is Indigenous Knowledge?: Voices from the Academy (Garland Reference Library of Social Science)

Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Contents......Page 5
Decolonizing Indigenous Knowledge......Page 12
Introduction: What is Indigenous Knowledge and Why Should We Study It?......Page 20
Indigenous Knowledge and Schooling: A Continuum Between Conflict and Dialogue......Page 76
Indigenous Knowledge as a Component of the School Curriculum......Page 96
Community as Classroom: (Re)Valuing Indigenous Literacy......Page 112
Science Education in Nonwestern Cultures: Towards a Theory of Collateral Learning......Page 136
Indigenous Knowledge, Indigenous Learning, Indigenous Research......Page 160
Indigenous Knowledge Systems;Ecological Literacy Through Initiation into People's Science......Page 174
Indigenous Knowledge and Ethnomathematics Approach in the Brazilian Landless People Education......Page 196
Indigenous Music Education in Africa......Page 208
The Inseparable Link Between Intellectual and Spiritual Formation in Indigenous Knowledge and Education: A Case Study in Tanzania......Page 226
Indigenous Languages in the School Curriculum: What Happened to Kiswahili in Kenya?......Page 244
Indigenous Knowledge Systems for an AlternativeCulture in Science: The Role of Nutritionists in Africa......Page 260
Agricultural Extension Education and the Transfer of Knowledge in an Egyptian Oasis......Page 286
Indigenous People's Knowledge and Education: A Tool for Development......Page 302
Local Knowledge Systems and Vocational Education in Developing Countries......Page 322
Indigenous Knowledge, Historical Amnesia and Intellectual Authority: Deconstructing Hegemony and the Social and Political Implications of the Curricular ~Other~......Page 334
Indigenous Knowledge: An Interpretation of Views from Indigenous Peoples......Page 350
About the Editors and Contributors......Page 378
Index......Page 384