Towards an African Philosophy of Education

Proceedings of the Xxii World Congress of Philosophy 37:99-106 (2008)
  Copy   BIBTEX

Abstract

In this paper I attempt to construct an African philosophy of education, focusing particularly on how notions of ubuntu and community guide educational practices.

Categories

Keywords

Reprint years

Links

PhilArchive



    Upload a copy of this work     Papers currently archived: 91,349

External links

Setup an account with your affiliations in order to access resources via your University's proxy server

Through your library

My notes

Similar books and articles

Taking into account African Philosophy: An impetus to amend the agenda of philosophy of education.Yusef Waghid & Paul Smeyers - 2012 - Educational Philosophy and Theory 44 (s2):1-5.
African Philosophy and the Decolonisation of Education in Africa: Some critical reflections.Philip Higgs - 2012 - Educational Philosophy and Theory 44 (s2):37-55.
The Notion of Ubuntu and Communalism in African Educational Discourse.Elza Venter - 2004 - Studies in Philosophy and Education 23 (2/3):149-160.
African social & political philosophy: selected essays.Chukwudum Barnabas Okolo - 1993 - Nsukka: Fulladu Pub. Co..
Nyansapo (the Wisdom Knot): Toward an African Philosophy of Education.K. Asafo-Agyei Okrah - 2003 - Routledge.
The final ends of higher education in light of an african moral theory.Thaddeus Metz - 2009 - Journal of Philosophy of Education 43 (2):179-201.
A companion to African philosophy.Kwasi Wiredu, W. E. Abraham, Abiola Irele & Ifeanyi Menkiti (eds.) - 2004 - Malden, MA: Blackwell.
In Defence of Ubuntu.Moeketsi Letseka - 2011 - Studies in Philosophy and Education 31 (1):47-60.
African religions & philosophy.John S. Mbiti - 1969 - Portsmouth, N.H.: Heinemann.
The hermeneutics of African philosophy: horizon and discourse.Tsenay Serequeberhan - 1994 - New York: Routledge.
An introduction to African philosophy: past and present.Maurice Muhatia Makumba - 2007 - Nairobi: Paulines Publications Africa.

Analytics

Added to PP
2013-04-04

Downloads
37 (#419,437)

6 months
5 (#652,053)

Historical graph of downloads
How can I increase my downloads?

Author's Profile

Philip Higgs
University of South Africa

Citations of this work

No citations found.

Add more citations

References found in this work

No references found.

Add more references