Decolonization of Technology Education
African Indigenous Perspectives
Published on 31. July 2020
Book
Hardback
356 pages
978-1-4331-7114-7 (ISBN)
Description
Scholars in this edited collection tackle the issue of teaching students Technology while Technology Education has not been decolonized or made relevant to indigenous technological worldviews. This book provides solutions that address the question: How to decolonize Technology Education? The solutions include the African Technology Education Decolonization Framework that should guide the design and development of the Technology Education curriculum and its methodologies in tune with the local realities and tailored towards the African agenda on sustainable development. This book offers fresh ideas to conceptualize Technology Education from an indigenous perspective.
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Series
Edition
New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Edition type
New edition
Illustrations
18 Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 231 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
675 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4331-7114-7 (9781433171147)
DOI
10.3726/b16660
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Additional editions
E-Book
08/2020
1st Edition
Peter Lang Verlag
€118.99
Available for download
E-Book
08/2020
1st Edition
Peter Lang Verlag
€118.99
Available for download
Person
Mishack T. Gumbo is a Professor in the College of Education at the University of South Africa. He earned his PhD and BA from Vista University. He has a MEd in Technology Education, a Ort-International Certificate in Technology Education, a B TECH Professional Certificate in Project Management, and a Cert. in DE & E-Learning.
Content
Mishack T. Gumbo: Preface - Mishack T. Gumbo: Introduction - Mishack T. Gumbo: What Does Decolonizing Technology Education Mean? - Joseph ZZ. Matowanyika: Modern Technologies as Vestiges of Indigenous Technologies - Mishack T. Gumbo: Disruptive Function of Modern Technology on Indigenous Technologies - Ronald J. Odora: Embracing African Worldview: Rationale for Decolonizing Technology Education Curriculum in Higher Education in South Africa - Peter Kwaira: African Indigenous Technologies: The Answer to Sustainable Development - Dominic Mashoko: Indigenous Peoples' Food Preservation Technologies and the Science Curriculum - Mishack T. Gumbo/Tome A. Mapotse: Indigenous Mining and Its Criminalization: Implications for Technology Education - Keiphe Setlhatlhanyo/Odireleng Marope/Patrick Dichabeng: Indigenous Textile Technologies and Their Implications for Decolonizing Technology Education - Edward Shizha: African Indigenous Agricultural Technologies: Implications for Decolonizing Technology Education - Mishack T. Gumbo: Considering Alternative Knowledge Forms in Technology Education - Mishack T. Gumbo: Decolonizing Technology Education Curriculum: The Case of South Africa - Michael Gaotlhobogwe/Victor Ruele: Decolonizing Technology Education: The Case of Botswana Higher Education - Peter Kwaira: Decolonizing Technology Education Curriculum: The Case of Zimbabwe - Mishack T. Gumbo/Richie Moalosi/Michael Gaotlhobogwe: An African Technology Education Decolonization Framework - Richie Moalosi/Yaone Rapitsenyane/Oanthata J. Sealetsa: Design as an Anchor of Technology Education: An African Cultural World View - Ronald J. Odora: Realigning the Technology Classroom/Laboratory to an Indigenous Context - Khazamula J. Maluleka: A Framework for Culturally Responsive Methodology of Technology Education - Khazamula J. Maluleka: Integrating Indigenous Resources and Materials in the Teaching of Technology - Tome Awshar Mapotse: Developing Technology Teachers through Action Research: An African Perspective - Contributors.