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Le Grange, Lesley – Journal of Moral Education, 2012
This article outlines a moral education guided by African traditional values such as "ubuntu" and "ukama." It argues that "ubuntu" is not by definition speciesist, as some have claimed, but that it has strong ecocentric leanings, that is, if "ubuntu" is understood as a concrete expression of…
Descriptors: Caring, Ethical Instruction, Racial Segregation, Values
Mikateko Mathebula; Carmen Martinez-Vargas – Journal of Student Affairs in Africa, 2023
Universities in South Africa have the potential to advance various dimensions of human development, including well-being. However, this potential can be constrained by historical processes of oppression and the negation of indigenous ways of being and doing. Applying the capabilities approach (Sen, 1999) as a normative framework for the outcomes…
Descriptors: African Culture, Universities, Well Being, Longitudinal Studies
Letseka, Moeketsi – Studies in Philosophy and Education, 2012
The article defends ubuntu against the assault by Enslin and Horsthemke ("Comp Educ" 40(4):545-558, 2004). It challenges claims that the Africanist/Afrocentrist project, in which the philosophy of ubuntu is central, faces numerous problems, involves substantial political, moral, epistemological and educational errors, and should…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Caring, Democracy, Citizenship Education
Christie, Pam – International Journal of Educational Development, 2010
The right to education has an established legacy in international agreements and debates, but has nonetheless proved difficult to achieve across the countries of the world. This paper explores why this might be so. It begins by locating the current architecture of rights in Enlightenment philosophy and the political and legal formations of…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Global Approach, Foreign Countries, Laws
Green, Lena – Thinking Skills and Creativity, 2009
This paper reports on an initiative to introduce, not the Philosophy for Children (P4C) programme itself, but its principles and some of its practices, into South African schools. The paper points out the conceptual links between P4C and the understanding of human development that underpins the new South African curriculum, and provides a brief…
Descriptors: Democracy, Foreign Countries, Program Descriptions, Educational Practices
West, A.; Saunders, S. – South African Journal of Higher Education, 2006
Humanistic psychologist Carl Rogers made a distinction between traditional approaches and humanistic "learner-centred" approaches to education. The traditional approach holds that educators impart their knowledge to willing and able recipients; whereas the humanistic approach holds that educators act as facilitators who assist learners…
Descriptors: Educational Theories, Humanistic Education, Learning Processes, Foreign Countries
Atmore, Eric – 1996
This paper explores the realities of provision of services to the youngest children of South Africa. Where early childhood programs do exist they are neglected and of poor quality. Strong arguments exist for early childhood development (ECD) intervention programs. The effects of existing programs provide evidence for expanding the range of…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Compensatory Education, Early Experience, Early Intervention