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Direct linkMavuru, Lydia; Ramnarain, Umesh – Cultural Studies of Science Education, 2020
In an effort to pursue and achieve quality and equity in science education, the South African National Curriculum Statement stipulates that learners should be accorded an opportunity to acquire and apply knowledge and skills in meaningful ways. Accordingly, the curriculum promotes knowledge in both local and global contexts. The study investigated…
Descriptors: Cultural Background, Social Influences, Science Instruction, Foreign Countries
Fakoyede, Sina J.; Otulaja, Femi S. – Cultural Studies of Science Education, 2020
This paper explores the ways learners respond to and express themselves while interacting with cultural artifacts or cultural realia, "beads and beadwork," used to mediate the teaching and learning of life science concepts in a science classroom. South African policies, enacted in the National Curriculum Statement (NCS) and the…
Descriptors: Place Based Education, Science Education, Nonprint Media, Biological Sciences
Hewson, Mariana G.; Ogunniyi, Meshach B. – Cultural Studies of Science Education, 2011
An innovative school science curriculum in South Africa requires the inclusion of African societal/cultural knowledge, such as indigenous knowledge (IK). The main project involves introducing argumentation to accomplish this requirement. We used a focus group plus critical incident technique to ascertain nine teachers' understandings of…
Descriptors: Indigenous Knowledge, Persuasive Discourse, Focus Groups, Foreign Countries
Otulaja, Femi S.; Cameron, Ann; Msimanga, Audrey – Cultural Studies of Science Education, 2011
Our response to Hewson and Ogunniyi's paper focuses, on the one hand, on some of the underlying tensions associated with aligning indigenous knowledge systems with westernized science in South African science classrooms, as suggested by the new, post-apartheid, curriculum. On the other hand, the use of argumentation as a vehicle to accomplish the…
Descriptors: Research Tools, Indigenous Knowledge, Persuasive Discourse, Racial Segregation
Gallard Martinez, Alejandro J. – Cultural Studies of Science Education, 2011
This forum considers argumentation as a means of science teaching in South African schools, through the integration of indigenous knowledge (IK). It addresses issues raised in Mariana G. Hewson and Meshach B. Ogunniyi's paper entitled: Argumentation-teaching as a method to introduce indigenous knowledge into science classrooms: opportunities and…
Descriptors: Indigenous Knowledge, Persuasive Discourse, African Culture, Beliefs
Easton, Peter B. – Cultural Studies of Science Education, 2011
In this response to Hewson and Ogunniyi's paper on indigenous knowledge (IK) and science teaching in South Africa, I seek to broaden the debate by setting the enterprise of integrating IK into science education in its cultural and socio-political context. I begin by exploring the multiple meanings of indigenous knowledge in Africa, next consider…
Descriptors: Indigenous Knowledge, African Culture, Discovery Learning, Science Education
