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The Cultural Contours Of Democracy: Indigenous Epistemologies Informing South African Citizenship, Patricia K. Kubow, Mina Min
The Cultural Contours Of Democracy: Indigenous Epistemologies Informing South African Citizenship, Patricia K. Kubow, Mina Min
Democracy and Education
Drawing upon the African concept of ubuntu, this article examines the epistemic orientations toward individual-society relations that inform democratic citizenship and identity in South Africa. Findings from focus group interviews conducted with 50 Xhosa teachers from all seven primary and intermediate schools in a township outside Cape Town depict the cultural contours of democracy and how the teachers reaffirm and question the dominant Western-oriented democratic narrative. Through ubuntu, defined as the virtue of being human premised upon respect, the Xhosa teachers interrupt the prevailing rights-and-responsibilities discourse to interpose a conception of democracy based on rights, responsibilities, and respect. …
How To Con Your Teacher, Bernice M. Wilson
How To Con Your Teacher, Bernice M. Wilson
Thought and Practice: (1987-1991) the Journal of the Graduate School of Bank Street College of Education
Describes how specific and detailed instruction in social awareness is as important to teaching the child with learning problems as the teaching of reading.
The Master Teacher: A Personal Reflection, Carol Hillman
The Master Teacher: A Personal Reflection, Carol Hillman
Thought and Practice: (1987-1991) the Journal of the Graduate School of Bank Street College of Education
Describes that working with young children requires an attitude based on willingness to grow, one that puts the teacher as well as the children in the role of the learner.
The Role Of The Teacher In The Interdisciplinary Team, Sue S. Suratt
The Role Of The Teacher In The Interdisciplinary Team, Sue S. Suratt
Thought and Practice: (1987-1991) the Journal of the Graduate School of Bank Street College of Education
Describes the author's impression that teachers are inadequately prepared to assume leadership roles in clinical settings, especially as members of interdisciplinary teams.