Associating basic numeration concepts with unfamiliar cultural and linguistic symbols may appear hugely problematic for the child in any context, be it African, Asian, or Western.
Already, mathematics, at any level, is a ... read full comment
Associating basic numeration concepts with unfamiliar cultural and linguistic symbols may appear hugely problematic for the child in any context, be it African, Asian, or Western.
Already, mathematics, at any level, is a complicated subject, and, for that reason, alone, teachers must always ensure that diversionary symbols of a complicated cultural and linguistic nature, should, if possible, be avoided at all costs. However, we are not implying it’s impossible to get around the problem or that our views, thus far, are set in theoretical concrete. We are only saying that the problematic of culture and linguistics should not constitute an artifact of Afrocentric pedagogy where the African child is the primary subject.
MARCUS AMPADU 10 years ago
As long as we are not able to really define things that signify Eurocentric, Afrocentric,Asia centric, and Oceanicentric weltaschauugen we have to seriously strive to consciously design a humancentric educational
formula we ... read full comment
As long as we are not able to really define things that signify Eurocentric, Afrocentric,Asia centric, and Oceanicentric weltaschauugen we have to seriously strive to consciously design a humancentric educational
formula we can all use.
HABLUTA SENYO 10 years ago
THE OLD BACKWARDS BRITISH EDUCATIONAL SYSTERM DESINGED FOR GHANA IS NO LONGER RELEVANT IN THE 21ST CENTURY PERIOD
THE OLD BACKWARDS BRITISH EDUCATIONAL SYSTERM DESINGED FOR GHANA IS NO LONGER RELEVANT IN THE 21ST CENTURY PERIOD
IBM 10 years ago
Francis, thank you very much for your article. I hope the audience are educated enough to understand the crucial and great message that you have delivered to us.
Education is the key to every successful society. But, if edu ... read full comment
Francis, thank you very much for your article. I hope the audience are educated enough to understand the crucial and great message that you have delivered to us.
Education is the key to every successful society. But, if education is designed outside one's cultural threshold, it leads to confusion. That is why most sub-saharan African countries are still in a confused state.
Many non-western countries like Japan, Korea, China, UAE, etc are making it because they have localized education to suit their context. They are not necessarily copying blindly from the West like many sub-saharan African countries are doing.
I hope our leaders, even as puppets, will be smart enough to make policies that will favor us, Africans.
Francis, if it is possible,please let me have your contact.
francis kwarteng 10 years ago
Hello IBM,
My contact email address is franciskkwarteng@yahoo.com.
I look forward to your response. Please let's talk. We need to explore these questions further.
Thanks for your insight.
Hello IBM,
My contact email address is franciskkwarteng@yahoo.com.
I look forward to your response. Please let's talk. We need to explore these questions further.
Thanks for your insight.
Kweku 10 years ago
As pointed out along the way, Egypt in Africa used to be academic centre of world at a stage, but how far did we continue. When the Greeks and later the Romans visited North Africa we then parted with that rich scientific sel ... read full comment
As pointed out along the way, Egypt in Africa used to be academic centre of world at a stage, but how far did we continue. When the Greeks and later the Romans visited North Africa we then parted with that rich scientific self academic pursuits and followed the rather illiterate foreigners. Since then did Africa never recover from self-incapability. The visitors then wrote books and researched for us, not writing any good thing about Africa thereby killing our self-esteem. The psychological effect was that every good thing about the African was abandoned by the indigenous Africans, registering their own self worthlessness and blindness and identifying the essence of ourselves existing as followers other than masters. So therefore, when the Portuguese, British, French, etc visited Africa later, we with already sold our purpose and self-esteem in life to the ancient Romans without any resistance continued on that path followers. They the Europeans knowing whom they we dealing with base on our pre-contact with the Greeks and Romans took advantage and perpetuated in absolutely taking the Africans of their birth rights by simply appearing to be better in everything than the African. Just look down the line from the Egyptian Civilisation till today, what motivationally rich and compelling history about us do we look to shape our future apart from few 'heroes' of white resistance? No scientific inventions and creativities were pursued by the African simply because our white masters had no interest to record any good thing of their black followers.
Now, the question is: since we have known issues like these for long, do we still lazily lye to be identified with what's against us rather than what's for us? Our academicians seem powerless to bring the change we need maybe because their 'western' copy and paste literacy can only produce western results, period. Simply change of school names and course have not helped any bit.
abra kuma 10 years ago
"Our academicians seem powerless to bring the change we need maybe because their 'western' copy and paste literacy can only produce western results, period." That is precisely the crux of the matter. If their minds have been ... read full comment
"Our academicians seem powerless to bring the change we need maybe because their 'western' copy and paste literacy can only produce western results, period." That is precisely the crux of the matter. If their minds have been so thoroughly tarnished by Western (mis)education, who then among us is left to educate our youth today? How do we move forward? As a collective, we do too much reasoning without backing it with result-fostering action. Let's start by respecting differing opinions, and responding to each other with dignity and with practical solutions that can be implemented
Conventional Youth 10 years ago
We must stop the blame games and start communicating innovatively, to enable us neutralize some of the nitty gritties that are hampering, Africa's economic independence holistically.
Any educational system designed for com ... read full comment
We must stop the blame games and start communicating innovatively, to enable us neutralize some of the nitty gritties that are hampering, Africa's economic independence holistically.
Any educational system designed for commerce and war alone must be evaluated and reviewed as soon as possible. AMEN
Nana Apprey 10 years ago
I don't know the impact of "culture-specific situational inputs" on African children.In spite of our different cultural background most African children easily understand these scientific theories when they are taught and eve ... read full comment
I don't know the impact of "culture-specific situational inputs" on African children.In spite of our different cultural background most African children easily understand these scientific theories when they are taught and even excel in school.
Koti 10 years ago
Science, mathematics and engineering are not universal in their theoretical formulations but are instead reflections of a certain system of (primarily Western influenced) epistemology which essentially conceives of manifest e ... read full comment
Science, mathematics and engineering are not universal in their theoretical formulations but are instead reflections of a certain system of (primarily Western influenced) epistemology which essentially conceives of manifest existence as embodied-physical in nature, yet denying the existence of other aspects of perceivable reality.
These three subjects (science, mathematics and engineering) as they exist in the world today reflect a system of epistemology that derives knowledge primarily from material reality of the dense physical yet human cultures the world over have employed epistemological systems that included elements of perceivable reality beyond simply that reflected in dense physical reality.
Hence science, mathematics and engineering are not universal in their theoretical formulations, although these formulations may be understood universally.
Brother 10 years ago
It please me to read these thought provoking articles. It is a pity All Africans have to rely on books and research from other continents not as reviews but as reality. Our politics is more alive than our thinking. Nobody doe ... read full comment
It please me to read these thought provoking articles. It is a pity All Africans have to rely on books and research from other continents not as reviews but as reality. Our politics is more alive than our thinking. Nobody does anything with passion except stealing(sorry). The only passion is material possession(Books excluded). Our so called research (apology to a few) are but twisted forms of other twisted ones. We have no leadership since Nkrumah, and I mean Africa. We have no time for posterity. Maybe it is not lost yet since we have activist reminding us. Thanks once more brother Kwateng.
francis Kwarteng 10 years ago
Dear Brother,
Thanks for reading and sharing your thoughts with us.
It's a collective responsibilty on our shoulders. Let's all do our best.
Originality or next-to-originality is the way forward for us as Africans. G ... read full comment
Dear Brother,
Thanks for reading and sharing your thoughts with us.
It's a collective responsibilty on our shoulders. Let's all do our best.
Originality or next-to-originality is the way forward for us as Africans. Great words from you.
Thanks.
Brother 10 years ago
It will even please Africa more if the readership of these articles would be expanded. Children who will assimilate and probably support this changes need to read these. Because of these articles I have had had the opportunit ... read full comment
It will even please Africa more if the readership of these articles would be expanded. Children who will assimilate and probably support this changes need to read these. Because of these articles I have had had the opportunity of going to dnatribes.com. I have listened to Robert Bauval on youtube. etc. Brother, I am particular grateful for the Free knowledge sharing. Thanks.
francis Kwarteng 10 years ago
Hello Brother,
Thanks for your kind words. Dr. Robert Bauval is indeed a great scholar. He is doing a lot of positive things for us as a people.
I am happy you are listening to him. In fact, he's a very good friend of ... read full comment
Hello Brother,
Thanks for your kind words. Dr. Robert Bauval is indeed a great scholar. He is doing a lot of positive things for us as a people.
I am happy you are listening to him. In fact, he's a very good friend of Dr. Molefi Kete Asante.
Please do check his personal website (I am not too sure if it's dnatribes.com) for he has great information there. I have been there a couple of times.
Associating basic numeration concepts with unfamiliar cultural and linguistic symbols may appear hugely problematic for the child in any context, be it African, Asian, or Western.
Already, mathematics, at any level, is a ...
read full comment
As long as we are not able to really define things that signify Eurocentric, Afrocentric,Asia centric, and Oceanicentric weltaschauugen we have to seriously strive to consciously design a humancentric educational
formula we ...
read full comment
THE OLD BACKWARDS BRITISH EDUCATIONAL SYSTERM DESINGED FOR GHANA IS NO LONGER RELEVANT IN THE 21ST CENTURY PERIOD
Francis, thank you very much for your article. I hope the audience are educated enough to understand the crucial and great message that you have delivered to us.
Education is the key to every successful society. But, if edu ...
read full comment
Hello IBM,
My contact email address is franciskkwarteng@yahoo.com.
I look forward to your response. Please let's talk. We need to explore these questions further.
Thanks for your insight.
As pointed out along the way, Egypt in Africa used to be academic centre of world at a stage, but how far did we continue. When the Greeks and later the Romans visited North Africa we then parted with that rich scientific sel ...
read full comment
"Our academicians seem powerless to bring the change we need maybe because their 'western' copy and paste literacy can only produce western results, period." That is precisely the crux of the matter. If their minds have been ...
read full comment
We must stop the blame games and start communicating innovatively, to enable us neutralize some of the nitty gritties that are hampering, Africa's economic independence holistically.
Any educational system designed for com ...
read full comment
I don't know the impact of "culture-specific situational inputs" on African children.In spite of our different cultural background most African children easily understand these scientific theories when they are taught and eve ...
read full comment
Science, mathematics and engineering are not universal in their theoretical formulations but are instead reflections of a certain system of (primarily Western influenced) epistemology which essentially conceives of manifest e ...
read full comment
It please me to read these thought provoking articles. It is a pity All Africans have to rely on books and research from other continents not as reviews but as reality. Our politics is more alive than our thinking. Nobody doe ...
read full comment
Dear Brother,
Thanks for reading and sharing your thoughts with us.
It's a collective responsibilty on our shoulders. Let's all do our best.
Originality or next-to-originality is the way forward for us as Africans. G ...
read full comment
It will even please Africa more if the readership of these articles would be expanded. Children who will assimilate and probably support this changes need to read these. Because of these articles I have had had the opportunit ...
read full comment
Hello Brother,
Thanks for your kind words. Dr. Robert Bauval is indeed a great scholar. He is doing a lot of positive things for us as a people.
I am happy you are listening to him. In fact, he's a very good friend of ...
read full comment