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The thinking of African history teachers on Afrocentrism - a case study
Dissertation (MEd (History Education))--University of Pretoria, 2023.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/94441 The thinking of African history teachers on Afrocentrism - a case study Wassermann, Johan jackvuyo2@gmail.com Jack, Vuyo UCTD Afrocentrism Afrocentric African history History curriculum Thinking SDG-04: Quality education Education theses SDG-04 Sustainable development goals (SDGs) SDG-05: Gender equality Education theses SDG-05 SDG-10: Reduced inequalities Education theses SDG-10 Dissertation (MEd (History Education))--University of Pretoria, 2023. In recent years, there have been calls to reform the Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement (CAPS) for the History curriculum in South Africa because it has been viewed as Eurocentric. As a result, in 2015 the Department of Basic Education (DBE) established a Ministerial Task Team to review the CAPS History curriculum. The Ministerial Task Team, which recommended that there should be a complete overhaul of the current CAPS History curriculum and a new Afrocentric History curriculum introduced, released its report in 2018. This paper addresses the thinking of African history teachers on Afrocentrism and the reasons behind their thinking. The qualitative case study focused on selected African history teachers in selected schools in Makhanda. Conversational interviews were used to construct the data that sought to understand the thinking of African history teachers on Afrocentrism and the reasons behind their thinking. Furthermore, the theoretical framework, the Logos of Afrocentrism, and thematic analysis were employed in the analysis of the constructed data. The findings of this study indicate that the thinking of the African history teachers on Afrocentrism was filled with ambiguities and even contradictions. This means that, at times, the thinking of the African history teachers was essentialist, although it could also be inclusivist in some instances. In addition, the findings of this study indicate that there were various factors, including age, education, and upbringing, that influenced the thinking of the African history teachers. NRF Humanities Education MEd (History Education) Restricted Faculty of Education SDG-04: Quality Education 2024-02-12T07:41:48Z 2024-02-12T07:41:48Z 2024-04-01 2023-11-10 Dissertation * A2024 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/94441 other en © 2023 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD Afrocentrism Afrocentric African history History curriculum Thinking SDG-04: Quality education Education theses SDG-04 Sustainable development goals (SDGs) SDG-05: Gender equality Education theses SDG-05 SDG-10: Reduced inequalities Education theses SDG-10 The thinking of African history teachers on Afrocentrism - a case study |
| title | The thinking of African history teachers on Afrocentrism - a case study |
| title_full | The thinking of African history teachers on Afrocentrism - a case study |
| title_fullStr | The thinking of African history teachers on Afrocentrism - a case study |
| title_full_unstemmed | The thinking of African history teachers on Afrocentrism - a case study |
| title_short | The thinking of African history teachers on Afrocentrism - a case study |
| title_sort | thinking of african history teachers on afrocentrism a case study |
| topic | UCTD Afrocentrism Afrocentric African history History curriculum Thinking SDG-04: Quality education Education theses SDG-04 Sustainable development goals (SDGs) SDG-05: Gender equality Education theses SDG-05 SDG-10: Reduced inequalities Education theses SDG-10 |
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