- Title
- The role of indigenous knowledge in computer education in Africa
- Creator
- Dalvit, Lorenzo, Murray, Sarah, Terzoli, Alfredo
- Subject
- To be catalogued
- Date
- 2008
- Type
- text
- Type
- article
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/431033
- Identifier
- vital:72739
- Identifier
- https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-09729-9_43
- Description
- The integration of indigenous knowledge/languages in formal education is a contentious issue in post-colonial Africa. For historical and econom-ic reasons, these are devalued in the formal education system. We ar-gue that appropriate use of indigenous knowledge/languages can em-power African students academically even in typically “Western” disci-plines, such as Computer Science. We discuss the potential role of in-digenous languages/knowledge in ICT education and then describe an intervention, supporting students from marginalised communities, at a South African University.
- Format
- 7 pages, pdf
- Language
- English
- Relation
- IFIP World Computer Congress, Dalvit, L., Murray, S. and Terzoli, A., 2008, September. The role of indigenous knowledge in computer education in Africa. In IFIP World Computer Congress, TC 3 (pp. 287-294). Boston, MA: Springer US, IFIP World Computer Congress volume 2008 number 1 287 394 2008 978-0-387-09729-9
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- Rights
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