Indigenous Concepts of Education Toward Elevating Humanity for All Learners [Paperback]

Featuring in-depth examinations of concepts of knowing, learning, and education from a range of cultures worldwide, this book offers a rich theory of indigenous concepts of education, their relation to Western concepts, and their potential for creating education that articulates the aspirations of communities and fosters humanity for all learners.Foreword; Carol Lee Introduction; Berte van Wyk and Dolapo Adeniji-Neill PART I: EDUCATION AND IDENTITY 1. Khosian Indigenous Educational System and the Construction of Modern Khosian Identities; Berte van Wyk 2. Imagined Geographies and the Construction of the Campesino and J?baro Identities; Bethsaida Nieves 3. How Indigenous Concepts Guide Education in Different Contexts: Tsilhqot'in Culture Course Development; Titi I. Kunkel and Blanca Schorcht 4. Self-Determination and the Indian Act: The Erosion of Indigenous Identity; Georgina Martin PART II: KNOWLEDGES AND EPISTEMOLOGIES 5. "Being at Home in the World": Philosophical Reflections with Aboriginal Teachers; Marjorie O'Loughlin 6. Indigenous Relatedness Within Educational Contexts; Frances Kay Holmes 7. Indigenous Knowledge, Muslim Education, and Cosmopolitanism: In Pursuit of Knowledge Without Borders; Nuraan Davids and Yusef Waghid 8. Curriculum Leadership Theorizing and Crafting: Regenerative Themes and Humble Togetherness; Vonzell Agosto, Omar Salaam, and Donna Elam 9. Taking an Indigenist Approach to Research: Engaging Wise Ways of Knowing Towards a Vision of Stl'atl'imicw Education; Joyce Schneider (Kicya7) 10. The Politics of Loyalty and Dismantling Past-Present Knowing; Ingrid Tufvesson PART III: CULTURE, HISTORIES AND LANGUAGE 11. I Will Chant Homage to the Orisa: Oriki (Praise Poetry) and the Yoruba Worldview; Dolapo Adeniji-Neill 12. Containing Interwoven Histories: Indigenous Basket Weaving in Art Education; Courtney Lee Weida 13. An African Philosophy for Children: In Defence of Hybridity; Amasa Philip Ndofirepi 14. Language Ideology and PlC'