- Title
- (Latent) Potentials to Incorporate and Improve Environmental Knowledge Using African Languages in Agriculture Lessons in Malawi:
- Creator
- Kretzer, Michael M
- Creator
- Kaschula, Russell H
- Date Issued
- 2019
- Date
- 2019
- Type
- text
- Type
- book
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/174717
- Identifier
- vital:42503
- Identifier
- ISBN 978-3-030-32897-9
- Identifier
- https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-32898-6_23
- Description
- In their official language policy, nearly all Sub-Saharan African states use their indigenous language(s) as Language of Learning and Teaching (LoLT) only at the beginning of primary schools. This is also the case in Malawi. The curricula in the various school subjects are also highly dominated by ‘Western’ ideas and include very little Indigenous Knowledge (IK). Nevertheless, indigenous languages are frequently used during lessons. This research focused on answering the following questions: How is a meaningful Science Education for pupils in Malawi possible? Does the inclusion of IK and teaching through African Languages assist pupils in any way? Research was done in the Northern Region of Malawi. To obtain a better understanding, semi-structured interviews and ethnographic observations were conducted. The main focus of these interviews was on the subject of ‘Agriculture’.
- Format
- 17 pages
- Format
- Publisher
- Springer. Cham
- Language
- English
- Relation
- Kretzer M.M., Kaschula R.H. (2019) (Latent) Potentials to Incorporate and Improve Environmental Knowledge Using African Languages in Agriculture Lessons in Malawi. In: Leal Filho W., Hemstock S. (eds) Climate Change and the Role of Education. Climate Change Management. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-32898-6_23
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