An Exploration into the Encounter between Indigenous and Western Education at Noonkodin School in Eluwai, Monduli, Tanzania

Autor/in	Pesambili, Joseph Christopher
Titel	An Exploration into the Encounter between Indigenous and Western Education at Noonkodin School in Eluwai, Monduli, Tanzania
Quelle	In: Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 52 (2022) 1, S.56-74 (19 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Pesambili, Joseph Christopher)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0305-7925
DOI	10.1080/03057925.2020.1733390
Schlagwörter	Multicultural Education; Indigenous Knowledge; National Curriculum; Ethnography; Foreign Countries; Western Civilization; African Culture; Social Systems; Cultural Differences; Administrator Attitudes; Teacher Attitudes; Secondary Schools; Program Descriptions; Tanzania + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Multikulturelle Erziehung; Ethnografie; Ausland; Africa; Culture; Afrika; Kultur; Social system; Soziales System; Kultureller Unterschied; Lehrerverhalten; Sekundarschule; Tansania
Abstract	This study investigated the tensions present in an intercultural education model designed to offer an indigenous knowledge course alongside the national curriculum at Noonkodin School in Eluwai, Monduli, Tanzania. The study employed an ethnographic research design involving mainly in-depth classroom observations, interviews with the head and deputy head of school, informal conversations, and focus groups with 11 teachers and 20 Maasai students. The findings showed that the provision of intercultural education at Noonkodin is beleaguered not only by a hegemonic relationship between Indigenous and Western knowledge, but also a strong cultural mismatch, contradiction, and ambivalence in their strictest sense. For the programme to succeed, the findings suggest the need to overcome both the hegemonic backdrop of Western education structures that shape what happens in the school, alongside the structural limitations of Noonkodin's location within a modern Tanzanian state replete with capitalist values that run counter to its stated goals. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01