PSE4801
PSE4801
Assignment 3 (Essay) 2023
Due Date: 2023
Assignment 3 (Essay)
AFRICAN PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION
2023
Due Date: 2023
Write an essay of not more than 10 typed
pages (cover page, table of content and
bibliography excluded) on the following
theory:
AFRICAN PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION
, INTRODUCTION
The notion of an African philosophy of education have arisen from our
pedagogical encounters with learners and insights of philosophy of education
obtained over the past two decades. We have been greatly influenced by the
(post)analytical tradition of philosophy of education that, first, takes a critical
view of education and, secondly, has a post-structuralist understanding of
education. In other words, while we are attracted to an African philosophy of
education that aligns with critical discourse and post-structuralist thought, we are
concerned with concepts and practices that seek the achievement of socially just
human relations, specifically on the African continent.
Rather than taking an exclusively analytical view of such philosophy and focusing
intently on ideas that make the concept what it is, we concentrate on how
practices of this philosophy attune to the achievement of social justice within
human forms of engagement - that is, we consider an African philosophy of
education in action. Drawing on established understandings of this philosophy,
we first show why and how the concept can be linked to critical understanding,
and secondly we make a case for an African philosophy of education from the
post-structuralist perspective.
PHILOSOPHICAL/CONCEPTUAL UNDERPINNING OF AN AFRICAN PHILOSOPHY OF
EDUCATION
African philosophy of education and what it mean to be “an African”?
To prefix the notion of ‘African’ to philosophy of education suggests that this
philosophy is framed by what it means to be African. We use the term ‘African’
not to mean that every African adheres to such a philosophy, but rather in the
sense that an African philosophical system arises from, and thus is somewhat
related to, African thought, practices and traditions. And just as European,
Western and Oriental philosophy are labels accorded to the different experiences,
traditions, cultures, values and attitudes of the people living in the various areas,
we use ‘African’ in a non-essentialist way. In other words, we see an African
philosophy of education as a means of bringing to light and making sense of the
experiences and enactments that speak to this philosophy’s African-ness yet
PSE4801
Assignment 3 (Essay) 2023
Due Date: 2023
Assignment 3 (Essay)
AFRICAN PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION
2023
Due Date: 2023
Write an essay of not more than 10 typed
pages (cover page, table of content and
bibliography excluded) on the following
theory:
AFRICAN PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION
, INTRODUCTION
The notion of an African philosophy of education have arisen from our
pedagogical encounters with learners and insights of philosophy of education
obtained over the past two decades. We have been greatly influenced by the
(post)analytical tradition of philosophy of education that, first, takes a critical
view of education and, secondly, has a post-structuralist understanding of
education. In other words, while we are attracted to an African philosophy of
education that aligns with critical discourse and post-structuralist thought, we are
concerned with concepts and practices that seek the achievement of socially just
human relations, specifically on the African continent.
Rather than taking an exclusively analytical view of such philosophy and focusing
intently on ideas that make the concept what it is, we concentrate on how
practices of this philosophy attune to the achievement of social justice within
human forms of engagement - that is, we consider an African philosophy of
education in action. Drawing on established understandings of this philosophy,
we first show why and how the concept can be linked to critical understanding,
and secondly we make a case for an African philosophy of education from the
post-structuralist perspective.
PHILOSOPHICAL/CONCEPTUAL UNDERPINNING OF AN AFRICAN PHILOSOPHY OF
EDUCATION
African philosophy of education and what it mean to be “an African”?
To prefix the notion of ‘African’ to philosophy of education suggests that this
philosophy is framed by what it means to be African. We use the term ‘African’
not to mean that every African adheres to such a philosophy, but rather in the
sense that an African philosophical system arises from, and thus is somewhat
related to, African thought, practices and traditions. And just as European,
Western and Oriental philosophy are labels accorded to the different experiences,
traditions, cultures, values and attitudes of the people living in the various areas,
we use ‘African’ in a non-essentialist way. In other words, we see an African
philosophy of education as a means of bringing to light and making sense of the
experiences and enactments that speak to this philosophy’s African-ness yet
