CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN AFRICAN SCIENCES AND SCIENCE EDUCATION -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- FOREWORD -- INTRODUCTION: INTRODUCTION TO CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN AFRICAN SCIENCE EDUCATION -- INTRODUCTION -- THE COMPLEX ISSUE OF SPIRITUALISM AND INDIGENOUS SCIENCE -- THE QUESTION OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE EDUCATION -- SCIENCE AS CIVIC AND PEACE EDUCATION -- CHAPTER OUTLINES -- REFERENCES -- THE QUESTION OF INDIGENOUS SCIENCE AND SCIENCE EDUCATION: A LOOK AT THE CURRENT LITERATURE -- INTRODUCTION -- THE PEDAGOGY AND INSTRUCTION OF SCIENCE EDUCATION IN SCHOOLS -- TOWARDS A COUNTER-PEDAGOGY OF SCIENCE EDUCATION -- REVISIONING SCIENCE EDUCATION IN THE AFRICAN CONTEXTS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- ENGAGING SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES TO BUILD ENDOGENOUS SCIENCE AND LAY FOUNDATION FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF LIVING CONDITIONS IN AFRICA -- SCHOOL-BASED SCIENCE AS A HUMAN ACTIVITY -- THE NEED FOR ENDOGENOUS SCIENCE -- CULTURAL LEARNING APPROACH TO CAPACITY BUILDING -- THE IMPORTANCE OF LEARNING TRANSFER -- BUILDING AGENCY AMONG YOUTHS AND ADULTS -- IMPROVEMENT OF LIVING CONDITIONS THROUGH ALTERNATIVE TEACHING AND LEARNING APPROACH -- SUMMARY -- NOTE -- COMMUNITY ADVANCEMENT AND INNOVATION CENTRE -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY AND SCIENCE LEARNING -- INTRODUCTION -- CONCEPTUALIZATION OF LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY -- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION PROFICIENCY AND SCIENCE LEARNING -- HOME LANGUAGE AND SCIENCE CONCEPT LEARNING -- GENDER, LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY AND CONCEPT ACQUISTITION IN SCIENCE -- SCIENTIFIC LITERACY AND LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY -- IMPLICATION FOR EDUCATION -- REFERENCES -- CHILDREN'S INDIGENOUS IDEAS AND THE LEARNING OF CONVENTIONAL SCIENCE -- INTRODUCTION -- RESEARCH QUESTIONS -- METHODOLOGY -- RESULTS AND DISCUSSION -- Pupils' Indigenous Prior Conceptions -- Children's Perceptions of Living Things.

Children's Misconceptions on Certain Concepts in Science -- Prior Conceptions or Misconceptions -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- SCIENCE STUDENT TEACHERS' ATTITUDE TOWARDS IMPROVISATION -- INTRODUCTION -- LITERATURE REVIEW -- THE PROBLEM -- DEFINITION OF TERMS -- RESEARCH PROCEDURE -- RESULTS -- DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSION -- RECOMMENDATIONS -- REFERENCES -- BELIEFS ABOUT THE NATURE OF SCIENCE HELD BY AFRICAN TEACHERS IN THE CARIBBEAN DIASPORA -- INTRODUCTION -- REVIEW OF LITERATURE -- Background -- The Nature of Science (NOS) -- Metaphors of Teaching -- Summary -- METHOD -- Survey -- Samples -- Demographic Description of the Teachers -- Portfolios as Data Sources -- Classroom Observations -- ANALYSIS OF THE FINDINGS -- Analysis of the Survey -- Traditional View of Science -- Traditional View of Science Education -- Nontraditional View of Science -- Interpretation of Findings -- Years of Teaching -- Traditional View of Science -- Traditional Views of Science Education -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- GAZING MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE EDUCATION IN GHANA: YE ASISI YEN (WE HAVE BEEN SHORTCHANGED!) -- INTRODUCTION -- DISCURSIVE LENS -- HISTORY OF SCHOOL GOALS, ORGANIZATION AND RESULTS IN GHANA -- COLONIAL EDUCATION IN GHANA -- EDUCATION IN KWAME NKRUMAH'S ERA -- EDUCATION IN POST-NKRUMAH ERA -- WHY TEACH AND LEARN MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE IN GHANAIAN SCHOOLS? -- MATHEMATICS TEACHING AND LEARNING AS RULES/ PROCEDURES -- A PORTRAIT OF GHANAIAN MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE CLASSROOM -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- CULTURE, IDENTITY AND SCIENCE IN AFRICAN EDUCATION: THE RELEVANCE OF LOCAL CULTURAL RESOURCE KNOWLEDGE -- INTRODUCTION -- THE QUESTION OF AFRICAN INDIGENEITY -- THE QUESTION OF AFRICAN IDENTITY -- WORKING WITH LOCAL/INDIGENOUS TEACHINGS: A CASE STUDY -- STUDY FINDINGS: SUBJECT NARRATIVES.

Proverbs as Local Cultural Teachings about Self Discipline, Respectand Sense of Community -- Teaching Discipline and What Indigenous Proverbs Offer for suchCharacter and Moral Education -- DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- ETHIOPIA SURVIVES: REINTEGRATING OUR SPIRITUALITY AND CULTURE INTO OUR OWN SCIENCE -- INTRODUCTION: DEPARTURE -- LITERATURE REVIEW: LANDING -- REDEFINING EDUCATION -- REDEFINING DEVELOPMENT -- ONTOLOGY AND EPISTEMOLOGY OF THIS RESEARCH -- SPIRITUALITY, CULTURE AND SCIENCE IN EDUCATION -- ALTERNATIVE THEORETICAL FRAMEWORKS -- Argument from Postcolonial Theories Perspectives -- From the Perspectives of the History and Philosophy of Science (HPS) -- From the perspective of Sankofa -- From the perspective of Native Science -- METHODOLOGY AND METHOD -- Sources of the data -- Instruments of data collection: An in-depth interview and observation -- FINDINGS -- ANALYSIS -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- INDIGENOUS CONCEPTIONS OF CIVIC EDUCATION: REINVENTING THE PAST -- INTRODUCTION -- THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK -- CONCEPTUALIZATION OF PEACE AND DEMOCRACY -- THE NEED TO TEACH PEACE -- METHODOLOGY -- CONCEPTUALIZATION OF PEACE IN THE KENYAN CONTEXT -- SUPPRESSION OF CONTROVERSIAL ISSUES: PROMOTION OF NATIONAL UNITY DISCOURSE -- AUTHORITARIANISM -- INDIGENOUS CIVIC EDUCATION CONCEPTS: PEDAGOGICAL POSSIBILITIES -- NOTE -- REFERENCES -- ACHIEVING THE CULTURE OF LIMITED AGGRESSION: THE ROLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTION -- INTRODUCTION -- PEACE CULTURE -- ACCESS TO EDUCATION: CHALLENGES OF EQUITY AND INCLUSIVENESS -- DYNAMICS OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE ROLE OF EDUCATION -- BUILDING A GLOBAL CIVIC CULTURE -- EDUCATION FOR NON-VIOLENCE -- HIGHER EDUCATION AND DISCRIMINATION AGAINST FEMALES -- CONCLUSION -- RECOMMENDATIONS -- REFERENCES.

ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARD COMMUNICATION: REVISITING THE INDIGENOUS METHODS TO MEET THE CHALLENGES IN GHANA -- INTRODUCTION -- STUDENTS' INVOLVEMENT IN ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARD COMMUNICATION -- INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES -- STUDENTS' FIELD WORK, ASSESSMENT AND COMMUNICATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION HAZARDS -- THE ROLE OF TEACHER-TRAINEES IN COMMUNICATING ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES -- HEALTH HAZARDS COMMUNICATION -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- CONCLUSION: RE-VISIONING SCIENCE AND INDIGENOUS EDUCATION IN AFRICA: MEETING FUTURE CHALLENGES -- REFERENCES -- CONTRIBUTORS.