Embracing Indigenous Knowledge in Science and Medical Teaching

• Main Author: Hewson, Mariana G. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: Cultural Studies of Science Education, 10
• Subjects: Education.; Medical education.; Science education.; Science Education.; Medical Education.

This book describes the gaps and commonalities in African and Western ways of knowing concerning science and medicine. It reflects a personal journey in teaching science and trans-cultural medicine in the African setting. In addition, it describes how the author became an initiate as a traditional h...