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...

Table of Contents:

• Prologue
• Chapter 1: Different Ways of Knowing
• SECTION B: SCIENCE EDUCATION
• Chapter 2: History of Science Teaching in Southern Africa
• Chapter 3: Teaching Science in Southern Africa
• SECTION C: MEDICAL EDUCATION AND PRACTICE
• Chapter 4: Challenges of Medicine Across the Cultural Divide
• Chapter 5: African Healing and Traditional Healers
• Chapter 6: Educating Traditional Healers
• SECTION D: IMPLICATIONS FOR SCIENCE AND CLINICAL TEACHING
• Chapter 7: Research on Indigenous Knowledge in South Africa and Lesotho
• Chapter 8: Integrating Indigenous Knowledge with Science Teaching
• Chapter 9: Incorporating Indigenous Knowledge into Clinical Teaching
• SECTION E: FINALE
• Chapter 10: Epilogue
• VIDEO: We Can Teach the Children
• Index.