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An Afrocentric Perspective of the Whole School Approach to Inclusive Education

An Afrocentric Perspective of the Whole School Approach to Inclusive Education

Annah Dudu, Tawanda Majoko
Copyright: © 2022 |Pages: 12
ISBN13: 9781668444368|ISBN10: 1668444364|ISBN13 Softcover: 9781668444405|EISBN13: 9781668444375
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-6684-4436-8.ch006
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Dudu, Annah, and Tawanda Majoko. "An Afrocentric Perspective of the Whole School Approach to Inclusive Education." Handbook of Research on Creating Spaces for African Epistemologies in the Inclusive Education Discourse, edited by Mbulaheni Obert Maguvhe and Mfundo Mandla Masuku, IGI Global, 2022, pp. 64-75. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-4436-8.ch006

APA

Dudu, A. & Majoko, T. (2022). An Afrocentric Perspective of the Whole School Approach to Inclusive Education. In M. Maguvhe & M. Masuku (Eds.), Handbook of Research on Creating Spaces for African Epistemologies in the Inclusive Education Discourse (pp. 64-75). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-4436-8.ch006

Chicago

Dudu, Annah, and Tawanda Majoko. "An Afrocentric Perspective of the Whole School Approach to Inclusive Education." In Handbook of Research on Creating Spaces for African Epistemologies in the Inclusive Education Discourse, edited by Mbulaheni Obert Maguvhe and Mfundo Mandla Masuku, 64-75. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2022. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-4436-8.ch006

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Abstract

This chapter examined the whole school approach to inclusive education embedded in the Afrocentric perspective. It constitutes theories appropriate to the African context including Afrocentricity that places learners at the centre stage of teaching and learning. The philosophy moves learners from the margin and empower them through making them subjects and not the objects of pedagogy. The basic principles or canons of Afrocentricity are ukweli, utulivu, uhaki, ujamaa, and kujtoa. Accordingly, the whole school approach to inclusive education constitutes three inter-connected but interrelated dimensions of a school, namely school policies, culture, and practices which underpin the promotion of quality teaching and learning. This chapter is a springboard for future studies on Afrocentric perspectives to inclusive education.

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