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Self-Directed Learning and the Collective Approach of Ubuntu Pedagogy: Enhancing the Self Among Others

Self-Directed Learning and the Collective Approach of Ubuntu Pedagogy: Enhancing the Self Among Others

Nomalungelo Radebe Ngubane
Copyright: © 2023 |Pages: 18
ISBN13: 9781668467725|ISBN10: 1668467720|ISBN13 Softcover: 9781668467763|EISBN13: 9781668467732
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-6684-6772-5.ch003
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Ngubane, Nomalungelo Radebe. "Self-Directed Learning and the Collective Approach of Ubuntu Pedagogy: Enhancing the Self Among Others." Advancing Self-Directed Learning in Higher Education, edited by Dumsani Wilfred Mncube and Mncedisi Christian Maphalala, IGI Global, 2023, pp. 25-42. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-6772-5.ch003

APA

Ngubane, N. R. (2023). Self-Directed Learning and the Collective Approach of Ubuntu Pedagogy: Enhancing the Self Among Others. In D. Mncube & M. Maphalala (Eds.), Advancing Self-Directed Learning in Higher Education (pp. 25-42). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-6772-5.ch003

Chicago

Ngubane, Nomalungelo Radebe. "Self-Directed Learning and the Collective Approach of Ubuntu Pedagogy: Enhancing the Self Among Others." In Advancing Self-Directed Learning in Higher Education, edited by Dumsani Wilfred Mncube and Mncedisi Christian Maphalala, 25-42. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2023. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-6772-5.ch003

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Abstract

This chapter departs from the problem that higher education in South Africa and globally is continuously perpetuating traditional learning methods that promote memorization of facts, individualistic learning styles, and passive learning. The chapter then argues that universities require an urgent shift into pedagogical approaches that will assist students learning how to learn and to thrive collectively, thus developing self and others. This chapter argues that an integration of two learning approaches—self-directed learning and Ubuntu pedagogy—has a potential to assist students in taking the initiative and ownership of their own learning while also supporting the learning of others, ‘I am because we are'. Drawing from Collective Fingers Theory, the chapter examines the benefits of integrating self-directed learning and Ubuntu pedagogy. Themes emerging from the chapter are self-directed learning, self-directed learning and collective learning approaches, Ubuntu pedagogy, and benefits of integrating self-directed learning and Ubuntu pedagogy.

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