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Download full textJegede, Olugbemiro J. – 1993
There is evidence in the literature indicating that western education was used not to promote the healthy coexistence of the western and the African cultures but as a sanitizing and civilizing medium. This document describes the need to design science education that adequately meets the needs of the African in such a way that the African view of…
Descriptors: Cultural Context, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Science and Society
