ERIC Number: EJ1291351
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2020
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Indigenising Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge in Open Distance Learning
Africa Education Review, v17 n4 p72-86 2020
This article contributes towards an indigenised version of technological pedagogical content knowledge (TPACK). It is a conceptual framework termed indigenous-and-Western technological pedagogical content knowledge (INDANDWEST-TPACK). The article critically discusses the knowledge systems which lead to the framework. Current TPACK lacks the integration of indigenous knowledge systems and Western knowledge systems despite the literature which has attempted to indigenise TPACK. INDANDWEST-TPACK, therefore, helps to integrate indigenous knowledge systems and Western knowledge systems, especially in an open distance and e-learning (ODeL) environment. Hence, this conceptual study addresses the question: How can TPACK be modified to cater for a balance between indigenous knowledge systems and Western knowledge systems? It is important for ODeL institutions such as the University of South Africa (Unisa) to de-Westernise (reduce Western dominance) technology and its pedagogical and content delivery function by integrating indigenous knowledge to benefit students from non-Western or indigenous cultural contexts. INDANDWEST-TPACK can, therefore, contribute towards Unisa's Africanisation of the curriculum project.
Descriptors: Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Technological Literacy, Open Education, Distance Education, Electronic Learning, Technology Uses in Education, Postcolonialism, Indigenous Knowledge, Constructivism (Learning), Curriculum Development, Higher Education, Cultural Context, Foreign Countries
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: South Africa
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