Skill Acquisition through Indigenous Apprenticeship: A Case Study of the Yoruba Blacksmith in Nigeria.

Obidi, S. S.

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ERIC Number: EJ516790

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Publication Date: 1995

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Skill Acquisition through Indigenous Apprenticeship: A Case Study of the Yoruba Blacksmith in Nigeria.

Obidi, S. S.

Comparative Education, v31 n3 p369-83 Nov 1995

Data from interviews with 55 elderly Yoruba blacksmiths depict the experiences and practices of traditional apprenticeships before the advent of modern schooling in Nigeria. Discusses applications of the apprenticeship model within elementary and secondary schooling as a means of providing socially necessary, community regulated, and effective skill development. (SV)

Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Educational Experience, Educational Practices, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Nonformal Education

Publication Type: Information Analyses; Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Nigeria

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