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A Framework for Implementing Positive Learner Discipline in Public Secondary Schools from the Context of the Mpumalanga Province
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Ndlovu, Mkhumbulo; Schlebusch, Gawie; Makola, Solomon – Acta Educationis Generalis, 2023
Introduction: Learner indiscipline has emerged as a global cause for concern for educators and parents in the 21st century. This study sought to develop a framework for the successful implementation of positive discipline. The study sought to provide answers revolving around the contributing factors towards learner indiscipline, the effects of…
Descriptors: Program Implementation, Discipline, Discipline Policy, Public Schools
Back to Africa: Lessons from the Motherland
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Jackson, Jarvais; Collins, Saudah N. T.; Baines, Janice R.; Boutte, Gloria Swindler; Johnson, George Lee, Jr.; Folsom-Wright, Nichole – Social Studies, 2021
Africa is the cradle of civilization, yet its rich history and culture is undertaught--especially in elementary P-5 classrooms. In this article, we share Adinkra symbols from West Africa which can be used for interdisciplinary instruction and classroom management. We offer Adinkra symbols as an organizing theme for teaching in the spirit of not…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, African Culture, Teaching Methods, Interdisciplinary Approach
Ubuntu-Praxis: Re-Modelling the Balanced Scorecard Model at a University, an Afrocentric Perspective
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Ndoda, Gladys Ruvimbo; Sikwila, Mike Nyamazana – Research in Higher Education Journal, 2014
The authors design the innovation and learning perspective of the Balanced Scorecard (BSC) of "Ubuntu and client service charter nexus." This article borrows and advances the research carried out by Khomba, Vermaak and Gouws (2011). The point of departure is on praxis of ubuntu/unhu as a holistic approach in the re-modelling of the BSC…
Descriptors: Afrocentrism, African Culture, Holistic Approach, Mixed Methods Research
Ethno-Mathema-tics of Basotho
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Narayanan, Ajayagosh – African Journal of Research in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2011
Mathematics as a subject is indispensable in the development of Lesotho with respect to science, technology or any other field of knowledge. It is also a mirror to our past. In this case, Lesotho's indigenous mathematics is not fully explored and understood by Basotho. This author aims to present ethno mathematics of Basotho as compared to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Ethnography, Mathematics, Indigenous Knowledge
The Idea of the African University in the Twenty-First Century: Some Reflections on Afrocentrism and Afroscepticism
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Horsthemke, K. – South African Journal of Higher Education, 2006
The idea of "the African university" is usually accompanied by an emphasis on Africanisation of education, and of knowledge, on changing the demographic profile of student, staff and administrative bodies, educational syllabi and curricula, and the criteria for research activity and for throughput. The idea of "Africanising"…
Descriptors: Educational Development, Afrocentrism, Foreign Countries, Educational Philosophy
The Construction of an Africentric Sentence Completion Test To Assess the Need for Achievement.
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Oshodi, John Egbeazien – Journal of Black Studies, 1999
Studied African-centered values and attitudes related to achievement motives for 107 African and African American college students. Also studied the use of a sentence completion test to measure achievement motives. The sentence completion measure did identify concerns, beliefs, values, and orientations of the subjects, which were in accord with…
Descriptors: Achievement Need, Afrocentrism, Black Students, College Students