Pursuing epistemological plurality in South Africa's Eco-Schools: Discursive rules for knowledge legitimation
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Article Title | Pursuing epistemological plurality in South Africa's Eco-Schools: Discursive rules for knowledge legitimation |
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ERA Journal ID | 41560 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Ryan, Lisa (Author) and Ferreira, Jo-Anne (Author) |
Journal Title | Southern African Journal of Environmental Education |
Journal Citation | 35, pp. 1-19 |
Number of Pages | 19 |
Year | 2019 |
Place of Publication | South Africa |
ISSN | 0256-7504 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.4314/sajee.v35i1.2 |
Web Address (URL) | https://www.ajol.info/index.php/sajee/article/view/186415 |
Abstract | Efforts to re-appropriate indigenous knowledges reveal a discursive friction experienced by Eco-School support workers in South Africa as they attempt to build an epistemologically pluralistic curriculum. This paper outlines the strategies that South African Eco-School support workers and teachers employ in negotiating this friction and highlights the discursive rules that govern what constitutes legitimate knowledge in the South African Eco-School. The unintended consequences of these strategies that may affect the representation of indigenous peoples is also discussed. |
Keywords | Eco-School, discourse analysis, indigenous knowledge, postcolonial theory |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 390105. Environmental education curriculum and pedagogy |
390203. Sociology of education | |
390499. Specialist studies in education not elsewhere classified | |
390401. Comparative and cross-cultural education | |
390303. Higher education | |
Byline Affiliations | Southern Cross University |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q647q/pursuing-epistemological-plurality-in-south-africa-s-eco-schools-discursive-rules-for-knowledge-legitimation
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