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Author King, Joyce Elaine, 1947- author.

Title Heritage knowledge in the curriculum : retrieving an African episteme / Joyce E. King and Ellen E. Swartz
Published New York, NY : Routledge, 2018

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Contents Introduction : a conversation -- Locating democracy and Benjamin Banneker -- Teaching African language for historical consciousness : recovering group memory and identity -- Worldview, scholarship, and instructional agency -- White progressive education, African worldview, and democratic practice -- A call for a reparatory justice curriculum for human freedom : re-writing the story of our dispossession and the debt owed -- Returning what we learn to the people : theory and practice -- Afterword / Vera L. Nobles and Wade W. Nobles
Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; A Note About the Paperback Cover Image; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction: A Conversation; 2 Locating Democracy and Benjamin Banneker: Theory and Practice; 3 Teaching African Language for Historical Consciousness: Recovering Group Memory and Identity; 4 Worldview, Scholarship, and Instructional Agency; 5 White Progressive Education, African Worldview, and Democratic Practice; 6 A Call for a Reparatory Justice Curriculum for Human Freedom: Rewriting the Story of Our Dispossession and the Debt Owed
7 Returning What We Learn to the People: Theory and PracticeAfterword; About the Authors; Index
Summary "Moving beyond the content integration approach of multicultural education, this text powerfully advocates for the importance of curriculum built upon authentic knowledge construction informed by the Black intellectual tradition and an African episteme. By retrieving, examining, and reconnecting the continuity of African Diasporan heritage with school knowledge, this volume aims to repair the rupture that has silenced this cultural memory in standard historiography in general and in PK-12 curriculum content and pedagogy in particular. This ethically informed curriculum approach not only allows students of African ancestry to understand where they fit in the world but also makes the accomplishments and teachings of our collective ancestors available for the benefit of all. King and Swartz provide readers with a process for making overt and explicit the values, actions, thoughts, and behaviors reflected in an African episteme that serves as the foundation for African Diasporan sociohistorical phenomenon/events. With such knowledge, teachers can conceptualize curriculum and shape instruction that locates people in all cultures as subjects with agency whose actions embody their ongoing cultural legacy."-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed May 15, 2018)
Subject African Americans -- Education -- Curricula
Afrocentrism -- Study and teaching -- United States
EDUCATION -- Administration -- General.
EDUCATION -- Organizations & Institutions.
Afrocentrism -- Study and teaching
United States
Form Electronic book
Author Swartz, Ellen, author.
ISBN 9781351213219
1351213210