Integrating Indigenous Knowledge in South African Geography Education Curricula for Social Justice and Decolonization
Issue: Vol.5 No.7 Issue Article 11 pp.1195-1206
DOI: https://doi.org/10.38159/ehass.20245711 | Published online 9th July, 2024
© 2024 The Author(s). This is an open access article under the CCBY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Keywords: Indigenous Knowledge, Decoloniality, Social justice, Geography Education
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Dr. Kudzayi Savious Tarisayi is a Senior Lecturer at Stellenbosch University,South Africa where he is affiliated with the Department of Curriculum Studies. He specializes in teaching Geography Education and has conducted research on a variety of topics, including teacher migration, integration of ICTs and indigenous knowledges in Geography Education, and contemporary issues in education.
Tarisayi, Kudzayi Savious. “Integrating Indigenous Knowledge in South African Geography Education Curricula for Social Justice and Decolonization,” E-Journal of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences 5, no.7 (2024): 1195-1206. https://doi.org/10.38159/ehass.20245711
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