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The Study of Africa and the African Experience: The Challenge and Possibilities of an Integrative Theory

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Resisting hierarchies of identification and knowledge, this discussion grounds the argument for African-centred schooling within the epistemological approach of integrative theory. In seeing teaching, learning, and identity formation as interconnected political processes, an African-centred approach provides a space for the consideration of a holistic approach to equitable instruction and subjectivity.

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Sefa Dei, G.J. (2010). The Study of Africa and the African Experience: The Challenge and Possibilities of an Integrative Theory. In: Teaching Africa. Explorations of Educational Purpose, vol 9. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-5771-7_3

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