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Building bridges across knowledge systems: Ubuntu and participative research paradigms in Bantu communities.

This paper discusses how Ubuntu as a philosophy and a methodology was used among Bantu in South Africa together with participative Western paradigms in evaluating an educational computer game. The paper argues that research among Bantu has to articulate research experiences within Ubuntu paradigms i...

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Publicado en:Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education Vol. 30; no. 4; pp. 413 - 427
Autor principal: Muwanga-Zake, J.W.F.
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Taylor & Francis Ltd Dec2009
Materias:
Ubuntu (Philosophy)
Bantu-speaking peoples
Philosophy of education
Paradigm (Theory of knowledge)
Educational games
Video games
Teaching methods
South Africa
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Sumario:This paper discusses how Ubuntu as a philosophy and a methodology was used among Bantu in South Africa together with participative Western paradigms in evaluating an educational computer game. The paper argues that research among Bantu has to articulate research experiences within Ubuntu paradigms if valid outcomes are to be realised.