Answer to Question #251039 in Philosophy for Simmie

Question

What aspect of African-based teaching philosophy?
How will this benefit to you, learners and your school

Answer 1

Most institutes including universities only focus on one aspect of their functions, most of them focus on providing education to their students without actually showing concern on the impact they are creating on society by their services. Learning institutions are more or less a business which needs to take caution of their internal and external environmental factors (Kosma & Buchanan, 2019). The African knowledge is not only useful in academics but also in societal submissions, that is what makes it powerful and important, unlike other studies that only promise good grades in school with nothing to give back to society.

This attempts to illuminate how tutors and students are influenced by the influences of the African aspects and the significance of their claim in the normal teaching in value addition. African study aspects can be very critical as they can be applied in response to real problems that may be not only affecting Africa but the whole world as a whole (De Swardt et al 2019). This is because the main essence of education would not be anything related to getting good grades but having the technical know-how to approach calamities and problem-solving functions.

Another area of anxiety in African education that should be put into deliberation by both the learners and teachers understanding that different people are abled differently, not all taught notions would be grasped equally among the students. The teacher therefore has the duty to recognize each of them, and instead of judging, a more reasonable approach could be taken, like collective participation of the student in helping the ones left behind. This will promote equality as even the struggling learners will understand it once a problem to the top student but they found a way around it. This could be more effective than building in them that others are born with brains while they were not.

In conclusion, African-based learning is based on working as a group and taking collective responsibility other than working as individuals. It improves interrelationships and eliminates communication barriers set by social classes.

 

                          References

De Swardt, M., Jenkins, L. S., Von Pressentin, K. B., & Mash, R. (2019). Implementing and evaluating an e-portfolio for postgraduate family medicine training in the Western Cape, South Africa. BMC medical education, 19(1), 1-13.

Kosma, M., & Buchanan, D. R. (2019). Aspects of depression among Socioeconomically disadvantaged African American young adults. International quarterly of community health education, 39(4), 199-207.