Philosophy as Cultural Politics Philosophical Papers Vol4 Of

Philosophy as Cultural Politics Philosophical Papers, Vol.4 Of

Pedagogy in sagacity stands on two legs – one foot planted in Sage philosophy and pedagogy in other oppressed – both feet are in a conceptual model for developing the African philosophy of education formulated Njoroge and Bennaars (1986, 88-89).

Model of the African philosophy of education: pedagogy sagacity

In the philosophical sage, may know how popular sage does, what fundamental beliefs and wisdoms of the community, but it makes an independent, critical assessment of what people take for granted. Thus, while the folk wisdom of the wise man stays on the first level of the order of philosophy, that philosophical sage is a second-order philosophy, which is a reflection, and rational assessment of what the first order. What is contained in the first order is a mixture of conventional marketing-customary beliefs and practices.

Freire, in full denial of the bank for the release of education funds from the “authoritarian and alienating intellectualism ‘is to start with the people” in the “here and now”, which is a situation in which they are submerged, from which they arise .. .. To do this reliably, they must accept their condition was not to like the same, but merely as limiting – and therefore difficult. “(1972, 57-58)

Cities would have no respite from evil … If only philosophers, as a rule the kings in the cities, or those whom we now call kings and rulers really and adequately study philosophy, until, that is, political power and philosophy to merge, and the different nature of those who currently deal with one at the expense of others were forcibly removed from it. Otherwise, the city we are describing will not be turned into an opportunity and see the light of day.

… basic framework in which philosophical thinking on African education should be located. Under this model, we identified four distinct areas of concern to each reflecting the specific features of technical philosophy, a special approach in the educational philosophy and specific trends in African philosophy. These areas of concern are: Ethnophilosophy Education, Phenomenology of African education, critics of African education and philosophical Analysis of African education.