Ubuntugogy is an African educational ideal that holds potential for a transformative approach education in Ghana. With its emphasis on communal ideologies and interconnectedness, the tenet of Ubuntugogy is to assimilate native knowledge systems encompassing regional languages, traditions, and customs into teaching methods in our educational systems. The philosophy underscoring Ubuntugogy is powerful in that it can nurture empathy, cultural validation, and shared accountability; this African-focused educational philosophy produces participatory learning settings that mirror students’ real-world experiences. The chapter, “Ubuntugogy Tension and Prospects for Inclusion in Inclusive Early Childhood Education in Ghana,” probed into these multi-dimensionalities as it critically examined the pedagogical underpinnings of Ubuntugogy ideology and its enormous possibilities to build children’s arrant development in the purview of IECE. By narratively reviewing the literature this chapter further discusses the friction amid the dominant position of Eurocentric educational paradigms and African traditions and beliefs unearthing the necessity to decolonise education to match Ghana’s distinct sociocultural environment. Albeit this model is accompanied by the elevated potential to influence IECE favourably its implementation faces obstacles including resource constraints, resistance to change, and entrenched Western educational models. To surmount these obstacles, institutional adjustment is needed, providing teachers with knowledge via training and collaboration among educators, policymakers, and communities. Discussing both the prospects and challenges of Ubuntugogy, this book chapter affirms the metamorphic possibilities of this ideal in creating inclusive and culturally relevant IECE in Ghana.

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Ubuntugogy, Tensions, and Prospects for Inclusion

  • Awudu Salaam Mohammed,
  • John Kodwo Appiah,
  • Francis R. Ackah-Jnr

摘要

Ubuntugogy is an African educational ideal that holds potential for a transformative approach education in Ghana. With its emphasis on communal ideologies and interconnectedness, the tenet of Ubuntugogy is to assimilate native knowledge systems encompassing regional languages, traditions, and customs into teaching methods in our educational systems. The philosophy underscoring Ubuntugogy is powerful in that it can nurture empathy, cultural validation, and shared accountability; this African-focused educational philosophy produces participatory learning settings that mirror students’ real-world experiences. The chapter, “Ubuntugogy Tension and Prospects for Inclusion in Inclusive Early Childhood Education in Ghana,” probed into these multi-dimensionalities as it critically examined the pedagogical underpinnings of Ubuntugogy ideology and its enormous possibilities to build children’s arrant development in the purview of IECE. By narratively reviewing the literature this chapter further discusses the friction amid the dominant position of Eurocentric educational paradigms and African traditions and beliefs unearthing the necessity to decolonise education to match Ghana’s distinct sociocultural environment. Albeit this model is accompanied by the elevated potential to influence IECE favourably its implementation faces obstacles including resource constraints, resistance to change, and entrenched Western educational models. To surmount these obstacles, institutional adjustment is needed, providing teachers with knowledge via training and collaboration among educators, policymakers, and communities. Discussing both the prospects and challenges of Ubuntugogy, this book chapter affirms the metamorphic possibilities of this ideal in creating inclusive and culturally relevant IECE in Ghana.