ERIC Number: EJ1479049
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2025
Pages: 16
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ISSN: ISSN-0146-9282
EISSN: EISSN-2573-7686
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Decolonizing Teaching and Classroom Experience in Africa: The Role of Bilchiinsi
Ali Ahmed; Najat Ahmed; Amadu Musah Abudu
Educational Considerations, v50 n3 Article 3 2025
This article is framed in decoloniality and responds to calls for educational systems, curricula, and classroom instruction in sub-Saharan Africa and other Global South contexts to be decolonized. The article proposes the adoption of a Dagba? Indigenous philosophy--"Bilchiinsi" (ethical living)--as a relational pedagogy for transforming teaching and classroom interaction in Ghana and beyond. After a brief examination of decoloniality and associated concepts, the authors discuss Bilchiinsi within a decolonial framework, highlighting its epistemological, ontological, and axiological underpinnings. It concludes by considering the classroom as a potential space for practicing Bilchiinsi, addressing the possibilities and limitations of using it as a decolonizing pedagogy.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Decolonization, Indigenous Knowledge, African Culture, Educational Philosophy, Ethics, Instruction
Kansas State University, College of Education. Available from: New Prairie Press. Kansas State University Libraries, 1117 Mid-Campus Drive North, Manhattan, KS 66506. Tel: 785-532-7444; e-mail: nppress@ksu.edu; Web site: http://newprairiepress.org/edconsiderations/
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Ghana
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