Afrocentric Ontology for Academic Literacies Development

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Author(s): Oscar Oliver Eybers (University of Pretoria, South Africa)
Copyright: 2023
Pages: 17
Source title: Handbook of Research on Coping Mechanisms for First-Year Students Transitioning to Higher Education
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Peter Aloka (University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa)and Kananga Robert Mukuna (University of the Free State, South Africa)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-6684-6961-3.ch011

Keywords: Education / Higher Education / Information Science Reference

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The aim of this chapter is to share an Afrocentric ontology for academic literacies facilitators. An ontology is a conceptual framework wherein literacies facilitators may map outcomes, assessments, with features of African epistemologies. The author theorises ontologies, academic literacies, and the Afrocentric paradigm to aid colleagues in humanising their teaching, learning, and assessment practices. The chapter concludes by advocating indigenous African epistemes as rich sources of knowledge.

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