Edc1015 Essay

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EDC1015 Unique number: 863872 Student number: 32830440 Due date: 02 September 2014 In South Africa we have a eleven different cultures. Which means that we have a huge challenge in trying to teach children. The African philosophy is a complex response to Africa’s unique position in the world and human history. It is essentially a form of existentialim. Keeping this in mind it will be diffucult to assist learners in South Africa by using a western philosphy as a theoretical framework. In this given senario I will use the African philosphy as a theoratical framework but more specifally Ubantuism, which refers to the “human happinees and well-being”. In the era of Post-colonailism African scholars felt they had to develop social and economic philosophies that would enable Africa to develop. These scholars rejected capitalism and they created many forms of socialism which was based on the traditional African social and politcal communalism. The main idea of African philosophy was a response to the problems and troubles of Africa and to the domination of Western thought. The west believed that Africans are unable to develop a scientific and rational culture which is dissaproved by African thinkers. African thinkers have asked the question “what does it mean to, “I am an African’? and this brough about the following methods of enquiry: Ethnic philosophy. Is defined as ‘the philosophy of Africa’. It is distinctive and consists of the religious and moral beliefs of the continent of Africa. This philosophy contains people’s view of life and African’s ability to criticise its own traditions. Sage philosophy. Focus on those individuals in society who are known to be wise and far-sighted and who can critically think about issues. They challenge the community and also the western versions of “wisdom”, historically, these people have social critics and innovators.

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