Curriculum for African Renaissance PDF Download

Author: Festo Kambarangwe
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Languages : en
Pages : 407

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Marred by slavery, colonialism, neo-colonialism, mismanagement, miseducation and economic paralysis, Africa needs a shot of adrenaline into her heart if she has to break the vicious circle and embark on the Journey to Greatness. Yes, the rapidity of the pace of change in the world today requires that everyone responds with commensurate timely actions, yet with her unique history, Africa craves a rapider, more comprehensive response--and needs it urgently! Moreover, Africa weeps for a kind of education that will help her tap into her rich natural resources, the land, her people and the capital investments. African Renaissance is only wishful thinking unless we introduce the curriculum that is: (1) Newfangled; (2) Homegrown; (3) Youth-focused; (4) To the learner, thought-provoking; (5) To the educator, introspective; (6) To the society, transformational. In this manner, this book will help you to (1) Grasp the Six Myths vs. Truths about education; (2) Comprehend the Law of Future Education; (3) Establish the obligations one has upon oneself and others; (4) Grasp the Six Life's Battles every person and society must fight and win or perish; (5) Grasp the Six Educational Competency Areas every contemporary school should teach today; (6) Grasp the Learner's Six Guiding Questions; (7) Comprehend and pursue the Six-Point Educational Goal; (8) Grasp the six factors that determine your priorities in life, (9) Spot the six clues that lead to your CALLING or Comparative Advantage; (10) Master how to create new ideas and organize knowledge into saleable products and services or solutions. The inability to teach how to create new ideas and convert knowledge into tangible results is the greatest handicap of our education today. It's from this handicap that "The Tragedy of Africa" springs. It explains why even with a population of over a billion people and enviable natural wealth, Africa remains with the highest unemployment rates, poverty, and dependency. This book gives away "The Secret" why only 1% owns more wealth than the 99% of the world population. To continue with "Quick Fix" and "Business as Usual" is to court disaster; (11) Comprehend the Forgotten Education and pursue the Six Educational Outcomes, viz, the ends we seek in EDUCATION; and finally; (12) Attain the Six Educational Objectives, viz, the ends we seek in LIFE. This is a program that will unleash a spark of African genius. This program will raise "Lazarus" from the "dead" and spring the "Sleeping Giant" to action. This program will make our countries, the people and Africa as a whole Indispensable Partners. This, sir, is the difference we bring. Surely, there's no dollar value for such a service. With the publication of this book, the task before the learners, parents, educators, employers, policymakers, and leaders of men in industry and government has been reduced to one word: ACTION. Finally, to crack the challenge before us once and for all, this book helps us to (1) Appreciate that we have a problem to ourselves; (2) Identify the problem; (3) Establish answers; (4) Inspire, influence and push for ACTION; (5) Restore Africa's dignity through, inter alia, innovation, hard work, and self-reliance, (6) Establish standards founded upon the "Ideal Scholar" or "Ideal Citizen" concept. With lessons from, inter alia, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Botswana, and Rwanda, we know that we have the reason, the will and the capacity to make it happen. Paraphrasing President Magufuli, "If Europe and America can prosper, so can we." Mwalimu Nyerere observed that if Japan and Germany could rise back on their feet from their knees, so can we. If they were rural economies only a few years ago yet Korea, China and Singapore have become economic powers to reckon with, so can we. In words of Kwame Nkrumah, with this program, Africa "shall be free forever." This is "#TheAfricaWeWant," said AU-Chairperson 2018 - 2019, H.E. Pres. Paul Kagame. This is the sum and substance of the African Renaissance.