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Owners of learning [electronic resource] :the Nyae Nyae Village Schools over twenty-five years / Jennifer Hayes.

By: Hays, Jennifer [author.].
Contributor(s): Project Muse [distributor.] | Project Muse.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: Basel Namibia studies series: 16.; UPCC book collections on Project MUSE: ; UPCC book collections on Project MUSE: Publisher: Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2016 2015); Basel, Switzerland : Basler Afrika Bibliograph, 2016. 2015)Description: 1 online resource (1 PDF (xviii, 262 pages) :) illustrations.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9783905758825; 3905758822.Subject(s): Native language and education -- Namibia -- Nyae Nyae | !Kung (African people) -- Education -- Namibia -- Nyae NyaeGenre/Form: Electronic books. | Electronic books. Online resources: Full text available:
Contents:
Foreword / by Willemien le Roux -- Introduction -- 1. Background : a journey to Nyae Nyae -- 2. The Nyae Nyae Ju/'hoansi -- 3. Like they are in jail : global and local contexts of San education -- 4. The kids' decision : socialization and education -- 5. We can start under the trees : the village schools over 25 years -- 6. The Ju/'hoansi language as a medium of instruction -- 7. Nharokxao : the teachers -- 8.. Logistics : transportation, accommodation and food -- 9. Every year there are problems : transition to the government schools -- 10. Community consultation and participation -- Afterword.
Summary: This book describes the Nyae Nyae Village Schools, an innovative and unique mother-tongue education initiative set in north-eastern Namibia. Inspired by the optimism of Independence, the project was designed in close consultation with the Ju'hoansi community in the early 1990s. Drawing upon their traditional knowledge transmission strategies, and initiated in a supportive political environment, the project exemplified 'best practice.' During the following two decades, the Village Schools have transitioned from a donor-supported 'project' to government schools, and have received much attention and support from donors, civil society organisations, researchers, and others.However, the students still do not seem to succeed in the mainstream schools. Why is this? Based on long-term field-work in the region, including interviews with Nyae Nyae residents over several years and work with involved organisations, the book addresses this question. Contextualising the Village Schools within post-Independence Namibia, southern African history and the global indigenous rights movement, it examines the enormous paradoxes that schooling presents for the Nyae Nyae community. 'Owners of Learning' is the English translation of the Ju'hoansi word for 'teacher' and it serves to highlight a fundamental question - to whom does education belong?"
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Issued as part of UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-255) and index.

Foreword / by Willemien le Roux -- Introduction -- 1. Background : a journey to Nyae Nyae -- 2. The Nyae Nyae Ju/'hoansi -- 3. Like they are in jail : global and local contexts of San education -- 4. The kids' decision : socialization and education -- 5. We can start under the trees : the village schools over 25 years -- 6. The Ju/'hoansi language as a medium of instruction -- 7. Nharokxao : the teachers -- 8.. Logistics : transportation, accommodation and food -- 9. Every year there are problems : transition to the government schools -- 10. Community consultation and participation -- Afterword.

This book describes the Nyae Nyae Village Schools, an innovative and unique mother-tongue education initiative set in north-eastern Namibia. Inspired by the optimism of Independence, the project was designed in close consultation with the Ju'hoansi community in the early 1990s. Drawing upon their traditional knowledge transmission strategies, and initiated in a supportive political environment, the project exemplified 'best practice.' During the following two decades, the Village Schools have transitioned from a donor-supported 'project' to government schools, and have received much attention and support from donors, civil society organisations, researchers, and others.However, the students still do not seem to succeed in the mainstream schools. Why is this? Based on long-term field-work in the region, including interviews with Nyae Nyae residents over several years and work with involved organisations, the book addresses this question. Contextualising the Village Schools within post-Independence Namibia, southern African history and the global indigenous rights movement, it examines the enormous paradoxes that schooling presents for the Nyae Nyae community. 'Owners of Learning' is the English translation of the Ju'hoansi word for 'teacher' and it serves to highlight a fundamental question - to whom does education belong?"

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