The education of man: Nyerere's contribution towards an existential philosophy of Education in Africa
Abstract
This is a philosophical study about Nyerere's educational·its main purpose being to establish the significance and meaning thinking,of that thinking in philosophical terms. Alt ough President Nyerere of Tanzania has been widely acclaimed as a states man and a political philosopher in his own right what is more, his educational ideas
have often beer, misunderstood and misinterpreted , As a result , the
philosophical character of Nyerere' s education thinking has tended to be ignored or has been dismissed as highly utopian or as
"hopelessly revisionist". ..
Citation
Doctor of Philosophy, University of NAirobi (1984)Publisher
University of Nairobi Faculty of Education
Description
A critical reflection on Nyerere's educational ideas in the light
of Luijpen's existential phenomenology and of Freire's existential
philosophy of education, and with specific reference to Nyerere' s
thinking a bout the meaning of education in the African context.