(Stream) Quibinar #22 - African Foundations Using Ma'at

The African Teaching and Learning Process

• African teaching functions must be embedded in and must serve an African community.

• Traditionally, African communities have been identified by a shared belief in several key elements.

• It is these elements that are the foundation for African teachers.

Foundations For African Teachers

• The belief that the cosmos is alive.

• The belief that spirituality is at the center of our being.

• The belief that human society is a living spiritual part of the cosmos, not alien to it.

• The belief that each person has a divine purpose and destiny.

• African teachers recognize the genius and the divinity of each child, speaking to and teaching to each child’s intellect, humanity, and spirit.

• We do not question a child’s possession of these things.

• In touching the intellect, humanity and spirit within children, African teachers recognize the centrality of relationships between teachers and students, among students, and within the African community as a whole.