Pursuing epistemological plurality in South Africa's Eco-Schools: Discursive rules for knowledge legitimation

Ryan, Lisa ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0688-0945 and Ferreira, Jo-Anne (2019) Pursuing epistemological plurality in South Africa's Eco-Schools: Discursive rules for knowledge legitimation. Southern African Journal of Environmental Education, 35. pp. 1-19. ISSN 1810-0333

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Abstract

Efforts to re-appropriate indigenous knowledges reveal a discursive friction experienced by Eco-School support workers in South Africa as they attempt to build an epistemologically pluralistic curriculum. This paper outlines the strategies that South African Eco-School support workers and teachers employ in negotiating this friction and highlights the discursive rules that govern what constitutes legitimate knowledge in the South African Eco-School. The unintended consequences of these strategies that may affect the representation of indigenous peoples is also discussed.

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Item Type:	Article (Commonwealth Reporting Category C)
Refereed:	Yes
Item Status:	Live Archive
Faculty/School / Institute/Centre:	No Faculty
Faculty/School / Institute/Centre:	No Faculty
Date Deposited:	25 Mar 2021 02:52
Last Modified:	05 Aug 2021 04:16
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Eco-School, discourse analysis, indigenous knowledge, postcolonial theory
Fields of Research (2008):	05 Environmental Sciences > 0502 Environmental Science and Management > 050203 Environmental Education and Extension 13 Education > 1303 Specialist Studies in Education > 130302 Comparative and Cross-Cultural Education 20 Language, Communication and Culture > 2002 Cultural Studies > 200211 Postcolonial Studies 13 Education > 1399 Other Education > 139999 Education not elsewhere classified
Fields of Research (2020):	39 EDUCATION > 3901 Curriculum and pedagogy > 390105 Environmental education curriculum and pedagogy 39 EDUCATION > 3902 Education policy, sociology and philosophy > 390203 Sociology of education 39 EDUCATION > 3904 Specialist studies in education > 390499 Specialist studies in education not elsewhere classified 39 EDUCATION > 3904 Specialist studies in education > 390401 Comparative and cross-cultural education 39 EDUCATION > 3903 Education systems > 390303 Higher education
Socio-Economic Objectives (2008):	C Society > 93 Education and Training > 9305 Education and Training Systems > 930501 Education and Training Systems Policies and Development E Expanding Knowledge > 97 Expanding Knowledge > 970113 Expanding Knowledge in Education D Environment > 96 Environment > 9607 Environmental Policy, Legislation and Standards > 960703 Environmental Education and Awareness
Socio-Economic Objectives (2020):	13 CULTURE AND SOCIETY > 1303 Ethics > 130303 Environmental ethics 28 EXPANDING KNOWLEDGE > 2801 Expanding knowledge > 280109 Expanding knowledge in education 16 EDUCATION AND TRAINING > 1603 Teaching and curriculum > 160302 Pedagogy
Identification Number or DOI:	https://doi.org/10.4314/sajee.v35i1.2
URI:	http://eprints.usq.edu.au/id/eprint/41626

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