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<p>In 2016, South Africa saw student and staff protests calling for the decolonisation of the teaching curriculum in institutions of Higher Education. Although these protests were centred in public universities, the issue of decolonisation also affects private institutions such as seminaries that need to transform curricula from being permeated with Western idealism to being authentically African. This article explores this issue for Methodist theological education. It argues that decolonisation affects not only the content of the teaching curriculum but also matters such as staffing and curriculum development. Its focus is to develop ways of implementing an Afrocentric curriculum in African Methodist seminaries.</p>
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In 2016, South Africa saw student and staff protests calling for the decolonisation of the teaching curriculum in institutions of Higher Education. Although these protests were centred in public universities, the issue of decolonisation also affects private institutions such as seminaries that need to transform curricula from being permeated with Western idealism to being authentically African. This article explores this issue for Methodist theological education. It argues that decolonisation affects not only the content of the teaching curriculum but also matters such as staffing and curriculum development. Its focus is to develop ways of implementing an Afrocentric curriculum in African Methodist seminaries.

Educating for Social Holiness in Institutions of Higher Education in Africa: Toward an Innovative Afrocentric Curriculum for Methodist Theological Education

Holiness

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In 2016, South Africa saw student and staff protests calling for the decolonisation of the teaching curriculum in institutions of Higher Education. Although...

Educating for Social Holiness in Institutions of Higher Education in Africa: Toward an Innovative Afrocentric Curriculum for Methodist Theological Education

Article Category: Research Article

Publié en ligne: 14 avr. 2021

Pages: 21 - 34

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/holiness-2020-0004

Mots clés
AFROCENTRICITY, CURRICULUM, HOLINESS EDUCATION, DECOLONISATION, METHODIST THEOLOGICAL EDUCATION

© 2020 R. Simangaliso Kumalo, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Educating for Social Holiness in Institutions of Higher Education in Africa: Toward an Innovative Afrocentric Curriculum for Methodist Theological Education

Article Category: Research Article

Publié en ligne: 14 avr. 2021

Pages: 21 - 34

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/holiness-2020-0004

Mots clésAFROCENTRICITY, CURRICULUM, HOLINESS EDUCATION, DECOLONISATION, METHODIST THEOLOGICAL EDUCATION

© 2020 R. Simangaliso Kumalo, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Mots clés
AFROCENTRICITY, CURRICULUM, HOLINESS EDUCATION, DECOLONISATION, METHODIST THEOLOGICAL EDUCATION