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WHAT IS EDUCATION?
Education is a general
idea that differs from society to society. What is regarded as educative in one
society may not be so in another society. Education is normative word and
normative words are both explanatory and evaluative. They suggest that the
concepts are meaningful and advantageous. Education is what makes a man eagerly
pursue the ideal excellence of citizenship, and teachers how rightly to rule
and how to obey. In effect, that one is a trained medical doctor, lecturer;
trader etc does not make him an educated man. For such a man to be regarded
as educated, he must be virtuous that is he must be good, he must be an ideal
citizen. Plato’s definition agrees with that of traditional African society in
its emphasis on character development as the most important man. A priest who
embezzled church funds is not an educated person.
From our own
research, MARTINS LIBRARY defines
education as the process of transmitting, preserving, developing and advancing
the culture of a people of Nigeria. A process of acculturation through which
the individual is helped to attain the development of his potentiality, and his
maximum actuation when necessary according to the right reason, and to achieve
his perfect self and fulfillment.
There Are
Main Component of Indigenous Educations About A Nigerian Child.
1. Social:
The curriculum should follow the necessary information about the child’s
community. The history of the community, the natural environment of the child,
the village gods, marriage customs, coronation ceremonies, lustration
ceremonies, various festivals, the chroniclers the exploits of the community
heroes and warriors and time of celebration and sacrifices of all kinds. In some
situation of the ceremony the male child may be required to be seen. In another
way some of the ceremonies may require the females of young or old hiding
themselves.
2. Vocational:
The child is taught how agricultural activities before ham to any vocation.
There are other vocation like black smiting, carving and painting leather
works, hunting or fishing. If the boy decides not to be a full time farmer. The
girls understudy their mother in the art of buying and selling simple goods in
the village market or they learn home marketing learn cookery, do menial jobs
in the farm like weeding, planting, cocoyam and vegetable crops and taught
special roles of a housewife. It implies that indigenous education is
employable except for the lazy ones.
3. 3. Moral and Character:
Here the child will know the beliefs, norms, in the community and how to adapt
on it. He is made to know behaviors which attract moral lapses and
deviations from the norm. Behaviors, such like fornication adultery, thief,
insubordination, poising, attract special punishment. It will make them to
inculcate, develop moral character.
4. 4. Health Education: there
curriculum is well develop this expect of curriculum has a sound knowledge of
preventive medicine. The forest offered a good resources for various herbal
drugs. Tree barks, leaves, seeds roots etc were easily get from the forest for
preventive and permanent cues those things used in preventing witch crafts off
the compound or antidotes for poison were generally known by the average child.
A health and normal child will be would be forced to join his kith and kin in
learning the age grade dances, contently as physical fitness exercise and
fishing, shooting, expeditions. It will help in performance of good health
education.
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