Shona traditional children's games and play: songs as indigenous ways of knowing.(Report): An article from: Journal of Pan African Studies
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Author(s)Shumirai Nyota, Jacob Mapara
PublisherJournal of Pan African Studies
ISBN / ASINB002132HU0
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From the author: This article aims to show that Shona traditional children's games and play songs are an indigenous way of knowing. It also seeks to show how the knowledge embedded in these songs and play songs is accessed. As methodology, examples of Shona traditional children's games and play songs are analysed using insights from developmental psychology and indigenous knowledge systems. The paper argues that Shona traditional children's games and songs lead to and provide a rich environment or social context that sustains the flowering of children's curiosity and exploration of their immediate world as they play. The children explore the social context of games and play songs through guided apprenticeship that is greatly rewarding and motivational. The virtues and values learnt are varied and practical. Some of them are good behaviour, hard work, competition, handling success and failure and leadership. The paper also argues that the values and virtues that are learned in these games and play songs become useful later in life.
Citation Details
Title: Shona traditional children's games and play: songs as indigenous ways of knowing.(Report)
Author: Shumirai Nyota
Publication:Journal of Pan African Studies (Magazine/Journal)
Date: June 1, 2008
Publisher: Journal of Pan African Studies
Volume: 2 Issue: 4 Page: 189(14)
Article Type: Report
Distributed by Gale, a part of Cengage Learning
From the author: This article aims to show that Shona traditional children's games and play songs are an indigenous way of knowing. It also seeks to show how the knowledge embedded in these songs and play songs is accessed. As methodology, examples of Shona traditional children's games and play songs are analysed using insights from developmental psychology and indigenous knowledge systems. The paper argues that Shona traditional children's games and songs lead to and provide a rich environment or social context that sustains the flowering of children's curiosity and exploration of their immediate world as they play. The children explore the social context of games and play songs through guided apprenticeship that is greatly rewarding and motivational. The virtues and values learnt are varied and practical. Some of them are good behaviour, hard work, competition, handling success and failure and leadership. The paper also argues that the values and virtues that are learned in these games and play songs become useful later in life.
Citation Details
Title: Shona traditional children's games and play: songs as indigenous ways of knowing.(Report)
Author: Shumirai Nyota
Publication:Journal of Pan African Studies (Magazine/Journal)
Date: June 1, 2008
Publisher: Journal of Pan African Studies
Volume: 2 Issue: 4 Page: 189(14)
Article Type: Report
Distributed by Gale, a part of Cengage Learning
