Mejai B M Avoseh
Biographic Data
| ID | 5886109 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mejai B M Avoseh |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mejai B M |
| FAMILY NAME | Avoseh |
| SIGNATURE | AVOSEH M B M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of South Dakota |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1463-9297 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 13 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Adult learning and education for expanding access to higher education
Lifelong learning and decolonisation in Africa
Today, the idea and practice of learning as a lifelong process are evident across civilisations. The Western idea of lifelong learning is preserved through its written culture. However, the same is not true of Africa, whose Indigenous people have traditionally lived via unwritten culture – orality. It is therefore understandable that the framing and practice of lifelong learning between Western and Indigenous African perspectives vary. The differ…
Learning to be active citizens
The emphasis on lifelong learning is well placed given the rapidly changing pace of technological, social, economic and political realities of the modern world. This rapid change has led to globalization that now dictates the pace of almost everything else in the human community, including education. This paper examines the concept of lifelong learning within the context of indigenous African pedagogy and how it is different from its present unde…
Adult Education and Participatory Research in Africa
In spite of the long history of adult education in Africa the impact in the area of development has not been, as significant as expected. Although participatory research methods have been applied; the outcome has not been commensurate with the efforts and the resources committed. This paper takes a look at the place of participatory research in adult education endeavours in Africa. The argument is advanced that both adult education and developmen…
Literacy, Education, and the Women's Question in Nigeria
Efforts for the promotion of literacy and education in Nigeria from the early 1940s to the present day have been plagued by constraints and failures. Right from the colonial era to the present day these initiatives include successes and failures and have been well documented. The first experimental literacy classes were initiated in 1946 during the tenure of the first Mass Education Officer A. J. Carpenter through the establishment of the Nationa…
Learning to be active citizens
The emphasis on lifelong learning is well placed given the rapidly changing pace of technological, social, economic and political realities of the modern world. This rapid change has led to globalization that now dictates the pace of almost everything else in the human community, including education. This paper examines the concept of lifelong learning within the context of indigenous African pedagogy and how it is different from its present unde…
Adult Education and Participatory Research in Africa
In spite of the long history of adult education in Africa the impact in the area of development has not been, as significant as expected. Although participatory research methods have been applied; the outcome has not been commensurate with the efforts and the resources committed. This paper takes a look at the place of participatory research in adult education endeavours in Africa. The argument is advanced that both adult education and developmen…
Literacy, Education, and the Women's Question in Nigeria
Efforts for the promotion of literacy and education in Nigeria from the early 1940s to the present day have been plagued by constraints and failures. Right from the colonial era to the present day these initiatives include successes and failures and have been well documented. The first experimental literacy classes were initiated in 1946 during the tenure of the first Mass Education Officer A. J. Carpenter through the establishment of the Nationa…
Literacy, Education, and the Women's Question in Nigeria
Efforts for the promotion of literacy and education in Nigeria from the early 1940s to the present day have been plagued by constraints and failures. Right from the colonial era to the present day these initiatives include successes and failures and have been well documented. The first experimental literacy classes were initiated in 1946 during the tenure of the first Mass Education Officer A. J. Carpenter through the establishment of the Nationa…
Adult Education and Participatory Research in Africa
In spite of the long history of adult education in Africa the impact in the area of development has not been, as significant as expected. Although participatory research methods have been applied; the outcome has not been commensurate with the efforts and the resources committed. This paper takes a look at the place of participatory research in adult education endeavours in Africa. The argument is advanced that both adult education and developmen…
Learning to be active citizens
The emphasis on lifelong learning is well placed given the rapidly changing pace of technological, social, economic and political realities of the modern world. This rapid change has led to globalization that now dictates the pace of almost everything else in the human community, including education. This paper examines the concept of lifelong learning within the context of indigenous African pedagogy and how it is different from its present unde…
Adult learning and education for expanding access to higher education
Lifelong learning and decolonisation in Africa
Today, the idea and practice of learning as a lifelong process are evident across civilisations. The Western idea of lifelong learning is preserved through its written culture. However, the same is not true of Africa, whose Indigenous people have traditionally lived via unwritten culture – orality. It is therefore understandable that the framing and practice of lifelong learning between Western and Indigenous African perspectives vary. The differ…
Sociology (4 works) · Adult education (3 works) · Global Educational Policies and Reforms (3 works) · Pedagogy (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Adult and Continuing Education Topics (2 works) · African cultural and philosophical studies (2 works) · African Education and Politics (2 works) · Economic growth (2 works) · Education Systems and Policy (2 works)