期刊名称：International Journal of Social Sciences and Education
印刷版ISSN：2227-393X
电子版ISSN：2223-4934
出版年度：2015
卷号：5
期号：4
出版社：Federal College of Education
摘要：This paper seeks to show the role of a reformed school curriculum in promoting the use of indigenous knowledge systems and thus creating an appropriate technology base. An overview of Marxist theory as the guiding theoretical perspective is also presented. The paper goes on to define indigenous knowledge systems and their utility in medicine, agriculture, and nutrition and ethno veterinary science. The paper takes the position that unless the current education system is reformed so as to incorporate indigenous knowledge systems , investment made in education will not bear much fruit. The significance of using different school subjects as vehicles for the transmission of indigenous knowledge has also been highlighted. The paper then concludes the discussion by showing the challenges facing indigenous knowledge systems where issues such as documentation (to preserve the indigenous knowledge systems from being unnecessarily lost) and patenting (legitimatizing ownership of indigenous knowledge systems) are presented
